Brian Kulick
Artistic Director
Jessica R. Jenen
Executive Director

136 E 13th Street
New York, NY 10003

2010-2011
Season

Main Productions

Sept. 8 - Oct. 17, 2010
ORLANDO
From the novel by Virginia Woolf
Adapted by
Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Rebecca Taichman

Jan. 12 - Feb. 20, 2011
Maggie Gyllenhaal and
Peter Sarsgaard in
THREE SISTERS
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Austin Pendleton

Mar. 11 - Apr. 3, 2011
DOUBLE FALSEHOOD
By Shakespeare and Fletcher
Directed by Brian Kulick

Apr. 12 - May 22, 2011
THE SCHOOL FOR LIES
From Moliere's The Misanthrope
Adapted by David Ives
Directed by Walter Bobbie

June 11 - July 10, 2011
UNNATURAL ACTS
Harvard's Secret Court of 1920
Conceived & directed by
Tony Speciale

PLUS:

Sept. 27 & Oct. 4, 2010
BOOKS ON STAGE:
KUNDERA/RUSHDIE

Mar. 21 - Apr 3, 2011
THE YOUNG COMPANY
As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
Directed by James Rutherford

May 2, 9 & 16, 2011
FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL: MOLIERE
Tartuffe, The School For Wives
& The Misanthrope

 Season Archive

2010

  • The Age Of Iron, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Brian Kulick
  • Venus In Fur, By David Ives, Directed by Walter Bobbie, Featuring Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley
  • The Forest, By Alexader Ostrovsky, Translated by Kathleen Tolan, Directed by Brian Kulick, Featuring Dianne Wiest
  • The First Look Festival: PIRANDELLO, One night only staged readings of the works of Luigi Pirandello
    • Six Characters In Search Of An Author, Directed by Tony Speciale
    • Right you Are, If You Think So, Directed by Craig Baldwin
    • Henry IV, Directed by Brian Kulick, Featuring John Turturro
  • The Young Company: Twelfth Night, In association with Columbia Stages, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Tony Speciale
  • Monday Night Much Ado, Four nights of Open Rehearsals presented in association with the Shakespeare Society. By William Shakespeare, featuring:
    • Mandy Patinkin, Laila Robbins and Kate Mulgrew, Directed by Brian Kulick
  • Books On Stage: War And Peace and Anna Karenina
    • Featuring Michael Stuhlbarg and Marin Ireland

2009

  • The Tempest, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Brian Kulick, Featuring Mandy Patinkin
  • Uncle Vanya, By Anton Chekhov, Translated by Carol Rocamora, Directed by Austin Pendleton, Featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Denis O'Hare and Peter Sarsgaard
  • An Oresteia, From the works of Aiskhylos, Sophokles, Euripides, Translated by Anne Carson, Agamemnon & Elektra Directed by Brian Kulick & Gisela Cardenas, Orestes Directed by Paul Lazar and Associate Directed and Choreographed by Annie-B Parson
  • The First Look Festival: BRECHT, One night only staged readings of the works of Bertolt Brecht
    • The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Directed by Javierantonio González
    • In the Jungle of Cities, Directed by Rachel Chavkin
    • The Good Person of Sezuan, Adapted by Tony Kushner, Directed by Tony Speciale, Featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal
    • Life of Galileo, Directed by Brian Kulick, Featuring Richard Easton
  • The Young Company: Romeo and Juliet, In association with Columbia Stages, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Tony Speciale
  • Monday Night Othello, In association with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, By William Shakespeare, Four nights of Open Rehearsals, featuring:
    • Michael Cumpsty, John Douglas Thompson, Directed by Michael Sexton
    • Michael Potts, Alan Cumming, Mark H. Dold, Directed by Brian Kulick
    • John Turturro, Alan Cumming, Marin Ireland, KK Moggie, Directed by Brian Kulick
    • Andre Braugher, Frances McDormand, Marin Ireland, Directed by Barry Edelstein
  • The Proust Project, A new adaptation series featuring a set of staged readings based on Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
    • Swann in Love by Pamela Hansford Johnson, featuring Michael Stuhlbarg
    • Albertine Regained by Pamela Hansford Johnson, featuring Michael Stuhlbarg
    • Waste of Time by Robert David McDonald
2008
  • Richard III, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Brian Kulick and Michael Cumpsty
  • New Jerusalem, By David Ives, Directed by Walter Bobbie, Featuring Richard Easton, Fyvush Finkel and Jeremy Strong
  • The Seagull, By Anton Chekhov, Translated by Paul Schmidt, Directed by Viacheslav Dolgachev, Featuring Dianne Wiest and Alan Cumming
  • Old Comedy After Aristophanes' Frogs, A co-production with Target Margin Theater, By David Greenspan, Directed by David Herskovits
  • The First Look Festival: THE ORESTEIA Translated by Anne Carson, One night only staged readings from the Greek trilogy
    • Agamemnon by Aeschylus, Directed by Michael Cumpsty
    • Electra by Sophocles, Directed by Brian Kulick
    • Orestes by Euripides, Directed by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson
  • The Young Company: The Taming of The Shrew, In association with Columbia Stages, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Tony Speciale
  • Monday Night Macbeth, In association with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, By William Shakespeare, Five nights of Open Rehearsals, featuring:
    • Steven Skybell, directed by Brian Kulick
    • Elizabeth Marvel and Ruben Santiago-Hudson, directed by Barry Edelstein
    • Frances McDormand and David Strathairn, directed by Michael Sexton
    • Anne Bogart with the SITI Company
2007
  • Richard II, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Brian Kulick
  • Edward II, An Open Rehearsal Series, By Christopher Marlowe, Directed by Brian Kulick
  • A Spanish Play, By Yasmina Reza, Translated by David Ives, Directed by John Turturro, Featuring Zoe Caldwell, Katherine Borowitz, Linda Emond, Denis O'Hare & Larry Pine
  • Prometheus Bound, a co-production with Aquila Theatre Company, By Aeschylus, Directed by James Kerr, Featuring David Oyelowo
  • The Iliad, Parts I, II and III, A special staged reading, a co-production with Aquila Theatre Company, By Homer, Translated by Stanley Lombardo, Created by Peter Meineck and Robert Richmond
  • The First Look Festival, One night only staged readings of Anton Chekhov's classic plays
    • The Cherry Orchard, Directed by Diane Paulus
    • The Seagull, Directed by Austin Pendelton
    • Uncle Vanya, Directed by Erica Schmidt
    • Three Sisters, Directed by Gregory Mosher
  • The Young Company: A Midsummer Night's Dream, In association with Columbia Stages, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Jeff Janisheski
  • Monday Night Tempest, In association with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, By William Shakespeare, Five nights of Open Rehearsals, featuring:
    • Michael Cumpsty, directed by Brian Kulick
    • SITI Company, directed by Anne Bogart
    • Carson Elrod, directed by Michael Sexton
    • Blair Brown, directed by Jeff Janisheski
    • Michael Cumpsty and David Costabile in a full reading of the play, directed by Brian Kulick
2006
  • Hamlet, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Brian Kulick
  • Fragment, Drawn from the lost plays of Sophocles & Euripides, Text assembled by Kelly Copper, Directed by Pavol Liska.
  • Faust, Parts 1 & 2, a co-production with Target Margin Theater, By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Translated by Douglas Langsworthy, Directed by David Herskovits.
  • The First Look Festival, One night only staged readings of rarely seen classics.
    • The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd, Directed by Michael Sexton
    • Antonio’s Revenge, By John Marston, Directed by Daisy Walker
    • The Roman Actor, By Phillip Messinger, Directed by John Dias
  • Monday Night Lear, By William Shakepeare, Four nights of Open Rehearsals, featuring:
    • F. Murray Abraham, directed by Brian Kulick
    • Ron Leibman, directed by Brian Kulick
    • Richard Easton, directed by Michael Sexton
    • Kristin Linklater, directed by Diane Paulus
  • The Young Company: Molière Cycle. Presented: by Columbia Stages in association with CSC.
    • Scapin, By Molière, Directed by Niky Wolcz
    • The Misanthrope, By Molière, Directed by Michael Sexton
    • Tartuffe, By Molière, Directed by Brian Kulick
  • ClassicKids: Tell Me More! Starring Pennylyn White.
    • Wizards, Witches and Spells
    • Magic, Mystery and Mayhem
    • Secrets and Sorcery
2005
  • Death and the Ploughman, By Johannes von Saaz, Directed by Anne Bogart
  • The First Look Festival, One night only staged readings of rarely seen classics
    • Mary Stuart, By Friedrich Schiller, Directed by Erica Schmidt
    • Urfaust, By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Directed by Michael Sexton
    • Nathan the Wise, By Gotthold Ephriam Lessing, Directed by Brian Kulick
  • Three Sisters, By Antov Chekhov, Directed by Pavol Liska
  • Happy Days, By Samuel Beckett, Directed by Jeff Cohen
  • The False Servant, By Marivaux, Directed by Brian Kulick
  • Monday Night Hamlet, By William Shakepeare, Four nights of open rehearsals

2004
  • The First Look Festival, One night only staged readings of rarely seen classics
    • The Jew of Malta, By Christopher Marlowe, Directed by Brian Kulick
    • Arden of Faversham, By Anonymous, Directed by Erica Schmidt
    • Volpone, By Ben Jonson, Directed by Michael Sexton
    • Richard III, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Barry Edelstein

2003

2002

  • Monster, By Neal Bell, from Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein
  • The Underpants, By Carl Sternheim, in a new version by Steve Martin
  • Room, based upon the writings of Virginia Woolf

2000-2001

1999-2000

1998-99

  • Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett
  • The Misanthrope, Moliere; Translator, Martin Crimp
  • A Simple Heart, Annie B Parson and Paul Lazar

1997-98

  • Therese Raquin, Emile Zola; Translator, Neal Bell
  • Christmas at the Ivanovs, Alexander Vvedensky; Translators, Julia Listengarten and Karin Coonrod
  • Phaedra in Delirium, Susan Yankowtiz

1996-97

  • Another Part of the House, Migdalia Cruz
  • The Entertainer, John Osborne

1995-96

  • Endgame, Samuel Beckett
  • Entertaining Mr Sloane, Joe Orton
  • Don Juan Comes Back From the War, Odon von Horvath; Translator, Ralph Manheim and Sean Allan

1994-95

  • The Scarlet Letter, Phyllis Nagy
  • Iphigenia and Other Daughters, Ellen McLaughlin
  • Amphitryon, Eric Overmyer

1993-94

  • The Maids, Jean Genet
  • The Illusion, Pierre Corneille; Translator/Adaptor, Tony Kushner
  • The Triumph of Love, Marivaux; Translation, James Magruder

1992-93

  • Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Ann-Marie MacDonald
  • Scapin, Moliere; Translator/Adaptors, Shelley Berc and Andrei Belgrader
  • Krapp's Last Tape, Samuel Beckett

1991-92

  • Bon Appetit, Ruth Draper and Julia Child
  • Cabaret Verboten, William Bendow, Bertolt Brecht, Hanns Eisler, Werner Finck, Fritz Grunbaum, Friederich Hollaender, Walter Mehring, Edmund Meisel, Rudolf Nelson, Marcellus Schiffer, Mischa Spollansky, Konrad Tom, Kurt Tucholsky, Karl Valentin; Adaptors, Kathleen L. Komar, Laurence Senelick, John Willet, Jeremy Lawrence
  • Creditors, August Strindberg; Translator, Paul Walsh

1990-91

  • Happy Days, Samuel Beckett
  • The Learned Ladies, Moliere; Translator/Adaptor, Freyda Thomas
  • The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui, Bertolt Brecht, Translator/Adaptor,Ralph Manheim

1989-90

  • Mountain Language and The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter
  • Heart of a Dog, Mikhail Bulgakov; Translator/Adaptor, Deloss Brown
  • The Tower of Evil, by Alexandre Dumas; Translator/Adaptor, Michael Feingold

1988-89

  • Rameau's Nephew
  • Phaedra Britannica
  • Don Juan Of Seville

1987-88

  • Elektra, Pound
  • Uncle Vanya, Chekhov
  • The Birthday Party, Pinter

1986-87

  • The Maids, Genet
  • The Skin of our Teeth, Wilder
  • The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare

1985-86

  • Brand, Ibsen
  • Frankenstein, Shelley
  • Medieval Mystery Plays, Wakefield Cycle
  • The Tempest, Shakespeare
  • The Country Doctor, Kafka/Jenkins
  • The Divine Orlando, Luce

1984-85

  • Oresteia II, Elektra/Orestes
  • The Oresteia, Agamemnon
  • Frankenstein, Shelley
  • Georges Dandin, Moliere
  • The Underpants, Sternheim

1983-84

  • Big and Little, Botho Strauss
  • Faust I and II, Goethe
  • The Hamlet Deconstruction, after Shakespeare
  • Dance of Death, Strindberg

1982-83

  • Faust, Part 1, Goethe
  • Faust, Part 2, Goethe
  • Ghost Sonata, Strindberg
  • Wild Oats, O'Keefe
  • Ballon, Sunde
  • Danton's Death, Buchner

1981-82

  • Peer Gynt, Ibsen
  • The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov
  • King Lear, Shakespeare
  • Ghost Sonata, Strindberg

1980-81

  • Oedipus Rex, Sophocles
  • Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles
  • Antigone, Sophocles
  • Gilles de Rais, Planchon
  • Woyzeck, Buchner
  • Leonce and Lena, Buchner

1979-80

  • The Cuchulain Plays, Yeats
  • The Cavern, Anouilh
  • Doctor Faustus, Marlowe
  • Don Juan, Moliere
  • The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare
  • Leonce and Lena, Buchner

1978-79

  • Richard II, Shakespeare
  • Henry IV, Part One, Shakespeare
  • Henry IV, Part Two, Shakespeare
  • Wild Oats, O'Keefe
  • The Marquis of Keith, Wedekind

1977-78

  • Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare
  • Sergeant Musgrave's Dance, Arden
  • Rosmersholm, Ibsen
  • Madwoman of Chaillot, Giradoux
  • Running of the Deer, Sunde
  • The Maids, Genet

1976-77

  • Heartbreak House, Shaw
  • Tartuffe, Moliere
  • The Homecoming, Pinter
  • Bingo, Bond
  • The Balcony, Genet

1975-76

  • Measure for Measure, Shakespeare
  • A Country Scandal, Chekhov
  • Antigone, Anouilh
  • Hedda Gabler, Ibsen
  • Tartuffe, Moliere
  • School/Buffoons & Escurial, Ghelderode
  • La Celestina, de Rojas
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles, Doyle
  • The Homecoming, Pinter

1974-75

  • Hedda Gabler, Ibsen
  • The Tempest, Shakespeare
  • The Maids, Genet
  • Edward II, Marlowe
  • The Lady's Not For Burning, Fry
  • The Servant, Maugham
  • Antigone, Anouilh
  • Woyzeck, Buchner

1973-74

  • Moby Dick, Melville
  • Twelfth Night, Shakespeare
  • Miss Julie, Strindberg
  • The Homecoming, Pinter
  • The Misanthrope, Moliere
  • Rosencrantz/Guildenstern, Stoppard
  • The Revenger's Tragedy, Tourneur
  • The Dwarf & The Dumbwaiter, Pinter
  • Under Milkwood, Thomas
  • Hedda Gabler, Ibsen
  • The Caretaker, Pinter

1972-73

  • Rosencrantz/Guildenstern, Stoppard
  • The Homecoming, Pinter
  • The Tempest, Shakespeare
  • Macbeth, Shakespeare
  • The Devils, Whiting
  • Measure for Measure, Shakespeare
  • Loot, Orton
  • Roshomon, Akutagawa

1971-72

  • Marat/Sade, Weiss
  • Julius Caeser, Shakespeare
  • The Inspector General, Gogal
  • Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare

1970-71

  • Hamlet, Shakespeare
  • Rosencrantz/Guildenstern, Stoppard
  • Moby Dick, Melville
  • Twelfth Night, Shakespeare
  • Man and Superman, Shaw
  • Pericles, Shakespeare
  • Uncle Vanya, Chekhov

1969-70

  • The Revenger's Tragedy, Tourneur
  • Poor Bitos, Anouilh
  • Uncle Vanya, Chekhov
  • Man and Superman, Shaw
  • Goat Island, Betti
  • Moby Dick, Melville

1968-69

  • Poor Bitos, Anouilh
  • Uncle Vanya, Chekhov
  • The Cavern, Anouilh
  • Tartuffe, Moliere

1967-68

  • Hamlet, Shakespeare
  • Man and Superman, Shaw
  • The Cavern, Anouilh
  • Tartuffe, Moliere