The American Legacy
Metropolitan Playhouse
The American Legacy

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HISTORY

Metropolitan Playhouse
Production History

1st Season - 1993

Open Admissions
by Shirley Lauro
directed by David Zarko


2nd Season 1993-94

The American Clock ~ London Version
by Arthur Miller
directed by Rebecca Taylor

Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare
directed by Mary Ethel Schmidt

Wenceslas Square
by Larry Shue
directed by David Zarko

3rd Season, 1994-95

The Madwoman of Chaillot
by Jean Giraudoux
directed by Rebecca Taylor

The Butterfingers Angel
by William Gibson
directed by Mary Ethel Schmidt

The Morality of Death
by Robert Ruffin
directed by Rebecca Taylor

Dark Sun
by Lisette Lecat Ross
directed by Mark Hirschfield

Spring Fever
a collection of short plays
directed by David Zarko


4th Season, 1995-96

Joanna's Husband, David's Wife
by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
directed by Rebecca Taylor

Round Trip
by Oliver Hailey
directed by Mark Hirschfield

The Road to Damascus
by Mary Ethel Schmidt
directed by Stephen Jobes

The Streets of New York
by Dion Boucicault
directed by David Zarko

The Gingerbread Lady
by Neil Simon
directed by Mary Ethel Schmidt


5th Season, 1997

The Valentine's Day Waltz of 1897
an audience interactive event
presented at The Association of the
Bar of the City of New York,
in conjunction with The Lawyers' Orchestra

scenario by Robert Ruffin
directed by Rebecca Taylor


6th Season, 1997-98

The Return of Peter Grimm
by David Belasco
directed by David Zarko

The Spirit House
by Adam Kraar
directed by Ed Chemaly

Goshen Church
by Katherine Dubois Reed
directed by David Carson

The O. Henry Conspiracy
by Richard Grunn
directed by David Zarko

Washington Irving's Sketchbook
by Frank Higgins & Rebecca Taylor
directed by Rebecca Taylor

Hoax
by Pamela Monk
directed by Mark Hirschfield

The New York Idea
by Langston Mitchell
directed by Connie Rotunda


7th Season, 1998-99

Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh
by Harry James Smith
directed by David Zarko

It Pays to Advertise
by Megrue and Hackett
directed & adapted by Mark Hirschfield

The Easiest Way
based on the play by Eugene Walter
directed & adapted by Ed Chemaly

History Lessons
by David Zarko
directed by Leonard Jacobs

8th Season, 1999-2000

A Man's World
by Rachel Crothers
directed by Rebecca Taylor

The Street
by Roger Dowdeswell
directed by John Steeber

Overtones
by Alice Gerstenberg
directed by Margo Hammond

What Happened to Jones
based on the play by George Broadhurst
directed & adapted by David Zarko

Love's Postman
by Augustin Daly
directed by Scott Shattuck


9th Season - 2000-01


The Woman
By William C. deMille
directed by David Zarko


10th Season, 2001- 02: Faith

Oedipus Rex
Sophocles, adapted by Alex Roe
directed by Ian Marshall
Salem
by Alex Roe,
inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne
directed by Alex Roe

The Faith Healer
by William Vaughan Moody
directed by Keith Oncale

Dom Juan
By Molière
translated and directed by Alex Roe

11th Season, 2002-03: Identity

The Show-Off
by George Kelley
directed by Yvonne Opffer Conybeare

Bacchus
from Euripides
adapted and directed by Alex Roe

Sun-Up
by Lula Vollmer
directed by Mahayana Landowne

Fashion
by Anna Cora Mowatt
directed by Alex Roe

12th Season, 2003-04: Friends and Foes

The City
by Clyde Fitch
directed by Yvonne Opffer Conybeare

Pick Up Ax
by Anthony Clarvoe
directed by Alex Roe

East Side Story
10 new plays and
5 new monologues about the Lower East Side
conceived by Anthony P. Pennino and Alex Roe

Secret Service
by William Gillette
directed by Anthony P. Pennino

Arden of Faversham
Anonymous
directed by Alex Roe

13th Season, 2004-05: Heroes

Alphabet City II
Celebrating the Neighbors of the Lower East Side through solo performances

Metamora
by John Augustus Stone
directed by Alex Roe

The Devil’s Disciple
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Yvonne Opffer Conybeare

East Village Chronicles, Vol. 2
8 new plays about the first generation and the next generation of the neighborhood
directed by Jude Domski and
Derek Jamison

Missouri Legend
by E. B. Ginty
directed by Yvonne Opffer Conybeare

Children’s Crusader
by Anthony P. Pennino
directed by Alex Roe

Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick
adapted and performed by Christopher Moore
directed by Alex Roe

14th Season, 2005-06: Outsiders

Alphabet City III
Celebrating the Neighbors of the Lower East Side through solo performances

The Scarecrow
by Percy MacKaye
directed by Alex Roe

Inheritors
by Susan Glaspell
directed by Yvonne Opffer Conybeare

Poe-Fest
13 new works inspired by
the life and work of
Edgar Allan Poe

The Melting Pot
by Israel Zangwill
directed by Robert Z. Kalfin

Haunted
written and directed by Alex Roe

East Village Chronicles, Vol. 3
6 new plays about neighborhoods within the neighborhood
directed by Anne Beaumont, Alberto Bonilla, Sidney Fortner,  and
Anthony P. Pennino

15th Season, 2006-07: Black & White

The Octoroon
by Dion Boucicault
directed by Alex Roe

The Truth
by Clyde Fitch
directed by Yvonne Opffer Conybeare

Twainathon
new works inspired by
the life and work of
Samuel Clemens

The Festival of the Vegetables
By Michael and Rachael Kosch

André
by William Dunlap

Denial
by Peter Sagal

East Village Chronicles, Vol. 4
8 new plays about issues that have divided the neighborhood

16th Season, 2007-08: Virtue

Alphabet City IV
Celebrating the Neighbors of the Lower East Side through solo performances

Margaret Fleming
by James A. Herne
directed by Alex Roe

Tales from the Wind and Sun
By Jon Levin and Diego Carvajal
Directed by Jon Levin

The Pioneer
Five Short Plays by Eugene O’Neill
directed by Mark Harborth

Hawthornucopia
new works inspired by
the life and work of
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mortal Decisions:
a diary of the Donner party
written and performed by Stu Richel

The Festival of the Vegetables
(the second harvest)
By Michael and Rachael Kosch

Year One of the Empire
by Elinor Fuchs and Joyce Antler
directed by Alex Roe

The Devil and Tom Walker
by Anthony P. Pennino
(after Washington Irving)
directed by Yvonne Opffer Conybeare

East Village Chronicles, Vol. 5
8 new plays about places that have anchored the neighborhood

17th Season, 2008-09: Work

Nowadays
by George Middletown
directed by Alex Roe

Anna Christie
by Eugene O'Neill
directed by Robert Z. Kalfin

Adventure theatre
An improvised, interactive theatrical adventure
for heroes of all ages
by Kenn Adams

Melvillapalooza
By Jon Levin and Diego Carvajal
Directed by Jon Levin

The Pioneer
Five Short Plays by Eugene O’Neill
directed by Mark Harborth

Hawthornucopia
Seven guest artists and companies
celebrate the life and literature of
Herman Melville.


Power
by Arthur Arent
directed by Mark Harborth

The Festival of the Vegetables
(the third harvest)
By Michael and Rachael Kosch

It Pays to Advertise
by RoyCooper Megrue and Walter C. Hackett
directed by Michael Hardart

East Village Chronicles, Vol. 6
New plays about places that have anchored the neighborhood

18th Season, 2009-10: Starting Over

The East Village Theater Festival
New plays about places that have anchored the neighborhood

The Contrast
by Royall Tyler
directed by Alex Roe

Adventure theatre
An improvised, interactive theatrical adventure
for heroes of all ages
by Kenn Adams

Under the Gaslight
By Augustin Daly
Directed by Michael Hardart

Another Sky
9 premiere works by cutting edge artists insipred by
the life and writing of trailblazing American women

Give and Go
written and performed by Brandt Johnson
directed by Ron Stetson

The Festival of the Vegetables
(the third harvest)
By Michael and Rachael Kosch

The Return of Peter Grimm
by David Belasco
directed by Alex Roe

Dodsworth
by Sidney Howard and Sinclair Lewis
directed by Yvonne Opffer Conybeare

19th Season, 2010-11: Stereotypes

  The Drunkard or the Fallen Saved
by W. H. Smith
directed by Frank Kuhn

Uncle Tom's Cabin
By George L. Aiken
Directed by Alex Roe

Adventure theatre
An improvised, interactive theatrical adventure
for heroes of all ages
by Kenn Adams

A Harlem Renaissance festival
7 premiere works by cuting edge artists inspired by
the life and writings of the dynamic artists who defined the
Harlem Renaissance

Green
written and performed by Chris Harcum
directed by Aimee Todoroff

The Festival of the Vegetables V
By Michael and Rachael Kosch

The Great Divide
by William Vaughn Moody
directed by Michael Hardart

One-Third of a Nation
by Arthur Arent
directed by Alex Roe

The East Village Theater Festival
Two of our most popular annual attractions celebrating the life and lore of the East Village

20th Season, 2011-12: Class

From Rags to Riches
by Charles A. Taylor
directed by Alex Roe

The Jazz Singer
by Samson Raphaelson
directed by Laura Livingston

The Horatio Alger Festival
Featuring 5 premier works about the most famous auteur of the "Rags to Riches" myth

Deep Are the Roots
by Arnaud d'Usseau and James Gow
directed by Michael Hardart

Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth
by Clyde Fitch
directed by Alex Roe

The Third Annual The East Village Theater Festival
Two of our most popular annual attractions celebrating the life and lore of the East Village