1988-89 SEASON
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THE TALE OF LEAR (A)
Todashi Suzuki’s adaptation of
Shakespeare’s King Lear

ABYSSINIA (A)
Music by Ted Kociolek, lyrics by James Racheff,
book by James Racheff and Ted Kociolek
Directed by Tazewell Thompson

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (K)
Luigi Pirandello, English version by Robert Cornthwaite
Directed by Liviu Ciulei

RING ROUND THE MOON (A)
Jean Anouilh, adapted by Christopher Fry
Directed by Douglas C. Wager

PLAYBOY OF THE WEST INDIES (K)
Mustapha Matura
Directed by Tazewell Thompson

A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL (A)
Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Mel Shapiro

Stage Four:
BRIAR PATCH (O)

Deborah Pryor
Directed by Max Mayer

JUDEVINE (K)
David Budbill
Directed by Tazewell Thompson

A LIE OF THE MIND (A)
Sam Shepard
Directed by Douglas C. Wager

THE FOOL SHOW (K)
Conceived and written by Geoff Hoyle

NOTHING SACRED (K)
George F. Walker
Directed by Garland Wright

ON THE TOWN (A)
Music by Leonard Bernstein,
book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Directed by Douglas C. Wager

A WALK IN THE WOODS (K)
Lee Blessing
Directed by Paul Weidner

BANJO DANCING (O)
or the 48th Annual Squitters Mountain Song Dance Folklore Convention and Banjo Contest... and how I lost

Devised by Stephen Wade with Milton Kramer
BANJO DANCING performed in the Old Vat Room all season.

STEPHEN WADE ON THE WAY HOME (O)
Written and gathered by Stephen Wade
Directed by Milton Kramer

Key:
(A) Performed in the Arena
(renamed The Fichandler Stage in 1992 (F) )
(K) Performed in the Kreeger Theater
(O) Performed in the Old Vat Room
(S) Performed in The Scene Shop

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