Past
Productions
2022 \ 2023
Pony by Sylvan Oswald
Red Carol CoPro with San Francisco Mime Troupe
Gaslit by Chris Steele and Sean Owens. CoPro with Poltergeist Theater Project
Exhaustion Arroyo by W. Fran Astorga. CoPro with IN THE MARGIN
Towards Opulence: The Opera CoProduction with Skywatchers
2021 \ 2022
The Real Sappho by Aimee Suzara
2020 \ 2021
UTOPIA by Charles L. Mee
Utopia Feature: Disability in the Arts
Utopia Feature: Self-Expression
Utopia Feature: Utopia in a Time of Dystopia
Utopia Feature: Q+A with the Choreographer: Katerina Wong
Artists in Isolation Series
PHANTASMAGORIA A Collaborative Film with Bay Area Theater Cypher and Mugwumpin
2019 \ 2020
Free For All by Megan Cohen
Short Cuts
The Yellow Wallpaper by Karina Fox
Rappaccini's Daughter by Maya Herbsman
How to be a Failure in San Francisco by Kayla Kaufman
Decolonize Your Sex Life by May Liang
Unproduced/Unpublished
Pidor and the Wold by Sam Max
import speech_memory by Lucas Baisch
Cultural Exchanges
The Stronger by Anna Pettersson
Ways To Leave A Body by Alexa Derman And Roxie Perkins
2018 \ 2019
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
- Short Cuts:
- The Spurt of Blood directed by Ariel Craft
- Valley of the Dead directed by Maya Herbsman
- a selection from The Lady from the Sea directed by Susannah Martin
- Cyclops 2018 directed by Erik Pearson
- Unprecedented/Unpublished:
- Zoohouse by Aurin Squire, directed by Margo Hall
- Three Fat Sisters written and directed by Morgan Gould
- Informal Readings:
- Sappho by Estelle Anna B. Lewis
- As Five Years Pass by Federico García Lorca in translation by Caridad Svich
- The Physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt in translation by James Kirkup
The Tenderloin Tour by Annie Elias
La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler
The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionèsco
2017 \ 2018
The Mineola Twins by Paula Vogel
- Directors Series: an evening of 4 short plays:
- Ode by Daria Kaufman
- Proben im Haus by Paige Rogers and Leighton Fong
- Iago: Images Unseen by Jonathan Vandenberg
- Pezzetti 2 by Beatrice Basso and Valentina Emeri
- Playwrights Series:
- THUNDERBODIES: a reading of a new play by Kate Tarker
- Complex (KOM-pleks): a reading of a new play by Alexa Derman
- Reading Series:
- A reading of The Marriage of Figaro, discussion led by Rob Melrose
- A reading of Ritter, Dene, Voss, discussion led by Paige Rogers
- A reading of Natasha's Dream, discussion led by Paige Rogers
- A reading of The Book of Grace, discussion led by Rob Melrose
Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
2016 \ 2017
- The Wasps by Guy Zimmerman
- An Evening with Activists by Yussef El Guindi
- Lorca al vacío by Maria Velasco
- Pezzetti by Beatrice by Basso and Valentina Emeri
- Crooked and Dangerous by Katerina Wong
- Whatever Self: Virginia Woolf & Virginia Woolf by Susan Terris
- Inkwell by Isaac Schott-Rosenfield
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
Phèdre by Jean Racine
Readings
- Phèdre by Jean Racine
- Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov
- Timon of Athens by Shakespeare
2015 \ 2016
A Dreamplay by August Strindberg
Ondine by Katharine Sherman
Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Risk Is This…
- all of what you love and none of what you hate by Phillip Howze
- My Home is Where by Alex Johnson
- Borealis by Bennett Fisher
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
- Phèdre by Jean Racine
2014 \ 2015
Mount Misery by Andrew Saito
Antigone by Sophocles
Superheroes by Sean San José
Risk Is This…
- Who Is Heiner Muller or The End of History by Mark Jackson
- Caught by Christopher Chen
- nightcap by Katharine Sherman
- whisper fish by Andrew Saito
- Beauty Secrets by Andrew Saito
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- Oresteia by Aeschylus
- Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
- A Murder of Crows by Mac Wellman
- A Dream Play by Austin Strindberg
- Hamletmachine by Heiner Mueller
2013 \ 2014
Sidewinders by Basil Kreimendahl
Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry
Communiqué n° 10 by Samuel Gallet
Risk Is This…
- Stegosaurus by Andrew Saito
- Ondine by Katherine Sherman
- Mt. Misery by Andrew Saito
- WINK by Jen Silverman
- Ex Machina by David Jacobi
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Natural Relations and other plays by Qorpo Santo
- Antigone by Sophocles
- The Police by Slawomir Mrozek
- The Balcony by Jean Genet
- Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
- Rabinal Achi, an ancient Mayan play, translated by Dennis Tedlock
2012 \ 2013
Strindberg Cycle: The Chamber Plays in Rep by August Strindberg
The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco
Krispy Kritters In The Scarlett Night by Andrew Saito
Risk Is This…
- Superheroes by Sean San José
- Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry
- Insect Play by Josef and Karl Capek
- Passing by Dipika Guha
- Sidewinders by Basil Kreimendahl
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Father by August Strindberg
- The Increased Difficulty of Concentration by Václav Havel
- Electra by Sophocles
- The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
- The Black Masks by Leonid Andreev
2011 \ 2012
Pelleas & Melisande by Maurice Maeterlinck
Tontlawald text by Eugenie Chan
Tenderloin by Annie Elias
- with Tristan Cunningham, Siobhan Doherty, Rebecca Frank,
Michael Kelly, Leigh Shaw, David Sinaiko and David Westley Skillman
Risk Is This…
- Aulis: An Act of Nihilism in One Long Act by Christopher Chen
- GIZMO by Anthony Clarvoe
- The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg
- The Pelican and The Black Glove by August Strindberg
- Storm and Burned House by August Strindberg
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- Play Strindberg by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- Camino Real by Tennessee Williams
- Miss Julie and A Dream Play by August Strindberg
- Easter by August Strindberg
- The Stronger, Pariah, and Simoon by August Strindberg
- The Keys to Heaven by August Strindberg
2010 \ 2011
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Bone To Pick & Diadem by Eugenie Chan
Lady Grey (in ever lower light) and other plays by Will Eno
Risk Is This…
- Tontlawald by Eugenie Chan
- Krispy Kritters In The Scarlett Night by Andrew Saito
- Madame Ho by Eugenie Chan
- Ozma of Oz Adapted from the novel by L. Frank Baum, Rob Melrose (book and lyrics), Z.O.N.K. (music)
- Tenderloin by Anne Elias
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Braggart Soldier by Plautus
- Epicoene, or The Silent Woman by Ben Johnson
- Andromache by Euripedes
- The Insect Play by Josef and Karel Capek
- The False Suitor by Marivaux
2009 \ 2010
The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco
…and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi by Marcus Gardley
Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Knights by by Aristophanes
- Troilus And Cressida by William Shakespeare
- Medea Vs. Medea Euripides vs. Seneca
- Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton
- Storm by August Strindberg
- The Antiquarian's Family by Carlo Goldoni
2008 \ 2009
Victims of Duty by Eugène Ionesco
Mud by Maria Irene Fornes
Thom Pain (based on nothing) by Will Eno
Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
Open Process
- Pelléas and Mélisande by Maurice Maeterlinck in a new translation by Rob Melrose
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Pelican by August Strindberg in a new translation by Paul Walsh
- Magnetism of the Heart by Aleksander Fredro
- Helen by Euripides
2007 \ 2008
Endgame by Samuel Beckett
Avant GardARAMA! 2008: An Evening of Short Experimental Plays
- Accents in Alsace by Gertrude Stein
- Betting on the Dust Commander by Suzan-Lori Parks
- Bone to Pick by Eugenie Chan (world premiere)
Risk is This…The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival
- …and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi by Marcus Gardley
- Trojan Barbie by Christine Evans
- Lighthouse by Brad Chequer
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Emperor of the Moon by Aphra Behn
- Burned House by August Strindberg in a new translation by Paul Walsh
- Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
- Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights by Gertrude Stein
- Pelléas and Mélisande by Maurice Maeterlinck in a new translation by Rob Melrose
2006 \ 2007
Risk Commissions
- Mr. Fujiyama’s Electric Beach by Kevin Oakes
- Bone to Pick by Eugenie Chan
365 Days / 365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks
Woyzeck by Georg Büchner in a new translation by Rob Melrose
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- Danton’s Death by Georg Büchner
- The Public by Federico García Lorca in a new adaptation by Caridad Svich
- Quartet & The Task by Heiner Müller
- Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderòn
- It Is So (If You Think So) by Luigi Pirandello
- The Black Glove by August Strindberg
- Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry in a new translation by Rob Melrose
2005 \ 2006
The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World by Suzan-Lori Parks
The Maids by Jean Genet
Risk Is This… The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival
- The Girl Triptych by Janet Allard
- Alien Motel 29: The Secret Outtakes of The Ebony Lady Macbeth by Robert Alexander
- the evolutionist’s club by Kevin Oakes
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Rover by Aphra Behn
- The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg in a new translation by Paul Walsh
- Medea by Seneca
- The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
- Sphinx and Strawman & Murder Hope of Womankind by Oskar Kokoschka
2004 \ 2005
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, in a new translation by Rob Melrose
Avant GardARAMA! 2004: An Evening of Short Experimental Plays
- Fighter Airplanes from the notebooks of Richard Foreman
- Ajax, for Instance by Heiner Müller translated by Carl Weber
- Helen of Troy by Rob Melrose
- Pickling by Suzan-Lori Parks
- The Sandalwood Box by Mac Wellman
2003 \ 2004
The Vomit Talk of Ghosts by Kevin Oakes (world premiere)
Risk is This… The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival
- Snakewoman an opera libretto by Eugenie Chan
- Wet, or Isabella the Pirate Queen Enters the Horse Latitudes by Liz Duffy Adams
- Infestation by Payne Ratner
2002 \ 2003
Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès
Risk is This… The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival
- Chain Reactions by Trevor Allen
- The Bad Math Plays by Kevin Oakes
- Begging the Eclipse by Caridad Svich
2001 \ 2002
Drowning Room installation by Jeff Becker, directed by Rob Melrose, text by Kevin Oakes
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
2000 \ 2001
The End of the World as We Know It:
A Double Bill of Apocalyptic Plays
- Vladimir Mayakovsky: A Tragedy by Vladimir Mayakovsky
- Hamletmachine by Heiner Müller
Staged Readings
- The High Priest of Bad Math by Kevin Oakes
- Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare