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Past Seasons

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (2011-2012 Season). Photo by Erik Jacobs.


2011–2012 Season

Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill
Paraffin and Nursing by Adam Rapp
Robin Hood by Greg Banks
She Loves Me with book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and based on a play by Miklos Laszlo
X Dance with choreography by Tyler Catanella, Janet Mullen, Ashley Maietta, Kameron Tarlow, and Wynn Harrison
Twilight: Los Angles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith
NewFest: Rough & Tumble by Patrick McDonald 
Café Variations with book by Charles Mee and music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin 

2010–2011 Season

Light Up the Sky by Moss Hart
The Actor by Horton Foote and The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang
Bud, Not Buddy by Reginald André Jackson and adapted from the novel by Chrisopher Paul Curtis
Nine with book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, and adapted from the Italian by Mario Fratti 
X Dance with choreography by Emily Geaman, Skylar Grossman, Carly Jurman, Audrey Stuck, and Ryan Ziegler
The Golden Age by Louis Nowra
NewFest: Chops by Kirin McCrory 
Man of La Mancha with book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion 

2009–2010 Season

Incorruptible by Michael Hollinger
6 Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
Esperanza Rising by Lynne Alvarez, based on the book by Pam Muñez Ryan, and with original music by Victor Zupanc
Illyria with book, music and lyrics by Peter C. Mills and adapted by Peter C. Mills and Cara Reichel from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night 
X Dance with choreography by Michael Lupacchino, Amanda Maltx, Rachel Rosenbloom, Miguel Septien, and Ariel White
Vendetta Chrome by Anne Washburn, The Bluest Eye by Lydia Diamond, and October, November by Sally Oswald
NewFest: Paint by Dan DeNicola 
Into the Woods with book by James Lapine and Music and Lyrics by Sephen Sondheim

2008–2009 Season

Lady Windermere's Fan by Osar Wilde
Pterodactyls by Nicky Silver
The Hundred Dresses by Mary Hall Surface and based on the book by Elanor Estes
Little Women with book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
X Dance with choreography by Michael Lupacchino, Laura Murphy, and Adam Thomas
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Harold's Fall or King Will by George Watsky 
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with book by Larry L. King and music and lyrics by Carol Hall 

2007–2008 Season

Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Bat Boy: The Musical with book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe
X Dance with choreography by Maryann Colella, Kira Cowan, Megan Donavan, Brittany Hershkowitz, Chelsea Lembo, and Tim Stokel
The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry
Cloud Tectonics by José Rivera
NewFest: The Rubik's Cube by Kimberly Barrante
City of Angels with book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel

2006–2007 Season

Seventy Scenes of Halloween by Jeffrey M. Jones
The Misanthrope by Moliére
X Dance with choreography by Tyler Ashley, Andrea Cummings, Lisa Dimick, Jessica Masiello, Sarah Sadie Newett, Katy Phillips, Amanda Shind, and Mijal Weissberger
The Witch of Blackbird Pond adapted by Y York and based on the book by Elizabeth George Speare
Assassins with book by John Weidman, and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim 
Pullman Car Hiawatha and The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder
A Movie Star has to Star in Black and White by Adrienne Kennedy
Emerson Dance with choreography by Debra Bluth, Martha Mason, and Cheri Opperman with Jessica Masiello and Sara Sadie Newett
NewFest: Lift by Kelly McCabe 
On the Town with book and lyrics by Adoph Green and Betty Comden and music by Leonard Bernstein 

2005–2006 Season

The Distance from Here by Neil LaBute
A New Brain with book by William Finn and James Lapine and music and lyrics by William Finn
Experimental Dance 
Sideways Stories from Wayside School adapted by John Olive and adapted from the books by Louis Sachar 
Undiscovered Country by Tom Stoppard
Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind
Emerson Dance
A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters by James Still
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell
NewFest: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by David Larson and Life in Space by Justin Becker 
Grease with book, music, and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

2004–2005 Season

The Me Nobody Knows by Robert H. Livingston, Herb Schapiro, and Stephen M. Joseph, music by Garry William Friedman, and lyrics by Will Holt
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
Experimental Dance 
All of a Kind Family adapted by Melia Bensussen from the books by Sydney Taylor with music by Catherine Stornetta and lyrics by Melia Benussen and Catherine Stornetta
Picnic by William Inge
The Cradle Will Rock with book, music, and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein
Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
Emerson Dance
Hedwig and the Angry Inch with book by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask
NewFest: Blue Cheese Chronicles by Sarah Carey 
Working with book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Stephen Schwartz, Micki Grant, Craig Carnelia, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Micki Grant, Craig Carnelia, James Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead, and based from the book by Studs Terkel 

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