CHRONOLOGY OF PRODUCTIONS

2010

2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000

1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990

1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980

1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 - 1970

1969

THE ARSONISTS by Max Frisch, translated by Alistair Beaton, performed by the KOAN unit. Directed by Ron Sossi

DUAL CITIZENS by Anthony Nikolchev & Romuald Wica-Polok. Directed by Justin Denis, Jane Kaufman, Yurly Kordonsky, Romuald Wica-Pokojski, Joe Stankus & Lily Wahrman

A SONG AT TWILIGHT by Noel Coward. Directed by James Glossman

AN OAK TREE by Tim Crouch. Directed by Tim Crouch, Karl James & A. Smith

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LA POSADA MAGICA by Octavio Solis, Music by Marcos Loya. Directed by Diane Rodriguez

NO MAN’S LAND by Harold Pinter. Directed by Michael Peretzian

THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekov. Directed by Jack Stehlin (co-produced with Circus Theatricals)

THE RECEPTIONIST by Adam Bock. Directed by Bart de Lorenzo

FRANZ SCHUBERT: His Letters and His Music by Phillipe Calvario & Julia Migenes. Directed by Peter Medak

HEAVY LIKE THE WEIGHT OF A FLAME by James Gabriel & R. Ernie Silva. Directed by Mary Joan Negro

BACH AT LEIPZIG by Itamar Moses. Directed by Darin Anthony

THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by Stephan Adly Guirgis. Directed by Al Rossi (co-produced with L.A. City College)

A NUMBER by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Bart de Lorenzo

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare. Directed by Jack Stehlin (co-produced with Circus Theatricals)

TAKING STEPS by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Alan Miller & Ron Sossi

A WOMAN’S EYE Written and directed by Fulya Diner, Chie Saito & Kate Whitney

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A MAN’S A MAN by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Carl Mueller. Performed by the KOAN unit and directed by Ron Sossi

SHEL SIVERSTEIN UNCENSORED by Shel Silverstein. Directed by Dan Bonnell

ABIGAIL’S PARTY by Mike Leigh. Directed by Julian Holloway

ROSE by Martin Sherman. Directed by Judy Chaikin

THE SUNSHINE BOYS by Neil Simon. Directed by Jeff Hayden

THE BRIG by Kenneth Brown. Directed by Tom Lillard

EDGE (Life of Sylvia Plath) by Paul Alexander, Written and directed by Paul Alexander

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THE CHICAGO CONSPIRACY TRIAL by Ron Sossi and Frank Condon. Directed by Frank Condon

THIS LIME TREE BOWER by Conor McPherson. Directed by Allan Miller

HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES by Moliere - Dir. Jack Stehlin

flags by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Barry Philips

DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS by Eugene O’Neill. Directed by Jeffrey Hayden

SLIDING INTO HADES Conceived by Ron Sossi, created by the Koan Unit, written by Aaron Henne. Directed by Ron Sossi

SMALL TRAGEDY by Craig Lucas. Directed by John Perrin Flynn

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THE OLDEST PROFESSION by Paula Vogel. Directed by Ken Sawyer

MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson. Directed by Scott Cummins

A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Barry Phillips

FENCES by August Wilson. Directed by Jeffrey Hayden

POUND OF FLESH Written and directed by Michael Peter Bolus

FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee. Directed by Allan Miller

MR. KOLPERT by David Gieselmann, translated by David Tushingham. Directed by Scott Cummins

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Kafka thing Dir. Ron Sossi

three travelers by Richard Abrons - Dir. Jay Broad

The misanthrope by Moliere - Dir. Jack Stehlin

flags by Jane Martin - Dir. Jenny Sullivan

reapers by John O'Keeffe  

the threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht - Dir. Ron Sossi

A circus theatrical collaboration:

• Come back little sheba by William Inge
• view from the bridge by Arthur Miller
• becket by Jean Anouilh

A holiday comedy confection:

• light up the sky by Moss Hart
• BEaux strategem by George Farquar
• things we do for love by Alan Ayckbourn

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Far Away by Carol Churchill

The Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol - Adapted by Don Eitner & Tom Troupe - Dir. Don Eitner

Macbeth by William Shakespeare - Dir. Casey Biggs

Stage directions by L. Trey Wilson

Sit and Shiver by Steven Berkoff - Dir. Steven Berkoff  

Things We Do for Love by Alan Aykbourn - Dir. Barry Philips

Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan - Dir. Kenneth Alan Williams

The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh - Dir. Jack Rowe

Dirty Story by John Patrick Shanely

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The Penis Monologues Written by Willard Manus - Dir. Louie Fantasia

Times Like These Written and Directed by John O'Keefe

Buhdda's Big Night Dir. Ron Sossi - The Writing: Original material by the KOAN company plus excerpts from: Attar's The Conference of the Birds, Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, Ionesco's Exit the King - Additional short quotesfrom: Brecht, Sam Shepard, Peter Handke, Alan Watts, Arthur Kopit, The Bhagavad-Gita and other Hindu, Buddhist, and Sufi texts.

First Love by Charles Mee - Dir. Allan Miller

Tartuffe by Moliere - Dir. Jack Stehlin

Because I Said So Written and Directed by Raymond J. Barry

Six Characters Looking for a Writer by Luigi Pirandello - Adapted and Directed by Robert Benedetti - Co-Dir. David Lee Kelting

Among the Thugs by Tom Szentgyorgyi - Adapted from a novel by Bill Buford - Dir. Steve Pickering

Far Away by Caryl Churchill - Dir. Ron Sossi

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The Secret Love-Life of Ophelia by Steven Berkoff - Dir. Barry Philips

Standup Shakespeare Words by William Shakespeare - Music by Ray Leslee - Book by Kenneth Welsh - Dir. Casey Briggs

Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn - Dir. Barry Philips

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov - Dir. Jack Stehlin

The Price by Arthur Miller - Dir. Anthony Caldarella

We Are Family by Murrary Schisgal - Dir. John Schuck

Richard III by William Shakespeare - Dir. Casey Biggs

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The Magic Flute Adapted by Koni McCurdy from the opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Dir. Koni McCurdy

Diva on the Verge by Julia Migenes - Dir. Travis Preston

After Crystal Night by John Herman Shaner - Dir. Robert Walden (10/6/01)

The Man Who Never Yet Saw Woman's Nakedness by Moritz Rinke - Dir. Amelie Niermeyer (9/8/01)

Songplay by Jonathan Eaton Dir. Robert

Soundings by Beverly Olevin Dir.

The Faust Projekt by Johann Goethe - Dir. Ron Sossi

Tracers Conceived by John DiFusco - Dir. John DiFusco (1/13/01)

True West by Sam Shepard - Dir. Jack Stehlin (3/24/01)

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Diva on the Verge by Julia Migenes (12/9/00)

'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford - Dir: James Gale(10/21/00)

Gore More Years or Son of a Bush Gross National Product (8/12/00)

Taking Sides by Ron Harwood - Dir: Ron Sossi (7/22/00)

A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev - Dir: Dorothy Lyman (6/24/00)  

Hamlet by William Shakespeare - Dir: Casey Biggs (4/15/00)

Night Sky by Susan Yankowitz - Dir: Hope Alexander (2/19/00)

Sakina's Restaurant by Aasif Mandvi - Dir: Kim Hughes (1/15/00)

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Memorandum by Vaclav Havel - Dir: Jessica Kubzansky

The Greeks by Kenneth Cavander - Dir: Ron Sossi

The Cheats of Scapin by Moliere - Dir: Jack Stehlin

Shakespeare's Villains by Steven Berkoff - Dir: Steven Berkoff

Once in Doubt by Raymond Barry - Dir: Bernard White

900 Oneonta by David Beaird - Dir: David Beaird

I Must be Mr. Boswell by Kenneth Tigar Dir: Lawrence Osgood

Suitcase tales: The Ventriloquist's wife by Charles Ludlam & The Flatulist: by Murray Schisgal - Dir: Richard Hochberg & Ron Sossi

When I Was a Girl, I used to Scream and Shout ...Sharman Mac Donald - Dir: Elina De Santos (1/16/99)

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Ali by Geoffrey C. Ewing & Graydon Royce; directed by John DiFusco (11/ 14/ 1998)

Cold Storage by Ronald Ribman; directed by Jeff Seymour (10/24/1998)

Gila by Mark Medoff; directed by Andrew Shea (9/12/1998)

LITTLE MURDERS by Jules Pfeifer; directed by Ron Sossi (8/15/1998)

A PERFECT GANESH by Terrence McNally; directd by Alan Miller (7/11/1998)

THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN by Brecht; directed by Ron Sossi (6/20/1998)

BRECHT ON BRECHT by Brecht; directed by Ron Sossi ( 2/1998)

ECSTASY by Mike Leigh; directed by Abby Epstein, (1/ 1998)

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BLACK BOX by Kenneth Robin; directed by David Schweizer (12/1997)

RHINOCEROS by Ionesco; directed by Ron Sossi (11/97)

PRIVATE EYES by Steven Dietz; directed by   Ron Sossi(10/97)

GIGLI CONCERT by Tom Murphy; directed by Alan Miller (7/1997)

OLYMPUS ON MY MIND by   Harmon & Saturiale; directed by Roger Bean (6/13/ 1997)

BREMEN FREEDOM by Rainer Werner Fassbinder; directed by Ron Sossi ( 3/29/1997)

THE MUSIC OF MAGDALENA BAY by Jan Johnson; directed by Debbie Devine performed at 24th street Theatre in co production with Glorious Players (5/2/1997)

MASSAGE by Steven Berkoff; directed by Steven Berkoff (2/27/1997)

SPEED THE PLOW by David Mamet; directed by Elina DeSantos (2/9/1997)

THEATRE KANA by Venedict Erofeyev ; directed by   Zygmunt Duczynki (1/22/1997)

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EXPECTING BOBBY by John Bunzel(11/30/1996)

SNOW MAIDEN by Debbie Devine & Jay McAdams; directed by Debbie Devine (11/20/1996)

FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S GRANDMOTHER UNTO ME by Clarinda & Charlotte Ross; directed by David T. Thomas (11/15/96)

JANE EYRE by Lisa Hayes (10/7/96)

LOVE COUNCIL by Oskar Panizza; directed by Gary Gardner (10/26/96

LUCKY STIFF by Jeffrey Hatcher; diected by Gary Gardner (8/3/96)

AVENUE X by John Jiler & Ray Leslee; directed by John DiFusco (7/6/96 )

CEMENTVILLE by Jane Martin; directed by Ron Sossi (5/18/96)

KOKORO by Velina Hasu Houston; directed by Jan Lewis (4/13/96 )

THE DRESSER by Ronald Harwood; directed by Ron Sossi(1/27/96)

ALL MY SONS by Arthur   Miller;   directed by Elina   DeSantos (1/19/96)

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PARK YOUR CAR IN HARVARD YARD by Isrrael Horowitz; directed by Hope Alexander Willis

ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BY ERIC BENTLEY Directed by Allan Miller

THE SWAN by Elizabeth Egloff; directed by Marilyn Fox (6/24/95)

FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS by Alan Ball;   directed by Ron Sossi

ABEL & CAIN: A BIBLICAL DEBACLE written and performed by Fred Curchack and Daniel Stein (5/3/95)

WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE written and performed by Fred Curchack (4/19/95)

STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON written and performed by Fred Curchack (4/15/95)

MARY BARNES by David Edgar; directed by Ron Sossi (4/1/95)

ASPECTS OF THE OBSCENE by Bou Tillisch; directed by Jan Lewis (1/21/95)

THE SNOW MAIDEN by Debbie Devine & Jay McAdams; directed by Debbie Devine (12/15/94)

EATING RAOUL by Paul Bartel (book), Jed Feuer (music), Boyd Graham (lyrics); dir. Scott Wittman (11/12/94)

FRANKENSTEIN by Debbie Devine and Jay McAdams; directed by Debbie Devine (10/31/94)

2 BITZ: Offending the Audience by Peter Handke/ The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard; directed by Ron Sossi (10/22/94)

ONE GRIMM EVENING by Jason Loewith and Dean O'Donnell; dir. Jason Loewith and John Benitz (co-prod)

AWAKE AND SING! by Clifford Odets; directed by Elina deSantos (8/13/94)

STUMPS by Mark Medoff; directed by Allan Miller (8/6/94)

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SIGHT UNSEEN by Donald Marguilies, directed by Michael Bloom (7/16/94)

MUSIC FROM DOWN THE HILL by John Ford Noonan; directed by Dorothy Lyman (5/14/94)

DON JUAN IN HELL by GB Shaw; directed by Harris Yulin (5/4/94)

CHICAGO CONSPIRACY TRIAL by Ron Sossi & Frank Condon; directed by Frank Condon (3/19/94)

THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT by Jean Giraudoux directed by Ron Sossi (3/5/94)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINA MARIE by Craig Thornton; directed by Gretchen Somerfeld (co-prod)

THE SNOW MAIDEN by Debbie Devine & Jay McAdams; directed by Debbie Devine (12/4/93)

THE LA LA AWARDS '93 written &performed by Latins Anonymous (co-prod)

GOOSE AMID THE REVOLT written & directed by Rik Pagano (co-prod)

BLUE CORRIDOR words, music, & lyrics by Mimi Seton; conceived & dir. by Mark Bringelson (11/6/93)

COLOR ME BLACK by Randy Saint Martin; directed by Barry Philips

FRAULEINS IN UNDERWEAR translated by Carl R. Mueller; directed by Ron Sossi (8/7/93)

THE ART OF SUCCESS written by Nick Dear; directed by Al Rossi (7/24/93)

IMPERCEPTIBLE MUTABILITIES IN THE THIRD KINGDOM written by Suzan-Lori Parks; dir. Peter Brosius (6/19/93)

LOVE SUICIDE AT SCHOFIELD BARRACKS written by Romulus Linney; directed by Harris Yulin (5/22/93)

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WE'RE TALKING L.A. HERE: WORKS BY YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS (co-prod)

LOVE'S UPRISING/DAT OL' NEGRO TRADITION: DE LYNCH TREE performed by Hittite Empire (co-prod)

FEAR OF A BROWN PLANET written & performed by Chicano Secret Service (co-prod)

INCOMMUNICADO written & directed by Tom Dulack

PUNTILA & MATTI by Bertolt Brecht; directed by Tony Abatemarco

THE BACCHAE by Euripides; directed by Ron Sossi

LILY by Hindi Brooks; directed by Joe Weiss (co-prod)

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IRISH written & performed by Shay Duffin

CONFESSIONS OF AN IRISH REBEL written & performed by Shay Duffin

EL GRANDE DE COCA COLA written & directed by Ron House & Diz White

IVONA, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDIA by Witold Gombrowicz; directed by Stefan Kruck

GOD'S COUNTRY by Steven Dietz; directed by Frank Condon

A MAP OF THE WORLD by David Hare; directed by Allan Miller

ONLY KIDDING! by Jim Geoghan; directed by Larry Arrick

VIRTUS written & directed by Gregg Loughridge

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Dark year

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