Tarragon Theatre production history

Tarragon Theatre production history

The Tarragon Theatre was founded in 1970 by Bill and Jane Glassco near Casa Loma in Toronto and remains one of the foremost venues for producing new plays in Canada. The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged since its inception.

1971-1972

*"Creeps" - by David Freeman
*"Cabbagetown Plays" - by David Tipe
*"See No Evil, Hear No Evil" - by Jack Cunningham
*"Surd Sandwich" - by James Blumer
*"The Wonderful World of William Bends" - by Sheldon Rosen
*"Leaving Home" - by David French

1972-1973

*"Leaving Home" - by David French
*"The Last of the Order" - by Richard Benner
*"Forever Yours, Marie-Lou" - by Michel Tremblay
*"The Stag King" - by Sheldon Rosen
*"Battering Ram" - by David Freeman
*Gifts & Turtle Songs
**"This Train" - by Ken Mitchell
**"Streetlight" - by David Tipe
**"Fish" - by David Tipe
**"Electric Gunfights" - by Bryan Wade
**"Lying Under My Tombstone Watching the Subway Go By" - by Lance Weisser and Glen Sharp
**"By the Sea" - by James Osborne
*"Quiet Day in Belfast" - by Andrew Angus Dalrymple

1973-1974

*"Of the Fields, Lately" - by David French
*"The Group of Seven & The Case of the Glowing Pine" - by John McAndrew, Bill Peters, Joe Grifasi and Jim Burt
*"Sticks & Stones (The Donnellys - Part 1)" - by James Reaney
*"You're Gonna Be Alright, Jamie-Boy" - by David Freeman
*"Blitzkrieg" - by Bryan Wade
*"Four to Four" - by Michel Garneau
*"One Man Masque" - by James Reaney
*"Pictures from a Landscape" - by David Watmough
*"Mr Joyce Is Leaving Paris" - by Tom Gallacher
*"Hosanna" - by Michel Tremblay

1974-1975

*"Hosanna" - by Michel Tremblay
*"The Night No One Yelled" - by Peter Madden
*"The St. Nicholas Hotel (The Donnellys - Part 2)" - by James Reaney
*"Bonjour, la, Bonjour" - by Michel Tremblay
*"Handcuffs (The Donnellys - Part 3)" - by James Reaney
*"One Crack Out" - by David French

1975-1976

No scheduled season

1976-1977

*"Artichoke" - by Joanna M. Glass
*"The Final Performance of Vaslav Nijinsky" - by Jeremy Long
*"Lulu" - by Frank Wedekind
*"Johannes and the Talmud" - by Basya Hunter
*"One Night Stand" - by Carol Bolt
*"The Seagull" - by Anton Chekhov

1977-1978

*"A Dream Play" - by August Strindberg
*"Far as the Eye Can See" - by Rudy Wiebe
*"Saint Carmen of the Main" - by Michel Tremblay
*"They Club Seals, Don't They?" - by The Mummers Troupe
*"Spratt" - by Joe Wiesenfeld
*"Le Temps d'une Vie" - by Roland LePage

1978-1979

*"Toys in the Attic" - by Lillian Hellman
*"18 Wheels" - by John Gray
*"Waiting for the Parade" - by John Murrell
*"Jitters" - by David French
*"Sight Unseen" - by Steve Petch
*"Bajazet" - by Jean Racine

1979-1980

*"Spokesong" - by Stewart Parker
*"Damnee Manon, Sacree Sandra" - by Michel Tremblay
*"Something Red" - by Tom Waimsley
*"Mother Country" - by Margaret Hollingsworth
*"The Woods" - by David Mamet
*"The Impromptu of Outremont" - by Michel Tremblay
*"La Duchesse De Langeais" - by Michel Tremblay

1980-1981

*"I'll Be Back Before Midnight" - by Peter Colley
*"Loose Ends" - by Michael Weller
*"Escape Entertainment" - by Carol Bolt
*"Happy End" - by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
*"Generations" - by Sharon Pollock
*"Gyroscope" - by James Reaney

1981-1982

*"Blood Relations" - by Sharon Pollock
*"The Riddle of the World" - by David French
*"The Passing Scene" - by Erika Ritter
*"The Saga of Wet Hens" - by Jovette Marchessault
*"The Celestial Bicycle" - by Roch Carrier
*"White Boys" - by Tom Walmsley

1982-1983

*"Science and Madness" - by George F. Walker
*"What is to be Done?" - by Mavis Gallant
*"The Yellow House at Arles" - by Dennis Hayes and Richard Payne
*"Master Builder" - by Henrik Ibsen
*"Geometry" - by Rachel Wyatt
*"Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You" - by Christopher Durang
*"'Dentity Crisis" - by Christopher Durang

1983-1984

*"Tower" - by Lawrence Jeffrey
*"The Farewell Heart" - by Charles Tidler
*"White Biting Dog" - by Judith Thompson
*"Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All For You" - by Christopher Durang
*"'Dentity Crisis" - by Christopher Durang
*"Chairs and Tables" - by Rachel Wyatt
*"Cousins" - by Steve Petch
*"Top Girls" - by Caryl Churchill

1984-1985

*"Salt Water Moon" - by David French
*"Prague" - by John Krizanc
*"'Night Mother" - by Marsha Norman
*"L'Amante Anglaise" - by Marguerite Duras
*"Uncle Vanya" - by Anton Chekhov
*"Albertine, in Five Times" - by Michel Tremblay
*"The White Dogs of Texas" - by Alan Williams
*"Love is Strange" - by Paul Ledoux and David Young

1985-1986

*Office Games
**"Rosalie Sings Alone" - by David Demchuk
**"Deskplay" - by John Gregory
**"Firing Francine" - by Don Hannah
*"The Double Bass" - by Patrick Suskind
*"A Moon for the Misbegotten" - by Eugene O'Neill
*"Papers" - by Allan Stratton
*"Other Places" - by Harold Pinter
*"Farther West" - by John Murrell
*"Inside Out (play)" - by Pamela Boyd
*"The Wedding Script" - by Don Hannah
*"The King of America" - by Alan Williams
*"Pal Joey" - by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

1986-1987

*"Albertine, In Five Times" - by Michel Tremblay
*"The Double Bass" - by Patrick Suskind
*"Rubber Dolly" - by Don Hannah
*"Murder At McQueen" - by Erika Ritter
*"Aunt Dan and Lemon" - by Wallace Shawn
*"All Other Destinations Are Cancelled" - by Colleen Murphy
*"Vanity Press" - by James Polk
*"Being At Home With Claude" - by Rene-Daniel Dubois
*"Jewel" - by Joan MacLeod
*"Dixieland's Night of Shame" - by Alan Williams
*"Hosanna" - by Michel Tremblay

1987-1988

*"Toronto, Mississippi" - by Joan MacLeod
*"Unexpected Moves" - by Gene Gray
*"I Am Yours" - by Judith Thompson
*"A Lie of the Mind" - by Sam Shepard
*"The Occupation of Heather Rose" - by Wendy Lill
*"The Colored Museum" - by George C. Wolfe
*"In The Lobster Capitol of the World" - by Don Hannah
*"Rattle in the Dash" - by Peter Anderson
*"The Real World?" - by Michel Tremblay

1988-1989

*"Somewhere I Have Never Travelled" - by Daniel MacIvor
*"Midnight Madness" - by Dave Carley
*"October" - by John Murrell
*"On The Verge" - by Eric Overmeyer
*"Beuys Buoys Boys" - by Ken Garnhum
*"The Last Bus" - by Raymond Storey
*"Love Jive" - by Don Hannah
*"My Memories of You" - by Wendy Lill
*"The Real World?" - by Michel Tremblay
*"Laughing Wild" - by Christopher Durang

1989-1990

*"The Man I Love" - by Manfred Karge
*"Potestad" - by Eduardo Pavlovsky
*"Jehanne of the Witches" - by Sally Clark
*"Amigo's Blue Guitar" - by Joan MacLeod
*"The Two Headed Roommate" - by Bruce McCulloch
*"The Father" - by August Strindberg
*"The Collected Works of Billy The Kid" - by Michael Ondaatje
*"Lion in the Streets" - by Judith Thompson

1990-1991

*"Siren Song" - by Don Hannah and David Sereda
*"The Two Headed Roommate" - by Bruce McCulloch
*"Lion in the Streets" - by Judith Thompson
*"The Crackwalker" - by Judith Thompson
*"The Member of the Wedding" - by Carson McCullers
*"Surrounded - by Water" - by Ken Garnhum
*"7 Stories" - by Morris Panych
*"The Duke of Nothing" - by Alan Williams
*"Daylight Savings" - by Nick Enright
*"A Woman's Comedy" - by Beth Herst

1991-1992

*"The Cherry Orchard" - by Anton Chekhov
*"Lots of Suddenlies" - by Jack Klaff
*"Waiting for the Parade" - by John Murrell
*"The Fever" - by Wallace Shawn
*"Democracy" - by John Murrell
*"The Hope Slide" - by Joan MacLeod
*"A Woman's Comedy" - by Beth Hurst
*"Nigredo Hotel" - by Ann Marie MacDonald and Nic Gotham
*"The Theory of Relatives" - by Daniel Brooks

1992-1993

*"The Ends of the Earth" - by Morris Panych
*"The Baltimore Waltz" - by Paula Vogel
*"Fronteras Americanas" - by Guillermo Verdecchia
*"Catlover" - by Janis Spence
*"Paradise Express" - by Laurie Fyffe
*"The Theory of Relatives" - by Daniel Brooks, Leah Cherniak, Diane Flacks, Richard Greenblatt, Leslie Lester and Allan Merovitz
*"Miracle Mother" - by Deborah Kimmet
*"Three in the Back, Two in the Head" - by Jason Sherman

1993-1994

*"Fronteras Americanas" - by Guillermo Verdecchia
*"Public Lies" - by Robert Fothergill
*"Three in the Back, Two in the Head" - by Jason Sherman
*"By A Thread" - by Diane Flacks
*"Mrs. Klein" - by Nicolas Wright
*"Pants on Fire" - by Ken Garnhum
*"White Biting Dog" - by Judith Thompson
*"The Country in Her Throat" - by Simon Fortin
*"Last Respects" - by Deborah Kimmett

1994-1995

*"Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" - by Frank McGuiness
*"Possible Maps" - by Edward Riche
*"Last Respects" - by Deborah Kimmett
*"The Faraway Nearby" - by John Murrell
*"Sessions" - by Collective
*"Counter Service" - by Michel Tremblay
*"Gravity Calling" - by Diane Flacks

1995-1996

*"True West" - by Sam Shepard
*"Frida K." - by Gloria Montero
*"Sled" - by Judith Thompson
*"Vigil" - by Morris Panych
*"The Retreat" - by Jason Sherman
*"2 Pianos, 4 Hands" - by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
*"A Line in the Sand" - by Guillermo Verdecchia and Marcus Youssef
*"2000" - by Joan MacLeod
*"Blessings" - by M.J. Kang

1996-1997

*"2 Pianos, 4 Hands" - by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
*"Frida K." - by Gloria Montero
*"The Cryptogram" - by David Mamet
*"Blessings" - by M.J. Kang
*"Sled" - by Judith Thompson
*"one word" - by Ken Garnhum
*"The Glass Menagerie" - by Tennessee Williams
*"The Four Lives of Marie" - by Carole Frechette

1997-1998

*"2 Pianos, 4 Hands" - by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
*"The Designated Mourner" - by Wallace Shawn
*"The Wines of Tuscany" - by Conrad Alexandrowicz
*"New World" - by John Murrell
*"Marcel Pursued By the Hounds" - by Michel Tremblay
*"One-Eyed Kings" - by John Allen
*"Patience" - by Jason Sherman
*"Lawrence & Holloman" - by Morris Panych

1998-1999

*"Emphysema" - by Janet Munsil
*"Fathers and Sons" - by Don Hannah
*"The Memory of Water" - by Shelagh Stephenson
*"It's All True" - by Jason Sherman
*"Good Bones" - by Margaret Atwood
*"Cheri" - by Colette
*"Kilt" - by Jonathan Wilson
*"Faust" - by Goethe

1999-2000

*"The Road to Hell" - by Michael Healey and Kate Lynch
*"Good Bones" - by Margaret Atwood
*"Perfect Pie" - by Judith Thompson
*"Music for Contortionist" - by Morwyn Brebner
*"The Whirlpool" - by Jane Urquhart
*"Sibs" - by Diane Flacks and Richard Greenblatt
*"Motel Helene" - by Serge Boucher

2000-2001

*"Liquor Guns Karate" - by Morwyn Brebner
*"Slavs!" - by Tony Kushner
*"Sibs" - by Diane Flacks and Richard Greenblatt
*"Midnight Sun" - by Maja Ardal
*"Earshot" - by Morris Panych
*"An Acre of Time" - by Jason Sherman
*"I, Claudia" - by Kristen Thomson
*"Anything That Moves" - by Ann Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer and Allen Cole

2001-2002

*"Skylight" - by David Hare
*"Elisa's Skin" - by Carole Frechette
*"Soldier's Heart" - by David French
*"Plan B" - by Michael Healey
*"I, Claudia" - by Kristen Thomson
*"The Good Life" - by Daniel Brooks
*"The Shape of a Girl" - by Joan MacLeod
*"Well," - by Jonathan Wilson

2002-2003

*"Girl in the Goldfish Bowl" - by Morris Panych
*"Side Man" - by Warren Leight
*"Impromptu on Nun's Island" - by Michel Tremblay
*"Little Mercy's First Murder" - by Morwyn Brebner
*"Kingfisher Days" - by Susan Coyne
*"Domino Heart" - by Matthew Edison
*"Russell Hill" - by Chris Earle

2003-2004

*"Remnants" - by Jason Sherman
*"Helen's Necklace" - by Carole Fréchette
*"Hello...Hello" - by Karen Hines
*"I, Claudia" - by Kristen Thomson
*"Capture Me" - by Judith Thompson
*"Rune Arlidge" - by Michael Healey
*"Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye)" - by Mieko Ouchi
*"simpl" - by Peter Froehlich

2004-2005

*"Private Jokes, Public Spaces" - by Oren Safdie
*"The Unexpected Man" - by Yasmina Reza
*"No Great Mischief" - by David Young
*"Helen's Necklace" - by Carole Fréchette
*"Bea's Niece" - by David Gow
*"Half Life" - by John Mighton
*"Fishwrap" - by David Macfarlane
*"Alice's Affair" - by Susan Coyne

2005-2006

*"The Optimists" - by Morwyn Brebner
*"Goodness" - by Micheal Redhill
*"The Dishwashers" - by Morris Panych
*"Humble Boy" - by Charlotte Jones
*"Léo" - by Losa Laborde
*"Past Perfect" - by Michel Tremblay
*"Earshot" - by Morris Panych
*"Care" - by Diane Flacks and Richard Greenblatt

2007-2008

*"Benevolence" - by Morris Panych
*"East of Berlin" - by Hannah Moscovitch
*"How it Works" - by Daniel MacIvor
*"Wild Mouth" - by Maureen Hunter
*"Democracy" - by Michael Frayn
*"Alias Godot" - by Brendan Gall
*"The Fall" - by Greg Nelson

2008-2009

*"Scorched" - by Wajdi Mouawad
*"" - by Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, and William S. Burroughs
*"Bashir Lazhar" - by Evelyne de la Chenelière, translated by Morwyn Brebner
*"Moliere" - by Sabina Berman
*"East of Berlin" - by Hannah Moscovitch
*"Ubuntu" - by The Ensemble
*"The Patient Hour" - by Kristen Thomson
*"Another Home Invasion" - by Joan MacLeod
*"A Beautiful View" - by Daniel MacIvor
*"House of Many Tongues" - by Jonathan Garfinkel

External links

* [http://www.tarragontheatre.com/ Tarragon Theatre web site]


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