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The following is a list of productions at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, California.

1960s

1967 (Premiere Season)

  • The Devils by John Whiting (West Coast Premiere); Director by Gordon Davidson
  • The Sorrows of Frederick by Romulus Linney (World Premiere); Directed by Albert Marre
  • The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi by Friederich Dürrenmatt (West Coast Premiere); Directed by Malcolm Black
  • Who's Happy Now by Oliver Hailey (World Premiere); Directed by Gordon Davidson
  • Muzeeka by John Guare (World Premiere); Directed by Edward Parone.

1968

1969

in repertory with:

1970s

1970

  • Murderous Angels by Conor Cruise O'Brien (World Premiere); Directed by Gordon Davidson
  • Crystal & Fox by Brian Friel (American Premiere); Directed by Hilton Edwards
  • Paul Sills' Story Theatre devised and directed by Paul Sills
  • The Dream on Monkey Mountain (World Premiere) by Derek Walcott; Directed by Michael A. Schultz
  • Rosebloom (World Premiere) by Harvey Perr; Directed by Gordon Davidson

1971

Note that James Whitmore in Will Rogers' U.S.A. was recorded at the Mark Taper Forum on January 15 & 16, 1971

1972

1973

  • Mass (West Coast Premiere) by Leonard Bernstein; Directed by Gordon Davidson.
  • The Mind with the Dirty Man (World Premiere) by Jules Tasca; Directed by Edward Parone.
  • Forget-Me-Not Lane (West Coast Premiere) by Peter Nichols; Directed by Arvin Brown.
  • The Hot l Baltimore (West Coast Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason.
  • Brecht: Sacred & Profane (West Coast Premiere) (The Mahagonny Songplay by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill, and The Measures Taken by Bertolt Brecht Music by Hanns Eisler); Directed by Edward Payson Call

1974/1975

1975 Special Spring Celebration

  • Me and Bessie (World Premiere) Book by Will Holt; Concept by Linda Hopkins; Directed by Robert Greenwald
  • Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island (West Coast Premiere) by Athol Fugard, Winston Ntshona and John Kani; Directed by Athol Fugard

1975/1976

in repertory with:

Four Plays in Repertory:

  • Ashes (American Premiere) by David Rudkin; Directed by Edward Parone
  • Cross Country (World Premiere) by Susan Miller; Directed by Vickie Rue
  • And Where She Stops Nobody Knows (World Premiere) by Oliver Hailey; Directed by Gordon Davidson.
  • Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov; Directed by Edward Parone

1976/1977

in repertory with:

10th Anniversary Repertory Festival

1977/1978

1978/1979

1979/1980

1980s

1980/1981

  • The Lady and the Clarinet (World Premiere) by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Gordon Davidson
  • Billy Bishop Goes To War (West Coast Premiere) by John Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson; Directed by John Gray
  • Hoagy, Bix and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus (American Premiere) by Adrian Mitchell; Directed by Steven Robman
  • Tintypes (West Coast Premiere) by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle; Directed by Gary Pearle
  • Chekhov in Yalta (World Premiere) by John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow; Directed Ellis Rabb and Gordon Davidson

in repertory with:

1981/1982

1982/1983

1983/1984

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams; Directed by José Quintero
  • An American Comedy (World Premiere) by Richard Nelson; Directed by John Madden
  • Quilters (West Coast Premiere) by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek; Music, lyrics and entire production directed by Barbara Damashek.
  • The Genius (American Premiere) by Howard Brenton; Directed by Ben Levit

Three plays in repertory:

1984/1985

1985/1986

  • The Beautiful Lady (West Coast Premiere) by Elizabeth Swados and Paul Schmidt; Music, lyrics and direction by Elizabeth Swados.
  • Romance Language (West Coast Premiere) by Peter Parnell; Directed by Sheldon Larry
  • 'night, Mother by Marsha Norman; Directed by Tom Moore

Three plays in repertory:

1986/1987

  • Asinamali! (Special Event) written and directed by Mbongeni Ngema
  • The Immigrant—A Hamilton County Album (West Coast Premiere) by Mark Harelik; Directed by Randal Myler
  • Ghetto (English Language Premiere) by Joshua Sobol; Directed by Gordon Davidson
  • Burn This (World Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason
  • The Traveler (World Premiere) by Jean-Claude van Itallie; Directed by Steven Kent
  • Roza (West Coast Premiere) book and lyrics by Julian More; Music by Gilbert Becaud; based on La Vie Devant Soi by Romain Gary; Directed by Harold Prince
  • Loot by Joe Orton; Directed by John Tillinger; in repertory with
  • Entertaining Mr. Sloane by Joe Orton; Directed by John Tillinger

1987/1988

1988/1989

1989/1990

Renaissance Theatre Company's productions

1990s

1990/1991

  • Hope of the Heart (World Premiere) by Adrian Hall; Adapted from the writings of Robert Penn Warren; Directed by Adrian Hall.
  • The Dragon's Trilogy by Marie Brassard, Jean Casault, Lorraine Côté, Marie Gignac, Robert Lepage, Marie Michaud; directed by Robert Lepage (Special Event - Los Angeles Festival, Macgowan Hall, UCLA)
  • The Lisbon Traviata (West Coast Premiere)by Terrence McNally; Directed by John Tillinger
  • The Wash by Philip Kan Gotanda; Directed by Sharon Ott
  • Jelly's Last Jam (World Premiere)book by George C. Wolfe, Music by Jelly Roll Morton, Musical Adaptation and Additional Composition by Luther Henderson, Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; Directed by George C. Wolfe
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare; Directed by Oskar Eustis
  • The Fever written and performed by Wallace Shawn at MOCA's Ahmanson Auditorium (Special Event) May 21-June 1, 1991
  • Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll written and performed by Eric Bogosian; Directed by Jo Bonney (Special Event)
  • Widows (World Premiere) based on the novel by Ariel Dorfman; Adapted for the stage by Ariel Dorfman and Tony Kushner; Directed by Robert Egan
  • Chola Con Cello: A Homegirl In The Philharmonic written and performed by María Elena Gaitán, the first staged version of a conceptual performance on immigrant human rights. Directed by Diane Rodriguez, produced by Josephine Ramirez. Performed as part of the Taper's OUT IN FRONT post Rodney King Riot performances.

1991/1992

  • Spunk (West Coast Premiere) by Zora Neale Hurston; Adapted and directed by George C. Wolfe; Music by Chic Street Man
  • Henceforward... (West Coast Premiere) by Alan Ayckbourn; Directed by Tom Moore
  • The Kentucky Cycle by Robert Schenkkan; Directed by Warner Shook
  • Richard II by William Shakespeare; Directed by Robert Egan
  • Unfinished Stories (World Premiere) by Sybille Pearson; Directed by Gordon Davidson
  • Fire in the Rain...Singer in the Storm written and performed by Holly Near; Conceived and developed by Timothy Near and Holly Near; Directed by Timothy Near

1992/1993

1993/1994

Fall Festival:

  • The Persians by Aeschylus; A Modern Version by Robert Auletta (American Premiere); Music composed and performed by Hamza El Din; Directed by Peter Sellars
  • Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead written and performed by Eric Bogosian; Directed by Jo Bonney
  • Carpa Clash written and performed by Culture Clash—Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza; Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela with
  • Mimi's Monologue written and performed by Marga Gomez; Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela

Subscription Season:

1994/1995

  • Floating Islands, Part One - The Family Business: The Modern Ladies of Guanabacoa and In the Eye of the Hurricane (World Premiere) by Eduardo Machado; Directed by Oskar Eustis
  • Floating Islands, Part Two - After the Revolution: Fabiola and Broken Eggs (World Premiere) by Eduardo Machado; Directed by Oskar Eustis
  • Black Elk Speaks (West Coast Premiere) adapted by Christopher Sergel. Based on the book by John G. Neihardt; Directed by Donovan Marley
  • Three Hotels by Jon Robin Baitz; Directed by Joe Mantello
  • Master Class (West Coast Premiere) by Terrence McNally; Directed by Leonard Foglia
  • Hysteria (American Premiere) by Terry Johnson; Directed by Phyllida Lloyd

1995/1996

1996/1997

  • Having Our Say by Emily Mann; Adapted from the book by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth; Directed by Walter Dallas
  • Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel; Directed by Gwen Arner
  • Arcadia by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Robert Egan
  • Valley Song written and directed by Athol Fugard

New Theatre For Now on the Mainstage, A 30th Anniversary Festival:

  • Demonology (West Coast Premiere) by Kelly Stuart; Directed by David Schweizer
  • The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite (West Coast Premiere)by Quincy Long; Directed by David Schweizer
  • The Street of the Sun (World Premiere) by José Rivera; Directed by David Esbjornson
  • Mules (American Premiere) by Winsome Pinnock; Directed by Lisa Peterson
  • Nine Armenians by Leslie Ayvazian; Directed by Gordon Davidson

1997/1998

novel by John Irving; Conceived and directed by Tom Hulce and Jane Jones

1998-1999

1999/2000

2000s

2000/2001

  • August Wilson's King Hedley II Directed by Marion McClinton.
  • Closer by Patrick Marber; Directed by Robert Egan
  • Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine (West Coast Premiere) by Warren Leight; Directed by Evan Yionoulis.
  • QED (World Premiere) A New Play by Peter Parnell; Inspired by writings of Richard Feynman and Ralph Leighton's Tuva or Bust!; Directed by Gordon Davidson
  • The Body of Bourne (World Premiere) by John Belluso; Directed by Lisa Peterson.
  • In Real Life (World Premiere Production) written and performed by Charlayne Woodard; Directed by Daniel Sullivan.

in repertory with:

  • Another American: Asking and Telling written and performed by Marc Wolf; Directed by Joe Mantello

2001/2002

2002/2003

2003/2004

2004/2005

2005/2006

  • Romance (West Coast Premiere) by David Mamet; The Atlantic Theater Company production;Directed by Neil Pepe
  • Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates (World Premiere) by Robert Schenkkan; Directed by Gregory Boyd
  • The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov; Adapted by Martin Sherman; Directed by Sean Mathias
  • iWitness (American Premiere) by Joshua Sobol; Adapted by Barry Edelstein from an English Language Version by Joshua Sobol. Directed by Barry Edelstein
  • Without Walls by Alfred Uhry; Directed by Christopher Ashley
  • Water & Power (World Premiere); Written by Richard Montoya for Culture Clash; Directed by Lisa Peterson

2006/2007

  • Doubt by John Patrick Shanley; Directed by Doug Hughes; Presented at the Ahmanson Theatre
  • Nightingale (American Premiere) Written and performed by Lynn Redgrave; Directed by Joseph Hardy
  • 13 (World Premiere) Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown; Book by Dan Elish; Directed by Todd Graff
  • Distracted (World Premiere) by Lisa Loomer; Directed by Leonard Foglia
  • Yellow Face (World Premiere) by David Henry Hwang; Directed by Leigh Silverman; Presented in association with the Public Theater and East West Players

2007/2008

2009

2010s

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

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