Vancouver Playhouse production history

The Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company was a regional Canadian theatre company, producing plays from 1962 to 2012. The following is a list of the productions that have been staged since its inception to its final season of 2011–2012.

2011–2012

Mainstage

• Tosca Cafe (formerly The Tosca Project) – Created and staged by Carey Perloff and Val Caniparoli. An American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco) production.
• La Cage aux Folles – Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the play La Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret.
• Red – By John Logan. Directed by Kim Collier.
• Catalyst Theatre’s Hunchback – Conceived by Jonathan Christenson and Bretta Gerecke. Adapted from Victor Hugo's novel. Originally commissioned by the Citadel Theatre (Edmonton).
• God of Carnage – By Yasmina Reza. Translated by Christopher Hampton.

Recital Hall

• Gunmetal Blues – Book by Scott Wentworth. Music & Lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler.
• The Exquisite Hour – By Stewart Lemoine - Not Presented. Presented instead at the Arts Club Theatre, Revue Stage.

Theatre for Young Audiences

• The Cat Came Back – Co-Created by Fred Penner, Jay Brazeau and Kim Selody - Not Presented. Replacement concerts instead performed by Fred Penner and Friends at the Vancouver Playhouse and SFU Woodwards.

2010–2011

• The Fantasticks – Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones; Music by Harvey Schmidt, Directed and Choreographed by Max Reimer
• Noël Coward's Brief Encounter – Adapted for the stage by Emma Rice, Directed by Max Reimer
• This – Written by Melissa James Gibson, Directed by Amiel Gladstone
• Death of a Salesman – Written by Arthur Miller, Directed by John Cooper
• The Trespassers – Written by Morris Panych Directed by Ron Jenkins
• MacHomer – Created and Performed by Rick Miller

2009–2010

• The Miracle Worker – by William Gibson (playwright)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane
• Beyond Eden – by Bruce Ruddell
• Delusion – by Laurie Anderson
• The Love List – by Norm Foster
• Dangerous Corner – by J. B. Priestley

2008–2009

• Frost/Nixon – by Peter Morgan
• The Drowsy Chaperone – book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
• Miss Julie: Freedom Summer – by August Strindberg, adapted by Stephen Sachs
• Toronto, Mississippi – by Joan MacLeod
• Top Girls – by Caryl Churchill
• Studies in Motion – by Kevin Kerr

2007–2008

• The Wars – by Timothy Findley
• Oliver! – by Lionel Bart
• The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead – by Robert Hewett
• The Amorous Adventures of Anatol – by Arthur Schnitzler
• True West – by Sam Shepard

2005–2006

• The Syringa Tree – by Pamela Gien
• A Little Night Music – lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler
• Vincent in Brixton – by Nicholas Wright
• I Am My Own Wife – by Doug Wright
• No Great Mischief – by David S. Young

2004–2005

• Joni Mitchell: River – by Allan McInnis
• Noises Off – by Michael Frayn
• Humble Boy – by Charlotte Jones
• Copenhagen – by Michael Frayn
• Trying – by Joanna Glass

2003–2004

• Stones in His Pockets – by Marie Jones
• Hello, Dolly! – book by Michael Stewart, music & lyrics by Jerry Herman
• Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw
• One Last Kiss – by Aaron Bushkowsky
• Equus – by Peter Shaffer
• Cloud Tectonics – by Jose Rivera

2002–2003

• Proof – by David Auburn
• Fiddler on the Roof – book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
• Mary's Wedding – by Stephen Massicotte
• Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare
• The Caretaker – by Harold Pinter
• Earshot – by Morris Panych
• Asylum of the Universe – by Camyar Chai

2001–2002

• The Edible Woman – by Dave Carley, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood
• The Music Man – by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
• The School for Wives – by Molière
• The Drawer Boy – by Michael Healey
• The Rainmaker – by N. Richard Nash
• The Dead Reckoning – by Aaron Bushkowsky

2000–2001

• The Coronation Voyage – by Michel Marc Bouchard, translated by Linda Gaboriau
• Guys and Dolls – music & lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling
• Wit – by Margaret Edson
• Candida – by George Bernard Shaw
• The Beauty Queen of Leenane – by Martin McDonagh
• Game Misconduct – by Lesley Uyeda and Tom Cone
• Kilt – by Jonathan Wilson
• Dona Flora – by Electric Company

1999–2000

• Of Mice and Men – by John Steinbeck
• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – by Jim Cartwright
• She Stoops to Conquer – by Oliver Goldsmith
• Patience – by Jason Sherman
• The Bachelor Brothers on Tour – by Bill Dow and Martin Kinch
• 2 Pianos, 4 Hands – by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
• The Overcoat – by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling

1998–1999

• An Ideal Husband – by Oscar Wilde
• The Attic, The Pearls and 3 Fine Girls – by Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer, Martha Ross
• Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John Gray and Eric Peterson
• Skylight – by David Hare
• Tartuffe – by Molière
• The History of Things to Come – by Morris Panych, Gary Jones and Shawn Macdonald
• Suburban Motel – by George F. Walker

1997–1998

• 2 Pianos, 4 Hands – by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
• The Overcoat – by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling
• A Perfect Ganesh – by Terrence McNally
• Atlantis – by Maureen Hunter
• Mrs. Warren's Profession – by George Bernard Shaw
• Picasso at the Lapin Agile – by Steve Martin

1996–1997

• Ghosts – by Henrik Ibsen
• Tons of Money – by Alan Ayckbourn
• 2000 – by Joan MacLeod
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – by Edward Albee
• The Heiress – by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz
• Money and Friends – by David Williamson

1995–1996

• Three Tall Women – by Edward Albee
• The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde
• The Crucible – by Arthur Miller
• Later Life – by A. R. Gurney
• Betrayal – by Harold Pinter
• Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, A Love Story – adapted by James Nichol
• True Mummy – by Tom Cone

1994–1995

• Oleanna – by David Mamet
• Charley's Aunt – by Brandon Thomas
• Fronteras Americanas – by Guillermo Verdecchia
• The Cherry Orchard – by Anton Chekhov
• Waiting for the Parade – by John Murrell
• Homeward Bound – by Elliott Hayes

1993–1994

• Born Yesterday – by Garson Kanin
• A Little of Wot You Fancy – by Susan Cox
• If We Are Women – by Joanna McClelland Glass
• The Relapse – by Sir John Vanbrugh
• A Doll's House – by Henrik Ibsen
• Struggle of the Dogs & the Black – by Bernard-Marie Koltès

1992–1993

• The Millionairess – by George Bernard Shaw
• The Wingfield Trilogy – by Dan Needles
• Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell
• Lips Together, Teeth Apart – by Terrence McNally
• Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare
• Death and the Maiden – by Ariel Dorfman
• Private Lives – by Noël Coward

1991–1992

• A Moon for the Misbegotten – by Eugene O'Neill
• The Miser Molière – adapted by Tom Cone
• Love and Anger – by George F. Walker
• Macbeth – by William Shakespeare
• Fallen Angels – by Noël Coward
• My Children! My Africa! – by Athol Fugard

1990–1991

• A Streetcar Named Desire – by Tennessee Williams
• The Heidi Chronicles – by Wendy Wasserstein
• Hosanna – by Michel Tremblay
• Pygmalion – by George Bernard Shaw
• Other People's Money – by Jerry Sterner
• Herringbone, The Musical – by Tom Cone, Skip Kennon and Ellen Fitzhugh

1989–1990

• Hedda Gabler – by Henrik Ibsen
• Blithe Spirit – by Noël Coward
• We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! – by Dario Fo
• Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell
• Doc – by Sharon Pollock
• Rock and Roll – by John Gray

1988–1989

• A Lie of the Mind – by Sam Shepard
• Nothing Sacred – by George F. Walker
• The Glass Menagerie – by Tennessee Williams
• Health, The Musical – by John Gray
• Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune – by Terrence McNally
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses – by Christopher Hampton

1987–1988

• A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare
• Fire – by Paul LeDoux and David Young
• B-Movie, The Play – by Tom Wood
• Back to Beulah – by W. O. Mitchell
• We, the Undersigned – by Aleksandr Gelman
• The Dining Room – by A.R. Gurney Jr.

1986–1987

• Noises Off – by Michael Frayn
• Paracelsus – by George Ryga
• Diary of Anne Frank – by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
• Private Lives – by Noël Coward
• Master Class – by David Pownall
• Foxfire – by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn
• I'm Not Rappaport – by Herb Gardner

A Chorus Line.

1984–1985

• A Man for All Seasons – by Robert Bolt
• Terra Nova – by Ted Tally
• Better Watch Out, You Better Not Die – by John Gray
• Clarence Darrow – by David W. Rintels
• The School for Scandal – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• Cloud 9 – by Caryl Churchill
• I'll Be Back Before Midnight – by Peter Colley

1983–1984

• Death of a Salesman – by Arthur Miller
• The Murder of Auguste Dupin – by J. Ben Tarver
• Godspell – by Michael Tebelak
• K-2 – by Patrick Meyers
• The Tomorrow Box – by Anne Chislett
• Amadeus – by Peter Shaffer
• Terrace Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap – by Claire Luckham
• North Shore Live – by Tom Wood, Nicola Cavendish and Bob Baker
• The Guys – Jean Barbeau, translated by Linda Gaboriau
• Win, Lose, Draw – by Mary Gallagher and Ava Watson

1982–1983

• The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon – by W. O. Mitchell
• The Dresser – by Ronald Harwood
• A Gift to Last – by Gordon Pinsent, adapted by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning
• Mass Appeal – by Bill C. Davis
• The Tempest – by William Shakespeare
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – by Stephen Sondheim, Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove
• Dry Rot – by John Chapman
• White Boys – by Tom Walmsey
• Clarence Darrow – by David W. Rintels
• As Loved Our Fathers – by Tom Kahill
• Dylan Thomas Bach – by Leon Pownall

1981–1982

• The Notebook of Trigorin – by Tennessee Williams
• The Curse of the Werewolf – by Ken Hill and Ian Armit
• Wings – by Arthur Kopit
• Hunchback of Notre Dame – by Dennis Foon
• Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare
• See How They Run – by Philip King
• Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John MacLachlan Gray and Eric Peterson

1980–1981

• The Servant of Two Masters – by Carlo Goldoni
• The Red Devil Battery Sign – by Tennessee Williams
• The Man Who Came to Dinner – by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
• The Lady from the Sea – by Henrik Ibsen
• Macbeth – by William Shakespeare
• Dreaming and Duelling – by John Lazarus
• The Tempest – by William Shakespeare
• Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare

1979–1980

• Jitters – by David French
• Blithe Spirit – by Noël Coward
• The Innocents – by William Archibald
• Love for Love – by William Congreve
• A Streetcar Named Desire – by Tennessee Williams
• Henry VI, Part 1 – by William Shakespeare
• As You Like It – by William Shakespeare
• Gunga Heath – by Heath Lamberts

1978–1979

• Hamlet – by William Shakespeare
• A Flea in Her Ear – by Georges Feydeau
• The Crucible – by Arthur Miller
• Tales from the Vienna Woods – by Ödön von Horváth
• Ghosts – by Henrik Ibsen
• The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin – by Steve J. Spears
• Midtown Aces – by Jesse Boydan
• The Promise – by Aleksei Arbuzov
• Endgame – by Samuel Beckett

1977–1978

• Pygmalion – by George Bernard Shaw
• Arsenic and Old Lace – by Joseph Kesselring
• Oedipus (Swollen Foot) – by Seneca, adapted by Ted Hughes
• The Contractor – by David Storey
• Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare
• Ashes – by David Rudkin
• A Respectable Wedding – by Bertolt Brecht
• Jack Sprat – by Joe Wiesenfeld
• Loot – by Joe Orton

1976–1977

• Tartuffe – by Molière
• Count of Monte Cristo – by Ken Hill
• King Lear – by William Shakespeare
• Travesties – by Tom Stoppard
• Camino Real – by Tennessee Williams
• Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land – by Tom Stoppard
• The Blues – by Hrant Alianak
• The Sound of Distant Thunder – by Christopher Newton
• 7 Under the 0 – by Allan Stratton

1975–1976

• Equus – by Peter Shaffer
• The Speckled Band – by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Macbeth – by William Shakespeare
• Leonce and Lena – by George Büchner
• Camille – by Robert David MacDonald
• Kennedy's Children – by Robert Patrick
• Komagata Maru incident – by Sharon Pollock
• Back to Beulah – by W. O. Mitchell
• Dear Janet, Dear Mr. Kooning – by Stanley Eveling
• Why Hanna's Skirt Won't Stay Down – by Tom Eyen

1974–1975

• The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare
• Harvey – by Mary Coyle Chase
• The Adventures of Pinocchio – adapted by John Wood
• Of the Fields, Lately – by David French
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle – by Bertolt Brecht
• And Out Goes You? – by Sharon Pollock
• Frankenstein – adapted by Alden Knowlan and Walter Learning

1973–1974

• Julius Caesar – by William Shakespeare
• Leaving Home – by David French
• Mr. Scrooge – music by Doroles Claman, book by Richard Morris and Ted Wood
• Mandragola – by Niccolò Machiavelli
• A Doll's House – by Henrik Ibsen
• Dutch Uncle – by Simon Gray
• Queer Sights, A Mouldy Tale – by Frank McEnaney

Travesties - by Tom Stoppard

1972–1973

• Forty Years On – by Alan Bennett
• How the Other Half Loves – by Alan Ayckbourn
• Treasure Island – by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Lulu Street – by Ann Henry
• Old Times – by Harold Pinter
• Pillar of Sand – by Eric Nicol
• Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw

1971–1972

• The Chemmy Circle – by Georges Feydeau
• The Sorrows of Frederick – by Romulus Linney
• Treasure Island – adapted by Bernard Miles
• Crabdance – by Beverley Simons
• Relatively Speaking – by Alan Ayckbourn
• The Native – by Merv Campone
• Hadrian VII – by Peter Luke

1970–1971

• The Secretary Bird – by William Douglas-Home
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead – by Tom Stoppard
• Othello – by William Shakespeare
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – by Peter Nichols
• Plaza Suite – by Neil Simon
• Hobson's Choice – by Harold Brighouse

1969–1970

• The Royal Hunt of the Sun – by Peter Shaffer
• The Show-Off – by George Kelly
• Colours in the Dark – by James Reaney
• Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun – by John McGrath
• Village Wooing – and Dear Liar by George Bernard Shaw and Jerome Kitty
• Tango – by Sławomir Mrożek
• Staircase – by Charles Dyer
• Che Guevara – by Mario Fratti
• Foreplay – by Barry Friesen
• The Candidate – by James Schevill
• Space-Fan – by James Schevill
• The Criminals – by Jose Triana

1968–1969

• The Fourth Monkey – by Eric Nicol
• Summer of the 17th Doll – by Ray Lawler
• A Thurber Carnival – by James Thurber
• Moby Dick-Rehearsed – adapted by Orson Welles
• Mrs. Mouse Are You Within? – by Frank Marcus
• The Filthy Piranesi – by William D. Roberts
• Black Comedy – by Peter Shaffer
• Grass & Wild Strawberries – by George Ryga
• Fortune and Men's Eyes – by John Herbert
• Tiny Alice – by Edward Albee
• The Partition – by Jacques Languirand
• Land Before Time – by M. Charles Cohen
• The Visitor – by Betty Lambert

1967–1968

• Androcles and the Lion – by George Bernard Shaw
• The Ecstasy of Rita Joe – by George Ryga
• The Beaux' Stratagem – by George Farquhar
• Philadelphia, Here I Come – by Brian Friel
• A Streetcar Named Desire – by Tennessee Williams
• The Firebugs – by Max Frisch
• Walking Happy – by Harold Brighouse
• Listen to the Wind – by James Reaney
• Three Rituals – by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Brian Shein and Sheldon Feldner
• Requiem for a Dinosaur – by James Cruikshank

1966–1967

• Candida – by George Bernard Shaw
• Count Down to Armageddon – by James Clavell
• Peer Gynt – by Henrik Ibsen
• She Stoops to Conquer – by Oliver Goldsmith
• How to Run the Country – by Paul St. Pierre
• Anything Goes – by Cole Porter

1965–1966

• Oh, What a Lovely War! – by Joan Littlewood
• A Month in the Country – by Ivan Turgenev
• The Knack – by Ann Jellicoe
• Major Barbara – by George Bernard Shaw
• The Typists & The Tiger – by Murray Schisgal
• Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare
• Like Father, Like Fun – by Eric Nicol
• Lock Up Your Daughters – adapted from Henry Fielding by Bernard Miles

1964–1965

• Ring Round the Moon – by Jean Anouilh
• Desire Under the Elms – by Eugene O'Neill
• The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare
• Christmas in the Market Place – by Henry Gheon
• The Seagull – by Anton Chekhov
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad – by Arthur Kopit
• Stop the World – I Want to Get Off – by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

1963–1964

• The Hostage – by Brendan Behan
• Private Lives – by Noël Coward
• The Boy Friend – by Sandy Wilson
• Julius Caesar – by William Shakespeare
• The Caretaker – by Harold Pinter
• Charley's Aunt – by Brandon Thomas

External links

• Vancouver Playhouse website