List of productions at the Mark Taper Forum

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

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

 * The Miser by Molière; Directed by Douglas Campbell.
 * In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Heinar Kipphardt (American Premiere); Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * Camino Real by Tennessee Williams; Directed by Milton Katselas
 * The Golden Fleece by A. R. Gurney, Jr. (World Premiere); Directed by Jered Barclay

1969

 * The House of Atreus by Aeschylus; Directed by Tyrone Guthrie

in repertory with:
 * The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht; Directed by Edward Payson Call
 * The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God by Bernard Shaw (World Premiere); Adapted for the stage by Christopher Isherwood; Directed by Lamont Johnson
 * Chemin de Fer by Georges Feydeau (American Premiere); Directed by Stephen Porter
 * Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov; Directed by Harold Clurman

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

 * Metamorphoses (World Premiere) by Ovid, adapted by Paul Sills and Arnold Weinstein; Directed by Paul Sills
 * Othello by William Shakespeare; Directed by John Berry
 * The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (World Premiere) by Daniel Berrigan, S.J.; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw; Directed by Edward Parone
 * Godspell (West Coast Premiere) by John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz; Directed by John-Michael Tebelak

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

1972

 * McKenna/MacGowran (Here Are Ladies by Joyce, Shaw, O'Casey, Yeats, Synge, Stephens, Beckett, etc.; Directed by Sean Kenny and The Works of Beckett by Samuel Beckett; Directed by Jack MacGowran)
 * Volpone by Ben Jonson; Directed by Edward Parone.
 * Old Times (West Coast Premiere) by Harold Pinter; Directed by Jeff Bleckner
 * Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (West Coast Premiere) by Micki Grant; Conceived and directed by Vinnette Carroll.
 * Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare; Directed by Gordon Davidson

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

 * Hamlet by William Shakespeare; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * The Charlatan (World Premiere) by Derek Walcott; Music by Galt MacDermot; Directed by Mel Shapiro
 * Savages (American Premiere) by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * Juno and the Paycock by Seán O'Casey; Directed by George Seaton

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

 * Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart; Directed by Edward Parone
 * Too Much Johnson (World Premiere) by William Gillette; Directed by Gordon Davidson

in repertory with:
 * The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * The Duchess of Malfi (West Coast Premiere) by John Webster; Directed by Howard Sackler

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

 * The Robber Bridegroom (West Coast Premiere) Book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry; Music by Robert Waldman; Directed by Gerald Freedman
 * Ice (World Premiere) by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Jeff Bleckner
 * Vanities (West Coast Premiere) by Jack Heifner; Directed by Garland Wright
 * Travesties (West Coast Premiere) by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Edward Parone

in repertory with:
 * The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; Directed by Edward Parone.

10th Anniversary Repertory Festival

 * A History of the American Film (West Coast Premiere) by Christopher Durang; Directed by Peter Mark Schifter.
 * Angel City by Sam Shepard; Directed by Robert Calhoun
 * Leander Stillwell (World Premiere) by David Rush; Directed by John Dennis.
 * Bugs/Guns by Doris Baizley; Music by Harry Aguado; Directed by John Dennis

1977/1978

 * for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (West Coast Premiere) by Ntozake Shangé; Directed by Oz Scott
 * Comedians (West Coast Premiere) by Trevor Griffiths; Directed by Edward Parone.
 * Getting Out (West Coast Premiere) by Marsha Norman; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * Black Angel by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Gordon Davidson

1978/1979

 * Zoot Suit (World Premiere) by Luis Valdez; Directed by Luis Valdez
 * Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi (American Premiere) by Pam Gems; Directed by Edward Parone
 * Terra Nova (West Coast Premiere) by Ted Tally; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * The Tempest by William Shakespeare; Directed by John Hirsch

1979/1980

 * Talley's Folly (West Coast Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason; in repertory with
 * 5th of July by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason
 * Children of a Lesser God (World Premiere) by Mark Medoff; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * I Ought To Be In Pictures (World Premiere) by Neil Simon; Directed by Herbert Ross
 * Says I, Says He (West Coast Premiere) by Ron Hutchinson; Directed by Steven Robman
 * Division Street (World Premiere) by Steve Tesich; Directed by Tom Moore

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:
 * Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; Directed by Ellis Rabb and Diana Maddox

1981/1982

 * A Lesson From Aloes (West Coast Premiere) by Athol Fugard; Directed by Daniel Petrie.
 * A Tale Told (West Coast Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason
 * Number Our Days (World Premiere) by Suzanne Grossmann; Based on the book by Barbara Myerhoff; Conceived and directed by John Hirsch
 * Tales From Hollywood (World Premiere) by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau A new adaptation by Suzanne Grossmann and Paxton Whitehead; Directed by Tom Moore in repertory with
 * The Misanthrope by Molière; English verse translation by Richard Wilbur; Directed by Diana Maddox

1982/1983

 * A Soldier's Play (West Coast Premiere) by Charles Fuller; Directed by Douglas Turner Ward
 * Metamorphosis (American Premiere) by Franz Kafka; Adapted and directed by Steven Berkoff
 * Accidental Death of an Anarchist (West Coast Premiere) by Dario Fo; Adapted by John Lahr; Directed by Mel Shapiro
 * Grown Ups (West Coast Premiere) by Jules Feiffer; Directed by John Madden
 * A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev; Adapted by Willis Bell; Directed by Tom Moore; in repertory with
 * Richard III by William Shakespeare; Directed by Diana Maddox

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:
 * The American Clock: A Mural for the Theatre (West Coast Premiere) a new version by Arthur Miller; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * Wild Oats: A Romance of the Old West (World Premiere) newly adapted from John O'Keeffe's play by James McLure; Directed by Tom Moore
 * Moby Dick—Rehearsed by Orson Welles; Directed by Edward Payson Call

1984/1985

 * Viva Vittorio! (American Premiere) conceived and directed by Vittorio Gassman
 * The Hands of Its Enemy (World Premiere) by Mark Medoff; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * Passion Play (West Coast Premiere) by Peter Nichols; Directed by Gwen Arner
 * Traveler in the Dark (West Coast Premiere) by Marsha Norman; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * In the Belly of the Beast by Jack Henry Abbott; Adapted by Adrian Hall; Further adapted by Robert Woodruff; Directed by Robert Woodruff
 * Undiscovered Country (West Coast Premiere) by Arthur Schnitzler in a version by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Ken Ruta in repertory with
 * Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare; Directed by Robert Egan

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:
 * Green Card (World Premiere) written and directed by JoAnne Akalaitis
 * The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen in a version by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Robert Egan

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

 * Babbitt: a marriage (World Premiere) Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis; Adapted by Ron Hutchinson; Music composed and adapted by Mel Marvin; Directed by Steven Robman.
 * Hunting Cockroaches (West Coast Premiere) by Janusz Glowacki; Directed by Arthur Penn
 * A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard; Directed by Robert Woodruff
 * Made in Bangkok (American Premiere) by Anthony Minghella; Directed by Robert Egan
 * The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe; Directed by L. Kenneth Richardson
 * Lost Highway: The Music and Legend of Hank Williams (West Coast Premiere) by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik; Directed by Randal Myler

1988/1989

 * Nothing Sacred (United States Premiere) by George F. Walker Based on the novel Fathers Sons by Ivan Turgenev; Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
 * Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (West Coast Premiere) by Terrence McNally; Directed by Paul Benedict
 * Dutch Landscape (World Premiere) by Jon Robin Baitz; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * Sansei (World Premiere) created by Hiroshima; Developed and directed by Robert Egan.
 * Stand-Up Tragedy (World Premiere) by Bill Cain; Directed by Ron Link
 * Temptation (West Coast Premiere) by Václav Havel; Directed by Richard Jordan

1989/1990
Renaissance Theatre Company's productions
 * Our Country's Good (American Premiere) by Timberlake Wertenbaker; Based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally; Co-directed by Max Stafford-Clark and Les Waters
 * Mystery of the Rose Bouquet (American Premiere) by Manuel Puig; Translated by Allan Baker; American adaptation by Jeremy Lawrence; Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
 * A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare; Directed by Kenneth Branagh; in repertory with
 * King Lear by William Shakespeare; Directed by Kenneth Branagh (The American debut of The
 * 50/60 Vision: Plays and Playwrights That Changed The Theatre (Thirteen Plays in Repertory); Conceived and produced by Edward Parone; Plays by Edward Albee, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, Harold Pinter and Sam Shepard; Directed by Michael Arabian, Peter C. Brosius, Daniel O'Connor, Carey Perloff and Ethan Silverman
 * Aristocrats (West Coast Premiere) by Brian Friel; Directed by Robert Egan
 * Miss Evers' Boys (West Coast Premiere) by David Feldshuh; Directed by Irene Lewis

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

 * Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part One – Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner; Directed by Oskar Eustis with Tony Taccone
 * Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part Two – Perestroika (World Premiere) by Tony Kushner; Directed by Oskar Eustis with Tony Taccone
 * The Substance of Fire by Jon Robin Baitz; Directed by Daniel Sullivan.
 * Scenes from an Execution (American Premiere) by Howard Barker; Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
 * Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 On the Road: A Search for American Character (World Premiere) conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith; Directed by Emily Mann
 * Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally; Directed by John Tillinger

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:
 * Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman; Directed by Robert Egan
 * The Wood Demon by Anton Chekhov; in a world premiere translation by Nicholas Saunders and Frank Dwyer; Directed by Frank Dwyer
 * Bandido! (World Premiere) by Luis Valdez; Music by Lalo Schifrin; Lyrics by Luis Valdez; Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela
 * The Waiting Room (World Premiere) by Lisa Loomer; Directed by David Schweizer

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

 * Slavs! (West Coast Premiere Production) by Tony Kushner; Directed by Michael Greif
 * The Family Business (West Coast Premiere) written, directed and choreographed by Ain Gordon and David Gordon
 * Edward Albee's Three Tall Women; Directed by Lawrence Sacharow
 * Blade to the Heat (West Coast Premiere) by Oliver Mayer; Directed by Ron Link
 * Psychopathia Sexualis by John Patrick Shanley; Directed by Daniel Sullivan
 * Changes of Heart by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux; Translated, adapted and directed by Stephen Wadsworth

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
 * Skylight (West Coast Premiere) by David Hare; Directed by Robert Egan
 * Room Service by John Murray and Allen Boretz; Adapted and performed by The Flying Karamazov Brothers with Paul Magid and Robert Woodruff; Directed by Robert Woodruff
 * Neat written and performed by Charlayne Woodard; Directed by Daniel Sullivan
 * Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde written and directed by Moisés Kaufman
 * Dealer's Choice (West Coast Premiere) by Patrick Marber; Directed by Robert Egan
 * The Cider House Rules: A new play in two parts Adapted by Peter Parnell from the

1998-1999

 * Putting It Together: A Musical Review Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Directed by Eric D. Shaeffer; Musical Staging by Bob Avian; Presented in association with Cameron Mackintosh; Starring John Barrowman, Carol Burnett, Susan Egan, John McCook and Bronson Pinchot
 * Tongue of a Bird by Ellen McLaughlin; Directed by Lisa Peterson; A co-production with Joseph Papp's Public Theater; Starring Cherry Jones, Ashley Johnson, Marian Seldes, Sharon Lawrence and Diane Venora
 * How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel; Directed by Mark Brokaw; Starring Molly Ringwald and Brian Kerwin
 * House Arrest: An Introgression (Special Event) A work in progress written and directed by Anna Deavere Smith
 * Enigma Variations (American Premiere) by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt; Translated by Roeg Jacob; Directed by Daniel Roussel
 * Hughie by Eugene O'Neill; Directed by Al Pacino; Starring Al Pacino and Paul Benedict
 * The First Picture Show (World Premiere Production) by Ain Gordon and David Gordon; Music by Jeanine Tesori; Directed by David Gordon; Presented in association with American Conservatory Theater.

1999/2000

 * Space (West Coast Premiere) written and directed by Tina Landau
 * Neil Simon's The Dinner Party (World Premiere); Directed by John Rando
 * August Wilson's Jitney (West Coast Premiere) Directed by Marion McClinton
 * Metamorphoses A new play based on the myths of Ovid; Written and directed by Mary Zimmerman
 * The Poison Tree (World Premiere) by Robert Glaudini; Directed by Robert Egan
 * Expecting Isabel (West Coast Premiere) by Lisa Loomer; Directed by Douglas C. Wager

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

 * Flower Drum Song Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Book by David Henry Hwang; Based on the original by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields; Based on the novel by C.Y. Lee; Directed and Choreographed by Robert Longbottom (World Premiere of the Musical's New Book)
 * Copenhagen (West Coast Premiere) by Michael Frayn; Directed by Michael Blakemore; By arrangement with Michael Codron, Lee Dean and The Royal National Theatre
 * My Old Lady (West Coast Premiere) by Israel Horovitz; Directed by David Esbjornson; Presented by CTG/Mark Taper Forum at the James A. Doolittle Theatre; part of Taper subscription series
 * The Molière Comedies: The School for Husbands and The Imaginary Cuckold by Molière; Translated by Richard Wilbur; Directed by Brian Bedford
 * Sorrows and Rejoicings (West Coast Premiere) Written and directed by Athol Fugard
 * The House of Bernarda Alba (West Coast Premiere) by Federico García Lorca; In a new adaptation by Chay Yew; Directed by Lisa Peterson

2002/2003

 * Nickel and Dimed (World Premiere Production) by Joan Holden; Based on the book by Barbara Ehrenreich; Directed by Bartlett Sher
 * Big River Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller; Book by William Hauptman; Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain; Directed and Choreographed by Jeff Calhoun
 * Living Out (World Premiere) by Lisa Loomer; Directed by Bill Rauch
 * Ten Unknowns (West Coast Premiere) by Jon Robin Baitz; Directed by Robert Egan
 * Slanguage (West Coast Premiere) by UNIVERSES; directed by Jo Bonney
 * Chavez Ravine (World Premiere) Written and performed by Culture Clash; Directed by Lisa Peterson
 * August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean (World Premiere Production); Directed by Marion McClinton

2003/2004

 * Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner; Directed by Frank Galati; Presented in association with Steppenwolf Theatre Company
 * Like Jazz (World Premiere) Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman; Written by Larry Gelbart; Musical Staging and Choreography by Patricia Birch; Directed by Gordon Davidson; Presented in association with Transamerica
 * Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks; Directed by George C. Wolfe; Presented in association with Seattle Repertory Theatre
 * The Talking Cure (American Premiere) by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones; Directed by Neel Keller
 * Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage; Directed by Dan Sullivan; Presented in association with Roundabout Theatre Company

2004/2005

 * Nothing But The Truth (West Coast Premiere) by John Kani; Directed by Janice Honeyman
 * The School for Scandal by Richard Brisley Sheridan; Directed by Brian Bedford
 * Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?'; Directed by Warner Shook
 * Electricidad (West Coast Premiere) by Luis Alfaro; Based on Sophocles's Electra; Directed by Lisa Peterson
 * Stuff Happens (American Premiere) by David Hare; Directed by Gordon Davidson
 * August Wilson's Radio Golf (World Premiere Production); Directed by Kenny Leon

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

 * The History Boys by Alan Bennett; Directed by Paul Miller; Original Direction by Nicholas Hytner; Presented at the Ahmanson Theatre.
 * Sweeney Todd Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond; Music Orchestrated by Sarah Travis; Directed and Designed by John Doyle; Presented at the Ahmanson Theatre
 * The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare; Directed by Nicholas Martin
 * The School of Night (American Premiere) by Peter Whelan; Directed by Bill Alexander

2009

 * Pippin Book by Roger O. Hirson; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Directed and Choreographed by Jeff Calhoun; Co-produced with Deaf West Theatre
 * Lydia by Octavio Solis; Directed by Juliette Carrillo
 * Oleanna by David Mamet; Directed by Dough Hughes; Starring: Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles
 * Parade Book by Alfred Uhry; Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown; Directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford Presented in associate with the Donmar Warehouse; Starring: T.R. Knight, Lara Pulver, Charlotte d'Amboise, Christian Hoff, Phoebe Strole
 * Palestine, New Mexico (World Premiere) by Richard Montoya for Culture Clash; Directed by Lisa Peterson

2010

 * The Subject Was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy; Directed by Neil Pepe; Starring Martin Sheen, Frances Conroy and Brian Geraghty
 * Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph; Directed by Moisés Kaufman
 * The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh; Directed by Wilson Milam
 * The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams; Directed by Gordon Edelstein; Starring Judith Ivey
 * Randy Newman's Harps and Angels Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman; Conceived by Jack Viertel; Musical Staging by Warren Carlyle; Directed by Jerry Zaks

2011

 * Stories by Heart featuring the works of P.G. Wodehouse and Ring Lardner; Conceived, written and performed by John Lithgow
 * 33 Variations written and directed by Moisés Kaufman; Starring Jane Fonda
 * Burn This by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Nicholas Martin
 * Above the Call; Beyond the Duty written and performed by James McEachin; NOTE: This production was not part of the official MTF season.

2012

 * Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris; Directed by Pam MacKinnon
 * Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett; Directed by Michael Arabian
 * Los Otros by Ellen Fitzhugh and Michael John LaChiusa; Directed by Graciela Daniele
 * Red by John Logan; Directed by Michael Grandage
 * November by David Mamet
 * Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz; Directed by Joe Mantello

2013

 * Tribes by Nina Raine; Directed by David Cromer
 * Humor Abuse by Lorenzo Pisoni
 * Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson; Directed by Phylicia Rashad
 * A Parallelogram by Bruce Norris; Directed by Anna D. Shapiro
 * The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry; Directed by Steven Robman
 * [What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton; Directed by John Tillinger was originally scheduled for the 2013 season but was postponed until the following season.]

2014

 * Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang; Directed by Nicholas Martin
 * The Tallest Tree in the Forest by Daniel Beaty; Directed by Daniel Beaty
 * Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison; Directed by Pam MacKinnon
 * The Last Confession by Roger Crane (shown at Ahmanson Theatre)
 * Buyer & Cellar by Jonathan Tolins
 * What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton; Directed by John Tillinger

2015

 * The Price by Arthur Miller; Directed by Garry Hynes
 * Immediate Family by Paul Oakley Stovall; Directed by Phylicia Rashad
 * Bent by Martin Sherman; Directed by Moisés Kaufman
 * Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; Directed by Eric Ting
 * The Christians by Lucas Hnath; Directed by Les Waters

2016

 * The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh; Directed by Garry Hynes
 * Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson; Directed by Phylicia Rashad
 * Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar; Directed by Kimberly Senior
 * Father Comes Home from the Wars by Suzan-Lori Parks; Directed by Jo Bonney
 * The Mystery of Love & Sex by Bathsheba Doran; Directed by Robert Egan

2017

 * Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes; Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz
 * Head of Passes by Tarell Alvin McCraney; Directed by Tina Landau
 * Heisenberg by Simon Stephens; Directed by Mark Brokaw
 * Archduke by Rajiv Joseph; Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
 * Remote L.A. written and directed by Stefan Kaegi and Jörg Karrenbauer
 * Zoot Suit written and directed by Luis Valdez

2018

 * Sweat by Lynn Nottage; Directed by Lisa Peterson
 * Valley of the Heart written and directed by Luis Valdez
 * Linda Vista by Tracy Letts; Directed by Dexter Bullard
 * Lackawanna Blues written and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
 * Happy Days by Samuel Beckett; Directed by James Bundy