- 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" - byDavid French 1972-1973
*"Leaving Home" - by David French
*"The Last of the Order" - by Richard Benner
*"Forever Yours, Marie-Lou" - byMichel 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 Dalrymple1973-1974
*"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)" - byJames 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" - byDavid Watmough
*"Mr Joyce Is Leaving Paris" - byTom Gallacher
*"Hosanna" - byMichel 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" - byMichel Tremblay
*"Handcuffs (The Donnellys - Part 3)" - by James Reaney
*"One Crack Out" - by David French1975-1976
No scheduled season
1976-1977
*"Artichoke" - by Joanna M. Glass
*"The Final Performance of Vaslav Nijinsky" - by Jeremy Long
*"Lulu" - byFrank Wedekind
*"Johannes and the Talmud" - by Basya Hunter
*"One Night Stand" - by Carol Bolt
*"The Seagull " - byAnton Chekhov 1977-1978
*"
A Dream Play " - byAugust Strindberg
*"Far as the Eye Can See" - byRudy Wiebe
*"Saint Carmen of the Main" - byMichel Tremblay
*"They Club Seals, Don't They?" - by The Mummers Troupe
*"Spratt" - by Joe Wiesenfeld
*"Le Temps d'une Vie" - by Roland LePage1978-1979
*"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" - byJean Racine 1979-1980
*"Spokesong" - by
Stewart Parker
*"Damnee Manon, Sacree Sandra" - byMichel Tremblay
*"Something Red" - by Tom Waimsley
*"Mother Country" - by Margaret Hollingsworth
*"The Woods" - byDavid Mamet
*"The Impromptu of Outremont" - byMichel Tremblay
*"La Duchesse De Langeais" - byMichel Tremblay 1980-1981
*"I'll Be Back Before Midnight" - by Peter Colley
*"Loose Ends" - byMichael Weller
*"Escape Entertainment" - by Carol Bolt
*"Happy End" - byKurt Weill andBertolt Brecht
*"Generations" - bySharon Pollock
*"Gyroscope" - byJames Reaney 1981-1982
*"
Blood Relations " - bySharon Pollock
*"The Riddle of the World " - byDavid French
*"The Passing Scene " - byErika Ritter
*"The Saga of Wet Hens " - byJovette Marchessault
*"The Celestial Bicycle " - byRoch Carrier
*"White Boys " - byTom Walmsley 1982-1983
*"
Science and Madness " - byGeorge F. Walker
*"What is to be Done?" - byMavis Gallant
*"The Yellow House at Arles " - byDennis Hayes andRichard Payne
*"Master Builder " - byHenrik Ibsen
*"Geometry " - byRachel Wyatt
*"Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You " - byChristopher Durang
*"'Dentity Crisis " - byChristopher Durang 1983-1984
*"
Tower " - byLawrence Jeffrey
*"The Farewell Heart " - byCharles Tidler
*"White Biting Dog " - byJudith Thompson
*"Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All For You " - byChristopher Durang
*"'Dentity Crisis " - byChristopher Durang
*"Chairs and Tables " - byRachel Wyatt
*"Cousins " - bySteve Petch
*"Top Girls " - byCaryl Churchill 1984-1985
*"
Salt Water Moon " - byDavid French
*"Prague " - byJohn Krizanc
*"'Night Mother " - byMarsha Norman
*"L'Amante Anglaise " - byMarguerite Duras
*"Uncle Vanya " - byAnton Chekhov
*"Albertine, in Five Times " - byMichel Tremblay
*"The White Dogs of Texas " - byAlan Williams
*"Love is Strange " - byPaul Ledoux andDavid Young 1985-1986
*Office Games
**"Rosalie Sings Alone " - byDavid Demchuk
**"Deskplay " - byJohn Gregory
**"Firing Francine " - byDon Hannah
*"The Double Bass " - byPatrick Suskind
*"A Moon for the Misbegotten " - byEugene O'Neill
*"Papers " - byAllan Stratton
*"Other Places " - byHarold Pinter
*"Farther West " - byJohn Murrell
*"Inside Out (play) " - byPamela Boyd
*"The Wedding Script " - byDon Hannah
*"The King of America " - byAlan Williams
*"Pal Joey " - byRichard Rodgers andLorenz Hart 1986-1987
*"
Albertine, In Five Times " - byMichel Tremblay
*"The Double Bass " - byPatrick Suskind
*"Rubber Dolly " - byDon Hannah
*"Murder At McQueen " - byErika Ritter
*"Aunt Dan and Lemon " - byWallace Shawn
*"All Other Destinations Are Cancelled " - byColleen Murphy
*"Vanity Press " - byJames Polk
*"Being At Home With Claude " - byRene-Daniel Dubois
*"Jewel" - byJoan MacLeod
*"Dixieland's Night of Shame " - byAlan Williams
*"Hosanna " - byMichel Tremblay 1987-1988
*"
Toronto, Mississippi " - byJoan MacLeod
*"Unexpected Moves " - byGene Gray
*"I Am Yours " - byJudith Thompson
*"A Lie of the Mind " - bySam Shepard
*"The Occupation of Heather Rose " - byWendy Lill
*"The Colored Museum " - byGeorge C. Wolfe
*"In The Lobster Capitol of the World " - byDon Hannah
*"Rattle in the Dash " - byPeter Anderson
*"The Real World? " - byMichel Tremblay 1988-1989
*"
Somewhere I Have Never Travelled " - byDaniel MacIvor
*"Midnight Madness " - byDave Carley
*"October" - byJohn Murrell
*"On The Verge " - byEric Overmeyer
*"Beuys Buoys Boys " - byKen Garnhum
*"The Last Bus " - byRaymond Storey
*"Love Jive " - byDon Hannah
*"My Memories of You " - byWendy Lill
*"The Real World? " - byMichel Tremblay
*"Laughing Wild " - byChristopher Durang 1989-1990
*"
The Man I Love " - byManfred Karge
*"Potestad " - byEduardo Pavlovsky
*"Jehanne of the Witches " - bySally Clark
*"Amigo's Blue Guitar " - byJoan MacLeod
*"The Two Headed Roommate " - byBruce McCulloch
*"The Father " - byAugust Strindberg
*"The Collected Works of Billy The Kid " - byMichael Ondaatje
*"Lion in the Streets " - byJudith Thompson 1990-1991
*"
Siren Song " - byDon Hannah andDavid Sereda
*"The Two Headed Roommate " - byBruce McCulloch
*"Lion in the Streets " - byJudith Thompson
*"The Crackwalker " - byJudith Thompson
*"The Member of the Wedding " - byCarson McCullers
*"Surrounded - by Water " - byKen Garnhum
*"7 Stories " - byMorris Panych
*"The Duke of Nothing " - byAlan Williams
*"Daylight Savings " - byNick Enright
*"A Woman's Comedy " - byBeth Herst 1991-1992
*"
The Cherry Orchard " - byAnton Chekhov
*"Lots of Suddenlies " - byJack Klaff
*"Waiting for the Parade " - byJohn Murrell
*"The Fever " - byWallace Shawn
*"Democracy " - byJohn Murrell
*"The Hope Slide " - byJoan MacLeod
*"A Woman's Comedy " - byBeth Hurst
*"Nigredo Hotel " - byAnn Marie MacDonald andNic Gotham
*"The Theory of Relatives " - byDaniel Brooks 1992-1993
*"
The Ends of the Earth " - byMorris Panych
*"The Baltimore Waltz " - byPaula Vogel
*"Fronteras Americanas " - byGuillermo Verdecchia
*"Catlover " - byJanis Spence
*"Paradise Express " - byLaurie Fyffe
*"The Theory of Relatives " - byDaniel Brooks ,Leah Cherniak ,Diane Flacks , Richard Greenblatt,Leslie Lester andAllan Merovitz
*"Miracle Mother " - byDeborah Kimmet
*"Three in the Back, Two in the Head " - byJason Sherman 1993-1994
*"
Fronteras Americanas " - byGuillermo Verdecchia
*"Public Lies " - byRobert Fothergill
*"Three in the Back, Two in the Head " - byJason Sherman
*"By A Thread " - byDiane Flacks
*"Mrs. Klein " - byNicolas Wright
*"Pants on Fire " - byKen Garnhum
*"White Biting Dog " - byJudith Thompson
*"The Country in Her Throat " - bySimon Fortin
*"Last Respects " - byDeborah Kimmett 1994-1995
*"
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me " - byFrank McGuiness
*"Possible Maps " - byEdward Riche
*"Last Respects " - byDeborah Kimmett
*"The Faraway Nearby " - byJohn Murrell
*"Sessions " - byCollective
*"Counter Service " - byMichel Tremblay
*"Gravity Calling " - byDiane Flacks 1995-1996
*"True West" - by
Sam Shepard
*"Frida K. " - byGloria Montero
*"Sled " - byJudith Thompson
*"Vigil " - byMorris Panych
*"The Retreat " - byJason Sherman
*"2 Pianos, 4 Hands " - byTed Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
*"A Line in the Sand " - byGuillermo Verdecchia andMarcus Youssef
*"2000" - byJoan MacLeod
*"Blessings " - byM.J. Kang 1996-1997
*"
2 Pianos, 4 Hands " - byTed Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
*"Frida K. " - byGloria Montero
*"The Cryptogram " - byDavid Mamet
*"Blessings " - byM.J. Kang
*"Sled " - byJudith Thompson
*"one word " - byKen Garnhum
*"The Glass Menagerie " - byTennessee Williams
*"The Four Lives of Marie " - byCarole Frechette 1997-1998
*"
2 Pianos, 4 Hands " - byTed Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
*"The Designated Mourner " - byWallace Shawn
*"The Wines of Tuscany " - byConrad Alexandrowicz
*"New World " - byJohn Murrell
*"Marcel Pursued By the Hounds " - byMichel Tremblay
*"One-Eyed Kings " - byJohn Allen
*"Patience " - byJason Sherman
*"Lawrence & Holloman " - byMorris Panych 1998-1999
*"
Emphysema " - byJanet Munsil
*"Fathers and Sons " - byDon Hannah
*"The Memory of Water " - byShelagh Stephenson
*"It's All True " - byJason Sherman
*"Good Bones " - byMargaret Atwood
*"Cheri " - byColette
*"Kilt " - byJonathan Wilson
*"Faust " - byGoethe 1999-2000
*"
The Road to Hell " - byMichael Healey andKate Lynch
*"Good Bones " - byMargaret Atwood
*"Perfect Pie " - byJudith Thompson
*"Music for Contortionist " - byMorwyn Brebner
*"The Whirlpool " - byJane Urquhart
*"Sibs " - byDiane Flacks and Richard Greenblatt
*"Motel Helene " - bySerge Boucher 2000-2001
*"
Liquor Guns Karate " - byMorwyn Brebner
*"Slavs! " - byTony Kushner
*"Sibs " - byDiane Flacks and Richard Greenblatt
*"Midnight Sun " - byMaja Ardal
*"Earshot " - byMorris Panych
*"An Acre of Time " - byJason Sherman
*"I, Claudia " - byKristen Thomson
*"Anything That Moves " - byAnn Marie MacDonald ,Alisa Palmer andAllen Cole 2001-2002
*"
Skylight " - by David Hare
*"Elisa's Skin " - byCarole Frechette
*"Soldier's Heart " - byDavid French
*"Plan B " - byMichael Healey
*"I, Claudia " - byKristen Thomson
*"The Good Life " - byDaniel Brooks
*"The Shape of a Girl " - byJoan MacLeod
*"Well, " - byJonathan Wilson 2002-2003
*"
Girl in the Goldfish Bowl " - byMorris Panych
*"Side Man " - byWarren Leight
*"Impromptu on Nun's Island " - byMichel Tremblay
*"Little Mercy's First Murder " - byMorwyn Brebner
*"Kingfisher Days " - bySusan Coyne
*"Domino Heart " - byMatthew Edison
*"Russell Hill " - byChris Earle 2003-2004
*"
Remnants " - byJason Sherman
*"Helen's Necklace " - byCarole Fréchette
*"Hello...Hello " - byKaren Hines
*"I, Claudia " - byKristen Thomson
*"Capture Me " - byJudith Thompson
*"Rune Arlidge " - byMichael Healey
*"Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye) " - byMieko Ouchi
*"simpl " - byPeter Froehlich 2004-2005
*"
Private Jokes, Public Spaces " - byOren Safdie
*"The Unexpected Man " - byYasmina Reza
*"No Great Mischief " - byDavid Young
*"Helen's Necklace " - byCarole Fréchette
*"Bea's Niece " - byDavid Gow
*"Half Life" - byJohn Mighton
*"Fishwrap " - byDavid Macfarlane
*"Alice's Affair " - bySusan Coyne 2005-2006
*"
The Optimists " - byMorwyn Brebner
*"Goodness " - byMicheal Redhill
*"The Dishwashers " - byMorris Panych
*"Humble Boy " - byCharlotte Jones
*"Léo " - byLosa Laborde
*"Past Perfect " - byMichel Tremblay
*"Earshot " - byMorris Panych
*"Care " - byDiane Flacks and Richard Greenblatt2007-2008
*"
Benevolence " - byMorris Panych
*"East of Berlin " - byHannah Moscovitch
*"How it Works " - byDaniel MacIvor
*"Wild Mouth " - byMaureen Hunter
*"Democracy" - byMichael Frayn
*"Alias Godot " - byBrendan Gall
*"The Fall " - byGreg Nelson 2008-2009
*"
Scorched " - byWajdi Mouawad
*"" - by Robert Wilson,Tom Waits , andWilliam S. Burroughs
*"Bashir Lazhar " - byEvelyne de la Chenelière , translated byMorwyn Brebner
*"Moliere " - bySabina Berman
*"East of Berlin " - byHannah Moscovitch
*"Ubuntu " - byThe Ensemble
*"The Patient Hour " - byKristen Thomson
*"Another Home Invasion " - byJoan MacLeod
*"A Beautiful View " - byDaniel MacIvor
*"House of Many Tongues " - byJonathan Garfinkel External links
* [http://www.tarragontheatre.com/ Tarragon Theatre web site]
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