Yale Repertory Theatre

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE

Production History, 1966/67 – 1979/80 Seasons

* = World Premiere

+ = American Premiere

# - English Language Premiere

1978-1979

+ TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS – September 28-November 8, 1978, Yale Rep

By Odon von Horvath

Translated by Christopher Hampton

Directed by Keith Hack

Sets – Tony Straiges

Costumes – Dunya Ramicova

Lighting – Thomas Skelton

Music Arrangements – Gary Fagin

Cast: Norma Brustein, Robert Burr, Katherine Clark, David Clennon, Robert Dean, Eric Elice, Clarence Felder, Elizabeth Franz, Jeremy Geidt, John Glover, Eve Gordon, Richard Grusin, Carol Kane, Adrianne Nobel, Christopher J. Markle, Nancy Mayans, Kim McCarty, Isy Monk, H.S. Murphy, Rebecca Nelson, Elizabeth Norment, Marianne Owen, Marilyn Owen, Mary Van Dyke

MISTAKEN IDENTITIES (‘DENTITY CRISIS & GUESS WORK)

– October 12-December 6, 1978, Yale Rep

Sets – Michael H. Yeargan

Costumes – Marjorie Graf

Lighting – Robert Jared

Dramaturg – James R. Lee

Production Stage Manager – H. Lloyd Carbaugh

* ‘DENTITY CRISIS

by Christopher Durang

Directed by Frank Torok

Cast: Katherine Clarke, Mark Linn-Baker, Nancy Mayans, David K. Miller, Darcy Pullman

*GUESS WORK

By Robert Auletta

Directed by Robert Gainer

Cast: David Clennon

MAHAGONNY – November 6-December 13, 1978, Yale Rep

A chamber version of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill

Conceived and Directed by Keith Hack

Music Arrangements – Tony Beaumont

Music Director – Gary Fagin

Sets – Michael H. Yeargan

Costumes – Nan Cibula

Lighting – William B. Armstrong

Assistant Music Director – Paul D. Sullivan

Movement Consultant – Wesley Fata

Cast: Robert Burr, Katherine Clarke, Ellen Barber, Eric Elice, June Gable, Jeremy Geidt, John Glover, David Alan Grier, Michael Gross, Mark Linn-Baker, Nancy Mayans, Fred Melamed, David K. Miller, Darcy Pullman, John Seitz

BURIED CHILD – January 18-February 7, 1979, Yale Rep

By Sam Shepard

Directed by Adrian Hall

Sets – Adrianne Lobel

Costumes – Judianna Makovsky

Lighting – William B. Warfel

Cast: Polly Draper, Clarence Felder, Elizabeth Franz, Jeremy Geidt, Ford Rainey, John Seitz, Tony Shalhoub

THE SEA GULL – February 15-April 6, 1979, Yale Rep

By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

In a new version by Jean-Claude van Itallie

Directed by Robert Brustein

Sets – Michael H. Yeargan

Costumes – Dunya Ramicova

Lighting – Thomas Skelton

Cast: Norma Brustein, Katherine Clarke, Caris Corfman, Joseph Costa, Robert Dean, Eric Elice, Clarence Felder, Elizabeth Franz, Jeremy Geidt, Jean L. Grimm, Drew McCoy, Addison Powell, Rosa Vega, Michael Wager

+ THE BUNDLE, or New Narrow Road to the Deep North –March 1-May 2, 1979, Yale Rep

By Edward Bond

Directed by John Madden

Sets – Andrew Jackness

Costumes – Susan Hilferty

Lighting – Robert Jared

Sound – Tom Voegeli

Fight Choreography – B.H. Barry

Cast: Joseph Costa, Peter Crombie, Alice Drummond, R. N. Foerster, Jeremy Geidt, Richard Grusin, Nicholas Kepros, Warren Manzi, William McGlinn, Rebecca Nelson, Elizabeth Norment, Marianne Owen, Geoffrey M. Pierson, Ford Rainey, Alan Rosenberg, John Gould Rubin, Tony Shalhoub, Mary Van Dyle

AS YOU LIKE IT – April 12-May 9, 1979, Yale Rep

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Andrei Belgrader

Sets – Tom Lynch

Costumes – Adrianne Lobel

Lighting – William Armstrong

Music Composed and Directed by Paul Schierhorn

Cast: Katherine Borowitz, William Converse-Roberts, Peter Crombie, Jenny Davis, Robert Dean, Thomas Derrah, Polly Draper, Eric Elice, Jeremy Geidt, Jeff Ginsberg, Richard Grusin, Moses Gunn, Barbara Jones, Mark Linn-Baker, Nancy Mayans, Fred Melamed, William McGlinn, David K. Miller, Isy Monk, H.S. Murphy, Hillary Nelson, Elizabeth Norment, Marianne Owen, David Prittle, Ann Sachs, Tony Sherer, Bernard Sundstedt

Special Holiday Production:

JACQUES BREL... – December 29-January 13, 1979, University Theatre

Directed by Steve Lawson

Music Direction and Arrangements – Rusty Magee

Choreography – Wesley Fata

Sets – Randy Drake

Costumes – Rita Ryack

Lighting – William M. Armstrong

Cast: Caris Corfman, Warren Manzi, Nancy Mayans, Dave K. Miller, H.S. Murphy, Elizabeth Norment, David Prittie

Guest Company:

The Lucia Sturdza Bulandra Theatre company, Bucharest, Romania: ELIZABETH I by Paul Foster;

and The Lost Letter by Ion Luca Caragiale

(7/18/06 – no information found on these presentations )

1977-1978

THE GHOST SONATA – September 29-November 12, 1977, Yale Rep

By August Strindberg

Translated by Evert Sprinchorn

Music Composer – Elizabeth Swados

Sets – Michael H. Yeargan

Costumes – Dunya Ramicova

Lighting – Thomas Skelton

Cast: Norma Brustein, Edward Chell, Robin Merritt Clark, Brenda Currin, Thomas Derrah, Randolph N. Foerster, Jeremy Geidt, Denise Annette-Ashley Gordon, Michael Gross, Shaine Marinson, Kristine Nielsen, Patrizia Norcia, William Roberts, Stephen Rowe, Asante Scott, Tony Shalhoub, Douglas Simes, Priscilla Smith, Roy Steinberg, Mary Van Dyke, David Wiles, Max Wright

* REUNION – October 13-November 28, 1977, Yale Rep

DARK PONY

By David Mamet

Directed by Walt Jones

Sets and Costumes – Kate Edmunds

Lighting – William Conner

Cast: Michael Higgins, Lindsay Crouse

* TERRA NOVA – November 17-30, 1977, Yale Rep

By Ted Tally

Directed by Travis S. Preston

Sets and Costumes – Jess Goldstein

Lighting – Robert Jared

Projections – William B. Warfel

Cast: Lindsay Crouse, Jeremy Geidt, Michael Gross, Michael Higgins, Arthur Hill, Stephen Rowe, Max Wright

SGANARELLE: An Evening of Moliere Farces – January 19-February 1, 1978, Yale Rep

Translated by Albert Bermel

Directed by Andrei Serban

Sets – Michael H. Yeargan

Costumes – Dunya Ramicova

Lighting – James H. Gage

Choral Director – Patrizia Norcia

The Flying Doctor

Cast: Mark Linn Baker, David Marshall Grant, Michael Gross, Richard Grusin, Jonathan Marks, Elizabeth Norment, Marianne Owen

The Forced Marriage

Cast: Mark Linn Baker, Norma Brustein, Joyce Fideor, David Marshall Grant, Richard Grusin, Patrizia Norcia, Elizabeth Norment, Marianne Owen, William Roberts, Eugene Troobnick, Jonathan Walker, Frederic Warriner

Sganarelle

Cast: Mark Linn Baker, Norma Brustein, Peter Crombie, Joyce Fideor, Michael Gross, Richard Grusin, Jonathan Marks, Patrizia Norcia, Elizabeth Norment, William Roberts, Frederic Warriner

MAN IS MAN

By Bertolt Brecht

Translated by Steve Gooch

Music by William Bolcom

Directed by Ron Daniels

Sets – Nancy Thun

Costumes – Dunya Ramicova

Lighting – Thomas Skelton

Musical Director – Paul Schierhorn

Cast: Mark Linn Baker, Edward Chell, Thomas Derrah, William Foeller, Jeremy Geidt, Joseph Grifasi, Michael Gross, Richard Grusin, Bill Keller, Warren Manzi, Harry Murphy, Patrizia Norcia, Timothy O’Hagan, Estelle Parsons, John Seitz, Tony Shalhoub, John Shea

* WINGS

By Arthur Kopit

Directed by John Madden

Sets – Andrew Jackness

Costumes – Jeanne Button

Lighting – Tom Schraeder

Sound – Tom Voegeli

Music – Herb Pilhofer

Cast: Ira Bernstein, Caris Corfman, Constance Cummings, Richard Grusin, Carol Ostrow, Marianne Owen, Betty Pelzer, Geoffrey Pierson, Roy Steinberg

THE WILD DUCK

By Henrik Ibsen

Translated by Michael Meyer

Directed by Robert Brustein

Sets – Michael Yeargan

Costumes – Jeanne Button

Lighting – William B. Warfel

Music – Richard Peaslee

Cast: Blanche Baker, William E. Browne, Norma Brustein, Polly Draper, William Foeller, Jeremy Geidt, Michael Gross, Bill Keller, Jonathan Marks, H.S. Murphy, Marianne Owen, Geoffrey Pierson, Jim Pigott, Lee Richardson, William Roberts, Tony Shalhoub, Bruce A. Siddons, Douglas Simes, Robert Snow, Shepperd Strudwich, Eugene Troobnick, Christopher Walken, Herman Zommick

Special Holiday Production:

* THE 1940’s RADIO HOUR – December 28-January 7, 1978, Yale Rep

Written and directed by Walt Jones

Music Director, Arranger – Gary Fagin

Vocal Arrangements and Director – Paul Schierhorn

Design – Nancy Thun

Lighting – Robert Heller

Choreography – Wesley Fata, Joe Grifasi, Rebecca Nelson, Eric Elice, Caris Corfman

Choreography Consultant – Wesley Fata

Cast: Richard Bey, H. Lloyd Carbaugh, Caris Corfman, Tom Derrah, John Doolittle, Eric Elice, Joe Grifasi, James Haverly, Richard Houert, Walt Jones, Shaine Marinson, Nancy Mayans, Rebecca Nelson, Elizabeth Norment, Stephen Rowe

Guest Company:

Mabou Mines: THE B. BEAVER ANIMATION – September 16-17, 1977, University Theatre

Text and Direction – Lee Breuer

Sets – Tina Girouard

Adapted by Thom Catchcart and Steve Bennyworth

Dam Sculpture – Tina Girouard

Light Frames – Thom Catchcart

Curtain Puppetry – Robin Thomas

Cast: JoAnne Akalaitis, Ruth Maleczech, Fred Neumann, Bill Raymond, David Warrilow

1976-1977

JULIUS CAESAR – October 1-November 13, 1976, Yale Rep

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Alvin Epstein

Sets – Tony Straiges

Costumes – Jeanne Button

Lighting – William B. Warfel

Music Composer, Conductor – Kirk Nurock

Choral Movement – Carmen de Lavallade

Cast: Mark Baker, Bever-leigh Banfield, Richard Bey, Charles Black, Peter Blanc, Norma Brustein, Kate Clark, John Cole, Robert Dean, Carmen de Lavallade, Bill DeLuca, John Doolittle, Ribert Drivas, Eric Elice, Jeremy Geidt, Laurence Gewirtz, Anneke Gough, Richard Grusin, Ben Halley, Jr., Avram J. Hellerman, Thomas Hill, David Kaplan, Ron Liebman, Christopher J. Markle, Nancy Mayans, Brian McEleney, William McGlinn, Katherine Mendeloff, David K. Miller, Rebecca Nelson, Elizabeth Norment, Marianne Owen, Steven Pasternack, Barry M. Press, Stephen Rowe, Baker Salsbury, Paul Schierhorn, Tony Sherer, Robert Snow, Eugene Troobnick, James Zitlow

* SUICIDE IN B-FLAT (A Mysterious Overture) – October 14-December 17, 1976, Yale Rep

By Sam Shepard

Directed by Walt Jones

Music Composer – Lawrence Wolf

Sets – Michael Yeargan

Costumes – Jess Goldstein

Lighting – Paul Gallo

Cast: Alma Cuervo, Clifford David, Joyce Fideor, Joe Grifasi, William Hickey, Paul Schierhorn, Lawrence Wolf

IVANOV – November 18-December 18, 1976, Yale Rep

By Anton Chekhov

Translated by Jeremy Brooks and Kitty Hunter Blair

Directed by Ron Daniels

Sets – Michael Yeargan

Costumes – Jeanne Button

Lighting – William B. Warfel

Cast: Mark Baker, Richard Bey, Norma Brustein, Robert Brustein, Elzbieta Chezevska, Alma Cuervo, Bill DeLuca, Eric Elice, Alvin Epstein, Jeremy Geidt, Anneka Gough, Richard Grusin, William McGlinn, David K. Miller, Elizabeth Norment, Mary Ann Owen, Barry M. Press, Stephen Rowe, Eugene Troobnick, Mary Van Dyke, Margaret Whitton

* THE VIETNAMIZATION OF NEW JERSEY (A American Tragedy) – January 13-February 25, 1977, Yale Rep

By Christopher Durang

Directed by Walt Jones

Sets – Christopher Phelps Clarens

Costumes – Kathleen M. Armstrong

Lighting – James H. Gage

Cast: Richard Bey, Jeremy Geidt, Ben Halley, Jr., Anne Louise Hoffman, Charles Levin, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Stephen Rowe

* THE DURANGO FLASH – January 27-April 1, 1977, Yale Rep

By William Hauptman

Directed by Kenneth Frankel

Sets and Projections – Michael Yeargan

Costumes – Jeanne Button

Lighting – Tom Skelton

Cast: Guy Boyd, William Carden, Carmen de Lavallade, Alvin Epstein, Joyce Fideor, Richard Grusin, Ben Halley, Jr., Thomas Hill, Tony McGlinn, Rebecca Nelson, Lynn Oliver, Damon Ortega, Stephen Rowe, Paul Schierhorn, Tony Sherer, Eugene Troobnick, Donovan Withers

MISTER PUNTILA AND HIS CHAUFFER MATTI – March 3-April 2, 1977, Yale Rep

By Bertolt Brecht

Translated by Gerhard Nellhaus

Music by William Bolcom

Lyrics adapted by Michael Feingold

Sets – David Lloyd Gropman

Costumes – Dunya Ramicova

Lighting – Tom Skelton

Musical Director –Paul Schierhorn

Cast: Mark Baker, Bever-leigh Banfield, Richard Bey, Alma Cuervo, John Doolittle, Eric Elice, Ron Faber, Joyce Fideor, Jeremy Geidt, Anneke Gough, Richard Grusin, Ben Halley, Jr., David Kaplan, Christopher J. Markle, David K. Miller, Rebecca Nelson, Patrizia Norcia, Thomas Hill, Shaine Marinson, Nancy Mayans, William McGlinn, Lynn Oliver, Damon Ortega, Roy B. Steinberg, Eugene Troobnick, Jonathan Walker

+ WHITE MARRIAGE – April 14-May 7, 1977, Yale Rep

By Tadeusz Rozewicz

Translated by Adam Czerniawski

Directed by Andrzej Wajda

Sets and Costumes – Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Lighting – William B. Warfel and Lewis Folden

Music Consultant – Paul Schierhorn

Movement Consultant – Carmen de Lavallade

Cast: Blanche Baker, Norma Brustein, Elzbieta Chezevska, Alma Cuervo, Alvin Epstein, David M. Grant, Timothy Hagan, Polina Klimovitskaya, Shaine Marinson, Patrizia Norcia, Julia Przybos, William Roberts, Stephen Rowe, Douglas Simes, Roy B. Steinberg, Eugene Troobnick, Carol Williard

Special Holiday Production:

* THE BANQUET YEARS

A celebration of turn-of-the-century Paris

An evening of words and music, song and dance

Conceived by Carmen de Lavallade, Robert Gainer, Joe Grifasi, Johnathan Marks

Directed by Robert Gainer

Choreography – Carmen de Lavallade and Joe Grifasi

Sets – Kathleen Armstrong

Costumes – Jeanne Button, Lewis Folden

Lighting – Thomas Schraeder

Music – Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Jacques Offenbach

Texts – Alfred Jarry, Pierre Louys, Maz Jacob, Erik Satie

Original text – Jonathan Marks

Cast: Mark Baker, Bever-leigh Banfield, Alma Cuervo, Carmen de Lavallade, Joe Grifasi, Brian McEleney, David Miller, William Roberts, Eugene Troobnick

Guest Company:

Emlyn Williams as CHARLES DICKENS and DYLAN THOMAS GROWING UP (7/18/06 – no info found on presentation, SP)

1975-1976

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – October 12 – October 25, 1975

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Alvin Epstein

Music – Otto-Werner Mueller

Sets – Tony Straiges

Costumes – Zack Brown

Lighting – William B. Warfel

Dramaturg – Michael Lassell

Production Stage Manager – Frank S. Torok

Cast: James Brick, Norma Brustein, Robert Brustein, Carmen de Lavallade, Randall Duk Kim, Alvin Epstein, Victor Garbel, Jeremy Geidt, Joseph Grifasi, Tom Hill, Philip Kerr, Charles Levin, Jonathan Marks, Stephen Rowe, Paul Shhierhorn, Eugene Troobnick, Paula Wagner, Frederic Warriner

DON JUAN – October 30 – December 16, 1975

By Moliere

Translated by Kenneth Cavander

Directed by Robert Brustein

Music – Richard Peaslee

Sets – Michael Yeargan

Costumes – Tony Straiges

Lighting – Stephen R. Woody

Dramaturg – Phillip Blumberg

Production Stage Manager – Frank S. Torok

DYNAMITE TONITE! – November 15 – December 20, 1975

By Arnold Weinstein

Music by William Bolcom

Directed by Alvin Epstein & Walt Jones

Sets – Heidi Ettinger

Costumes – Suzane Palmer

Lighting – Lewis A. Folden

Dramaturg – Stephen R. Lawson

Production Stage Manager – Frank S. Torok

* WALK THE DOG, WILLIE – January 15 – February 19, 1976

By Robert Auletta

Directed by Walt Jones

Music – Carol Lees

Sets & Costumes – Michael Yeargan

Lighting – Donald Bondy Lowy

Dramaturg – Phillip Blumberg

Production Stage Manager – Frank S. Torok

BINGO – January 29 – March 20, 1976

By Edward Bond

Directed by Ron Daniels

Sets – David Lloyd Gropman

Costumes – Annette Beck

Lighting – Steve Pollock

Dramaturg – Russell Vandenbroucke

Production Stage Manager – Frank S. Torok

GENERAL GORGEOUS – February 26 – May 3, 1976

By Michael McClure

Directed by Lawrence Kornfeld

Sets – Ursula Belden

Costumes – Jeanne Button