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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


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