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Show History: Studio Arena

Founded by Jane Keeler, producing from 1927 - 2008, since re-opened as Shea's 710 Theatre.

Shea's 710 Theatre

Studio Arena Theatre 2007 - 2008 Season

  • Don't Talk to the Actors by Tom Dudzick (World Premiere)
  • Bat Boy the Musical by Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, & Laurence O'Keefe
  • Indian Blood by A. R. Gurney
  • The Vertical Hour by David Hare
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Side by Side by Stephen Sondheim

Studio Arena Theatre 2006 - 2007 Season

  • 3 MOi DIVAS by Marion J. Caffey
  • Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg
  • The 4th Wise Man by Joy Chaitin, Sarah Stevens, Marilyn D. Anderson
  • The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  • The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam
  • A Time for Love by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire

Studio Arena Theatre 2005 - 2006 Season

  • The Johnny Cash Musical: Ring of Fire co-conceived by William Mead & Richard Maltby, Jr.
  • A Christmas Story adapted by Philip Grecian

Studio Arena Theatre 2004 - 2005 Season

  • Hail Mary by Tom Dudzick (World Premiere)
  • Murder in Green Meadows by Douglas Post
  • A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner
  • Crowns by Regina Taylor
  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Jeffrey Hatcher & Mitch Albom
  • Quartet by Ronald Harwood
  • Rounding Third by Richard Dresser

Studio Arena Theatre 2003 - 2004 Season

  • Noises Off by Michael Frayn
  • Proof by David Auburn
  • Plaid Tidings by Stuart Ross
  • A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
  • Pouring The Sun by Jay O'Callahan
  • While We Were Bowling by Carter W. Lewis (World Premiere)
  • Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones

Studio Arena Theatre 2002 - 2003 Season

  • A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
  • Cookin' at The Cookery by Marion J. Caffrey
  • The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
  • Shooting Craps by Tom Dulack
  • The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
  • Shear Madness by Paul Portner

Studio Arena Theatre 2001 - 2002 Season

  • City of Light by Anthony Clarvoe (World Premiere)
  • Art by Yasmina Reza
  • Lake Effect (Over The Tavern Part III) by Tom Dudzick (World Premiere)
  • Flyin West by Pearl Cleage
  • Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer
  • Buffalo Gal by A. R. Gurney

Studio Arena Theatre 2000 - 2001 Season

  • Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
  • Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams
  • The Secret Garden by Paul Ledoux (American Premiere)
  • Breaking Legs by Tom Dulack
  • A Lesson Before Dying by Romulus Linney
  • 2 Pianos, 4 Hands by Richard Greenblatt & Ted Dykstra

Studio Arena Theatre 1999 - 2000 Season

  • Things We Do For Love by Alan Ayckbourn (American Premiere)
  • Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
  • Over The Tavern by Tom Dudzick
  • The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
  • The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood
  • Far East by A. R. Gurney
  • Italian American Reconcilliation by John Patrick Shanley

Studio Arena Theatre 1998 - 1999 Season

  • House of Blue Leaves by John Guare
  • Dancing In The Dark by Jeffry Denman
  • King O' The Moon (Over The Tavern Part II) by Tom Dudzick (World Premiere)
  • The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
  • Jitney by August Wilson
  • Barefoot In The Park by Neil Simon
  • Tuna Christmas by Ed Howard, Joe Sears, & Jaston Williams
  • How I Learned To Drive by Paula Vogel (Studio, Too!)
  • King O' The Moon (Over The Tavern Part II) by Tom Dudzick (Return Engagement)

Studio Arena Theatre 1997 - 1998 Season

  • Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig
  • Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
  • Greetings by Tom Dudzick
  • Having Our Say by Emily Mann
  • Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott
  • Sylvia by A. R. Gurney
  • Golf With Alan Shepard by Carter Lewis
  • Angels in America by Tony Kushner (Studio, Too!)
  • Skylight by David Hare (Studio, Too!)

Studio Arena Theatre 1996 - 1997 Season

  • 13 Rue de'l Amour by Georges Feydeau
  • Mud, River, Stone by Lynn Nottage (World Premiere)
  • Season's Greetings by Alan Ayckbourn
  • Over The Tavern by Tom Dudzick
  • Dead Guilty by Richard Harris
  • Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose (American Premiere of Revised Play)
  • Springtime For Henry by Benn Levv
  • Dames At Sea by George Haimsohn, Robin Miller, & Jim Wise
  • Three Viewings by Jeffrey Hatcher (Studio, Too!)

Studio Arena Theatre 1995 - 1996 Season

  • Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill
  • A Lesson From Aloes by Athol Fugard
  • Inspecting Carol by Daniel Sullivan & Seattle Repertory Co.
  • Over The Tavern by Tom Dudzick (at the Pfieffer Theater)
  • Later Life by A. R. Gurney
  • The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein
  • A Penny For The Guy by Lanie Robertson
  • All In The Timing by David Ives

Studio Arena Theatre 1994 - 1995 Season

  • Harvey by Mary Chase
  • A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lewbow
  • A Christmas Carol adapted by Amlin Gray
  • Over The Tavern by Tom Dudzick (World Premiere at the Pfeiffer Theater)
  • The Snow Ball by A. R. Gurney
  • Dial M For Murder by Frederick Knott
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson
  • I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick

Studio Arena Theatre 1993 - 1994 Season

  • Man of the Moment by Alan Ayckbourn
  • My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard
  • A Christmas Carol adapted by Amlin Gray
  • The World Goes 'Round: The Kander and Ebb Musical by Scott Ellis, Susan Strohman, & David Thompson (at the Pfeiffer Theater)
  • Murder by Misadventure by Edward Taylor
  • Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
  • The Game of Love and Chance by Marivaux, adapt. and trans. by Neil Barlett (World Premiere)
  • Once On This Island by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty

Studio Arena Theatre 1992 - 1993 Season

  • Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
  • Lost Electra by Bruce Rodgers
  • Amelia Lives by Laura Annawyn Shamas (at the Calummet Arts Cafe)
  • A Christmas Carol adapted by Amlin Gray
  • The Dining Room by A. R. Gurney
  • The Business of Murder by Richard Harris
  • Miss Evers' Boy by David Feldshuh
  • The Voyage of Mary C. by Lawrence Carr
  • A...My Name Is STILL Alice by Julianne Boyd & Joan Micklin Silver

Studio Arena Theatre 1991 - 1992 Season

  • Sweet N' Hot In Harlem - a Harold Arlen Revue
  • Other People's Money by Jerry Sterner
  • A Christmas Carol adapted by Amlin Gray
  • Catch Me If You Can by Jack Weinstock & Willie Gilbert
  • Fences by August Wilson
  • The Immigrant, a Hamilton Country Album by Mark Harelik & Randal Myler
  • Love Letters by A. R. Gurney

Studio Arena Theatre 1990 - 1991 Season

  • A Flea In Her Ear by Georges Feydeau
  • Jane Eyre adapted by Ted Davis & David Clark
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  • Birdsend by Keith Huff
  • Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry
  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
  • Children by A. R. Gurney

Studio Arena Theatre 1989 - 1990 Season

  • You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
  • Joe Turner's Come And Gone by August Wilson
  • Galileo by Keith & Jeanine Levenson & Alexa Junge (World Premiere)
  • Speed The Plow by David Mamet
  • A Moon For The Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill
  • Beyond Therapy/Laughing Wild by Christopher Durang
  • Last Love by Tom Cole

Studio Arena Theatre 1988 - 1989 Season

  • Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart (American Premiere)
  • Abingdon Square by María Irene Fornés
  • Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
  • The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson
  • West Memphis Mojo by Martin Jones
  • The Beaux Strategem by George Farquhar
  • A Walk In The Woods by Lee Blessing

Studio Arena Theatre 1987 - 1988 Season

  • The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
  • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
  • Stepping Out by Richard Harris
  • Benefactors by Michael Frayn
  • Tintypes by Mary Kyte, Mel Marvin, & Gary Pearle
  • Isn't It Romantic by Wendy Wasserstein
  • Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

Studio Arena Theatre 1986 - 1987 Season

  • A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller
  • The Value of Names by Jeffrey Sweet
  • Quilters by Molly Newman & Barbara Damashek
  • The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard
  • A Little Night Music by Hugh Wheeler & Stephen Sondheim
  • T Bone N Weasel by Jon Klein
  • Hay Fever by Noel Coward

Studio Arena Theatre 1985 - 1986 Season

  • The Foreigner by Larry Sue
  • Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff
  • Sleuth by Anthony Schaffer
  • Ain't Misbehavin' by Murray Horwitz & Richard Maltby Jr.
  • The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
  • Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, & Ed Howard
  • Arsenals by Jeremy Lawrence (World Premiere)

Studio Arena Theatre 1984 - 1985 Season

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
  • Dark Of The Moon by Howard Richardson & William Berney
  • The Doom of Frankenstein by Geoffrey Sherman & Paul Wonsek (World Premiere)
  • Master Harold and The Boys by Athol Fugard
  • Anything Goes by Cole Porter
  • I Ought To Be In Pictures by Neil Simon
  • The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Studio Arena Theatre 1983 - 1984 Season

  • What I Did Last Summer by A. R. Gurney
  • Cabaret by Kander & Ebb
  • Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott
  • The Dresser by Ronald Harwood
  • Tera Nova by Ted Tally
  • Arms and The Man by George Bernard Shaw
  • A Place To Stay by Ruchard Culliton (World Premiere)

Studio Arena Theatre 1982 - 1983 Season

  • She Stoops To Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
  • True West by Sam Shepard
  • Witness For The Prosecution by Agatha Christie
  • A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
  • Weapons of Happiness by Howard Brenton (World Premiere)
  • In The Sweet Bye and Bye by Donald Driver (World Premiere)
  • Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn
  • Monteith and Rand (Summer Scene)
  • Lovesong by Michael Valenti (Summer Scene)
  • The Fantasticks by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt (Summer Scene)

Studio Arena Theatre 1981 - 1982 Season

  • Whose Life Is It Anyways? by Brian Clark
  • Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein by Marty Martin (Dark Week Special)
  • The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley (East Coast Premiere)
  • Deathtrap by Ira Levin
  • A Christmas Carol adapted by Eastern Opera Theatre
  • Tartuffe by Molière
  • Derelict by Robert Schenkkan (World Premiere)
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  • Rhino Fat From Red Dog Notes (A Salute to Buffalo's Sesquicentennial) by Davey Marlin-Jones, Patrick Desmond, and Studio Arena Theatre Company (World Premiere)

Studio Arena Theatre 1980 - 1981 Season

  • Lady of the Diamond by Mark Berman (World Premiere)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman
  • Write Me a Murder by Frederick Knott
  • A Christmas Carol adapted by Geoffrey Sherman (at Shea's Buffalo)
  • Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard
  • Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill
  • Loot by Joe Orton
  • Talley's Folly by Lanford Wilson

Studio Arena Theatre 1979 - 1980 Season

  • Da by Hugh Leonard
  • My Husband's Wild Desires Almost Drove Me Mad by John Tobias (World Premiere)
  • The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
  • A Christmas Carol adapted by Mary Elizabeth Holmes (at Shea's Buffalo)
  • Ashes by David Rudkin
  • I Won't Dance by Oliver Hailey
  • The Gin Game by D. L. Coburn
  • The Letter by Somerset Maugham

Studio Arena Theatre 1978 - 1979 Season

  • Funny Face by George & Ira Gershwin (1st play at the Palace Burlesque at 710 Main Street)
  • For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
  • A Christmas Carol adapted by Rae Allen & Timothy Near
  • Countess Dracula by Neal Du Brock (World Premiere)
  • The Runner Stumbles by Milan Stitt
  • Catsplay by Istvan Orkeny
  • The Madwoman of Central Park West by Phyllis Newman & Arthur Laurents

Studio Arena Theatre 1977 - 1978 Season

  • Sunset by Louis LaRusso II, Gary William Friedman, Will Holt (World Premiere)
  • Semmelweiss by Howard Sackler (World Premiere)
  • Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade
  • The Crucifer of Blood by Paul Giovanni (World Premiere)
  • The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer
  • Coward in Two Keys by Noel Coward
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

Studio Arena Theatre 1976 - 1977 Season

  • The Eccentricites of a Nightingale by Tennessee Williams
  • Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
  • Vanities by Jack Heifner
  • Sizwe Bansi Is Dead by Athol Fugard, John Kani, & Winston Ntshona
  • Emlyn Williams As Charles Dickens / Dylan Thomas Growing Up
  • Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson
  • A Very Private Life by Neal Du Brock (World Premiere)

Studio Arena Theatre 1975 - 1976 Season

  • Butley by Simon Gray
  • Scapino! by Frank Dunlop & Jim Dale, adapted from Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin
  • A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
  • Equus by Peter Schaffer
  • The Magic Show by Bob Randall & Stephen Schwartz
  • A Little Night Music by Hugh Wheeler & Stephen Sondheim
  • Replika by Josef Szajna

Studio Arena Theatre 1974 - 1975 Season

  • I Got A Song by E. Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy (World Premiere)
  • Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge
  • Gabrielle by Gilbert Becaud & Jose Quintero (World Premiere)
  • Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill
  • 13 Rue De L'Armour by Georges Feydeau
  • P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! by James Kirkwood (World Premiere)
  • Godspell by John-Michael Tebelak & Stephen Schwartz
  • The Legend of Wu-Chang by Tisa Chang

Studio Arena Theatre 1973 - 1974 Season

  • Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote & Anna Marie Barlow (World Premiere)
  • A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
  • Funny Face by George & Ira Gershwin
  • That Championship Season by Jason Miller
  • Flint by David Mercer (American Premiere)
  • There's A Girl In My Soul by Terence Frisby
  • The Miser by Molière
  • Oh, Coward! by Noel Coward

Studio Arena Theatre 1972 - 1973 Season

  • Roberta by Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach
  • Sitting and The Saving Grace by John Tobias (World Premiere)
  • Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, Mark Charlap & Carolyn Leigh
  • Ring-A-Levio by Donald Ross, Jason Darrow, & Lance Mulcahy (World Premiere)
  • Butterflies Are Free by Leonard Gershe
  • The Taming of the Shew by William Shakespeare
  • Child's Play by Robert Marasco
  • Berlin to Broadway by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill
  • The Women by Clare Boothe Luce (Special Production)

Studio Arena Theatre 1971 - 1972 Season

  • The Gingerbread Lady by Neil Simon
  • Buying Out by Lawrence Roman (World Premiere)
  • The Me Nobody Knows by Stephen M. Joseph, Gary William Friedman, Will Holt, Herb Schapiro
  • Mama by Neal Du Brock, John Clifton, & John Van Druten (World Premiere)
  • The Trail of the Catonsville Nine by Daniel Berrigan
  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  • The Proposition concieved by Albert Allen (Improvisational Theatre)
  • Play Strindberg by Friedrich Durrenmatt (From Lincoln Center)
  • Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh, & Joe Darion
  • The Proposition concieved by Albert Allen (Improvisational Theatre, Return Engagement)

Studio Arena Theatre 1970 - 1971 Season

  • Dames at Sea by George Haimsohn, Robin Miller, & Jim Wise
  • Scenes From an American Life by A. R. Gurney (World Premiere)
  • The Survival of St. Joan: A Medieval Rock Opera by James Lineberger & Smoke Rise (World Premiere)
  • The Price by Arthur Miller
  • L. A. Under Siege by Mayo Simon (World Premiere)
  • Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris by Eric Blau, Mort Shuman, & Jacques Brel
  • Othello by William Shakespeare
  • The Effect of Gamma Ray On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
  • Scuba Duba by Bruce Jay Friedman
  • Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris by Eric Blau, Mort Shuman, & Jacques Brel (Return Engagement)
  • Indians by Arthur Kopit

Studio Arena Theatre 1969 - 1970 Season

  • Episodes in the Life of an Author by Jean Anouilh (Pre-Season Playwright's Repertory. American Premiere)
  • The Orchestra by Jean Anouilh (Pre-Season Playwright's Repertory. American Premiere
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Larry Gelbart, Burt Slevelove, Stephen Sondheim
  • Tiny Alice by Edward Albee
  • Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen
  • The Only Game in Town by Frank D. Gilroy
  • Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov
  • Lemon Sky by Lanford Wilson (World Premiere)
  • Stop the World - I Want To Get Off! by Anthony Newley & Lesclie Bricusse

Studio Arena Theatre 1968 - 1969 Season

  • The Death of Bessie Smith by Edward Albee (Pre-Season Playwright's Repertory)
  • The American Dream by Edward Albee (Pre-Season Playwright's Repertory)
  • Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao-Tse-Tung by Edward Albee (Pre-Season Playwright's Repertory)
  • Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett (Pre-Season Playwright's Repertory)
  • The Zoo Story by Edward Albee (Pre-Season Playwright's Repertory)
  • Happy Days by Samuel Beckett (Pre-Season Playwright's Repertory)
  • You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schultz & Clark Gesner
  • Lion in Winter by James Goldman
  • Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
  • The Killing of Sister George by Frank Marcus
  • The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
  • The Star-Spangled Girl by Neil Simon
  • The School for Wives by Molière
  • Lost in the Stars by Maxwell Anderson & Kurt Weill
  • You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schultz & Clark Gesner (Return Engagement)

Studio Arena Theatre 1967 - 1968 Season

  • The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill
  • The Imaginary Invalid by Molière
  • H. M. S. Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan
  • The Emperor by Luigi Pirandello
  • A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
  • Box-Mao-Box by Edward Albee (World Premiere)
  • Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas
  • The Knack by Ann Jellicoe

Studio Arena Theatre 1966 - 1967 Season

  • Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
  • The Man Who Came To Dinner by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
  • The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan
  • After The Fall by Arthur Miller
  • Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
  • Antigone and The Lesson by Jean Anouilh & Eugene Ionesco
  • Oh, Kay! by George & Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, & P. G. Wodehouse
  • Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
  • Beyond the Fringe by Allan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
  • Luv by Murray Schisgal

Studio Arena Theatre 1965 - 1966 Season

  • A Moon For the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill
  • Oh! What a Lovely War by Joan Littlewood
  • The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams
  • The Firebugs by Max Frisch
  • Irma La Douce by Julian More, David Heneker, & Monty Norman, music by Marguerite Monnot
  • A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt
  • The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
  • You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
  • The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd by Anthony Newley & Lesclie Bricusse
  • The Owl and the Pussycat by Bill Manhoff
  • Privates Lives by Noel Coward
  • The Fantasticks by Tom Jones & Harvey Smith

Studio Arena Theatre 1964 - 1965 Season

  • The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams (Revival)
  • Carousel by Rodgers & Hammerstein
  • Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw (Revival)
  • The Tiger and the Typists by Murray Schisgal
  • The Three Sisters by Anton Chekov (Special Production)
  • Requiem For a Nun by William Faulkner
  • Stop the World - I Want To Get Off! by Anthony Newley & Lesclie Bricusse
  • The Physicists by Frederick Durrenmatt
  • The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson
  • Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill (NY Production at State Teachers College)
  • A Holiday Festival: Snow White (Theatre For Children)
  • Nutcracker Ballet (Theatre For Children)

Studio Arena Theatre 1963 - 1964 Season

  • A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
  • The Hostage by Brendan Behan (Revival)
  • The King and I by Rodgers & Hammerstein
  • The Marriage Go-Round by Leslie Stevens (at the Off-Broadway)
  • Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams
  • Regina (Opera) by Marc Blitstein
  • The Music Man by Meredith Wilson
  • Six Characters In Search Of An Author by Luigi Pirandello (New York Production at SUCB)
  • Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad by Arthur Kopit
  • Yerma by Garcia Lorca (Workshop Production)
  • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
  • River Wind by John Jennings
  • King Arthur's Sword (Theatre For Children)

Studio Arena Theatre 1962 - 1963 Season

  • The Fantasticks by Tom Jones & Harvey Smith
  • The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht
  • The Hostage by Brendan Behan
  • The Lark by Jean Anouilh
  • Theatre Annual
  • Gypsy by Aurents Laurents & Jules Styne
  • Clerambard by Marcel Ayme

Studio Arena Theatre 1961 - 1962 Season

  • Touch of the Poet by Eugene O'Neill
  • Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
  • The Zoo Story by Edward Albee
  • Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
  • Five Finger Exercise by Peter Shaffer
  • Between Two Thieves by Warner LeRoy
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
  • The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco
  • The New Tenant by Graham Greene
  • Camino Real by Tennesse Williams
  • Lady in the Dark by Moss Hart
  • The Rear of the Bus by Roger Squire (Special Production)
  • Cat on the Oregon Trail (Theatre For Children)
  • Many Moons by M. B. Healy, music by Anthony Scibetta (Theatre For Children)

Studio Arena Theatre 1960 - 1961 Season

  • Auntie Mame by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
  • Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
  • Mary Stuart by Jean Stock Goldstone & John Reich
  • Service Service by William Hooker Gillette
  • Third Best Sport by Eleanor & Leo Bayer
  • All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
  • Many Moons by M. B. Healy, music by Anthony Scibetta (Theatre For Children)
  • Winnie the Pooh, music by Anthony Scibetta (Theatre For Children)
  • Godey's Ladies 2nd Edition (produced by the Women's Committee)

Studio Arena Theatre 1959 - 1960 Season

  • Tall Story by Howard Lindsey & Russell Crouse
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • The Man in the Dog Suit by Albert Beich & William H. Wright
  • Spider's Web by Agatha Christie
  • The Seagull by Anton Chekov
  • The Happiest Millionare by Kyle Crichton
  • Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving (Theatre For Children)
  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Theatre For Children)
  • Godey's Ladies (a costume fashion show produced by the Women's Committee)

Studio Arena Theatre 1958 - 1959 Season

  • Thieves' Carnival by Jean Anouilh
  • Picnic by William Inge
  • The Innocents by William Archibald
  • A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller
  • Who Was The Lady I Saw With You by Norman Krasna
  • Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw
  • Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne (Theatre For Children)
  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Theatre For Children)

Studio Arena Theatre 1957 - 1958 Season

  • The Great Sebastians by Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse
  • Someone Waiting by Emlyn Williams
  • Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw (Revival)
  • The Potting Shed by Graham Greene
  • The Enchanted by Jean Giraundoux (Presented at the Art Gallery)
  • The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
  • The Reluctant Debutante by William Douglas Homes

Studio Arena Theatre 1956 - 1957 Season

  • The Ponder Heart by Joseph Fields & Jerome Chodorov
  • Anastasia by Marcelle Maurette
  • The Prescott Proposals by Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse
  • Bell, Book, and Candle by John Van Druten
  • The Family Reunion by T. S. Eliot (Experimental)
  • Dandy Dick by Arthur Wing Pinero
  • The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold

Studio Arena Theatre 1955 - 1956 Season

  • Dial M For Murder by Frederick Knott
  • Mrs. McThing by Mary Chase
  • The Tender Trap by Max Schulman & Robert Paul Smith
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
  • The Frogs by Aristophanes
  • The Seven Year Itch by George Axelrod
  • Morning's at Seven by Paul Osborn

Studio Arena Theatre 1954 - 1955 Season

  • What Every Woman Knows by J. M. Barrie (Revival)
  • The Velvet Glove by Rosemary Casey
  • Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor
  • The Country Girl by Clifford Odets
  • Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
  • The Confidential Clerk by T. S. Eliot

Studio Arena Theatre 1953 - 1954 Season

  • The Male Animal by James Thurber & Elliott Nugent
  • Dark Of The Moon by Howard Richardson & William Berney
  • Point Of No Return by Paul Osborn
  • Arms & The Man by George Bernard Shaw (Revival)
  • The Cocktail Party by T. S. Eliot (Experimental)
  • Affairs of State by Louis Verneuil
  • January Thaw by William Ross

Studio Arena Theatre 1952 - 1953 Season

  • No Time For Comedy by S. H. Berman
  • Ring Around The Moon by Jean Anouilh
  • Kind Lady by Edward Chodorov
  • Imagine Me by Alice Scanlan & Anthony Scibetta
  • The Winslow Boy by Terrence Rattigan
  • Apple of His Eye by Kenyon Nicholson & Charles Robinson

Studio Arena Theatre 1951 - 1952 Season

  • The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie
  • The Heiress by Ruth & Augustus Goetz
  • State of the Union by Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse
  • The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux
  • The Perfect Alibi by A. A. Milne
  • Father of the Bride by Caroline Franck

Studio Arena Theatre 1950 - 1951 Season

  • Goodbye, My Fancy by Fay Irwin
  • The Silver Whistle by Robert R. McEnroe
  • The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw (Revival)
  • Harvey by Mary Chase
  • The Royal Family by Edna Ferber & George S. Kaufman (Revival)
  • Born Yesterday by Garson Kahn

Studio Arena Theatre 1949 - 1950 Season

  • The Late George Apley by John T. Marquand & George S. Kaufman
  • The Corn is Green by Lalyn Williams
  • Claudia by Rose Franken
  • Edward My Son by Robert Morley & Noel Langley
  • Two Blind Mice by Samuel Spewack
  • George and Margaret by Gerald Savory

Studio Arena Theatre 1948 - 1949 Season

  • An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestly
  • Counsellor-At-Law by Elmer Rice
  • Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
  • The Guardsman by Franz Molnar
  • All My Sons by Arthur Miller
  • John Loves Mary by Norman Krasna

Studio Arena Theatre 1947 - 1948 Season

  • The Truth About Blayds by A. A. Milne
  • Years Ago by Ruth Gordon
  • Another Language by Rose Franken
  • School For Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  • Craig's Wife by George Kelly
  • Sing Out Sweet Land by Walter Kerr

Studio Arena Theatre 1946 - 1947 Season

  • My Sister Eileen by Joseph A. Fields & Jerome Chodorov
  • The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
  • The Hasty Heart by John Patrick
  • Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
  • Joan of Lorraine by Maxwell Anderson
  • The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge

Studio Arena Theatre 1945 - 1946 Season

  • Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
  • Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
  • The Damask Cheek by John Van Druten & Lloyd Morris
  • First Lady by George S. Kaufman & Katharine Dayton
  • A Bell For Adano by Paul Osborn
  • You Touched Me! by Tennessee Williams & Donald Windham

Studio Arena Theatre 1944 - 1945 Season

  • The Great Big Doorstep by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
  • The Skin Of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
  • Dodsworth by Sidney Howard
  • _____ But Not Goodbye by George Seaton
  • Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton
  • Hay Fever by Noel Coward (Revival)

Studio Arena Theatre 1943 - 1944 Season

  • The Streets of New York by Dion Boucicault (Revival)
  • Laburnum Grove by J. B. Priestly
  • Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
  • Papa Is All by Patterson Greene
  • Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
  • Spring Again by Leighton & Block
  • Uncle Harry by Thomas Job

Studio Arena Theatre 1942 - 1943 Season

  • Clarence by Booth Tarkinton
  • The Eve of St. Mark by Maxwell Anderson
  • Jason by Samson Raphelson
  • The Flying Gerados by Kenyon Nicholson & Charles K. Robinson
  • Guest in the House by Hager Wilde & Dale Euson
  • When We Are Married by J. B. Priestly
  • The Play's The Thing by Franz Molnar

Studio Arena Theatre 1941 - 1942 Season

  • Flight to the West by Elmer Rice
  • Knickerbocker Holiday by Maxwell Anderson
  • Moor Born by Dan Totheroh
  • Morning's at Seven by Paul Osborn
  • Good Fairy by Ferene Molnar
  • Out of the Frying Pan by Francis Swann
  • Village Green by Carl Allensworth
  • Susan B. Anthony by Helen Kennedy (Special Production)

Studio Arena Theatre 1940 - 1941 Season

  • Of Thee I Sing by George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind
  • Whiteoaks by Mazo de la Roche
  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Robert Sherwood
  • The Second Man by S. N. Behrman
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Revival)
  • Ah, Wilderness by Eugene O'Neill
  • The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

Studio Arena Theatre 1939 - 1940 Season

  • Our Town by Thornton Wilder
  • Susan and God by Rachel Crothers
  • Tovarich by Jacques Duval
  • The Gentle People by Irwin Shaw
  • What a Life by Clifford Goldsmith
  • MacBeth by William Shakespeare
  • John Ferguson by St. John Irvine

Studio Arena Theatre 1938 - 1939 Season

  • To-Night at 8:30 by Noel Coward
  • High Tor by Maxwell Anderson
  • Stage Door by Edna Ferber & George S. Kaufman
  • Right You Are by Luigi Pirandello
  • The Far Off Hills by Lennox Robinson
  • The Amazing Mr. Clitterhouse by Barrie Lyndon
  • Holiday by Philip Barry (Revival)

Studio Arena Theatre 1937 - 1938 Season

  • Candida by George Bernard Shaw
  • Call It A Day by Dodie Smith
  • Excursion by Victor Wolfson
  • Parnell by Elsie Schauffler
  • Green Grows the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs
  • Mr. Pim Passes By by A. A. Milne

Studio Arena Theatre 1936 - 1937 Season

  • Spring Dance by Philip Barry
  • The Petrified Forest by Robert Sherwood
  • Libel! by Edward Wooll
  • Noah by Andre Obey
  • Another Language by Rose Franken
  • Dear Brutus by J. M. Barrie
  • Anthony and Anna by St. John Irvine

Studio Arena Theatre 1935 - 1936 Season

  • Post Road by Wilbur Daniel Steele & Norma Mitchell
  • The Distaff Side by John Van Druten
  • Ten Minute Alibi by Anthony Armstrong & Herbert Shaw
  • Accent On Youth by Samson Raphelson
  • Death Takes a Holiday by Alberto Cassella
  • The Bishop Misbehaves by Frederick J. Jackson
  • The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov
  • Mädchen in Uniform by Christa Winsloe (Revival)
  • The Great Adventure by Arnold Bennett

Studio Arena Theatre 1934 - 1935 Season

  • The Late Christopher Bean by Sidney Howard
  • Autumn Crocus by C. L. Anthony (Dodie Smith)
  • Dangerous Corner by J. B. Priestly
  • The Pursuit of Happiness by L. Langner & A. Marshall
  • Big-Hearted Herbert by Sophie Kerr & Anne Stefse Richardson (1st play at the Teck Theatre)
  • Her Master's Voice by Clare Humner
  • The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
  • The Tavern by George M. Cohan

Studio Arena Theatre 1933 - 1934 Season

  • Whistling In The Dark by Lawrence Gross & Edward Childs Carpenter
  • There's Always Juliet by John Van Druten
  • The Source by Spencer Whedon
  • The Show-Off by George Kelly (Revival)
  • Mädchen in Uniform by Christa Winsloe
  • School for Husbands by Molière
  • One Sunday Afternoon by James Hagan
  • Three Cornered Moon by Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg
  • Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Streets of New York by Dion Boucicault

Studio Arena Theatre 1932 - 1933 Season

  • Hay Fever by Noel Coward
  • Arms and The Man by George Bernard Shaw
  • Escape by John Galsworthy (1st play at the Shea's Gayety Burlesque Theatre)
  • Banco by Alfred Savoir
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
  • Interference by Roland Pertwee
  • The First Year by Frank Craven

Studio Arena Theatre 1931 - 1932 Season

  • Berkeley Square by John L. Balderston
  • Bird in Hand by John Drinkwater
  • What Every Woman Knows by J. M. Barrie
  • The Royal Family by Edna Ferber & George S. Kaufman
  • Pgymalion by George Bernard Shaw
  • He Who Gets Slapped by Leonid Andreyev
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Studio Arena Theatre 1930 - 1931 Season

  • The Perfect Alibi (The Fourth Wall) by A. A. Milne
  • Trelawny of the Wells by A. W. Pinero
  • Paris Bound by Philip Barry
  • Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Studio Arena Theatre 1929 - 1930 Season

  • Loyalties by John Galsworthy
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • The Show-Off by George Kelly
  • As You Like It by William Shakespeare (student production)
  • A Bill of Divorcement by Clemence Dane
  • You Can Never Tell by George Bernard Shaw
  • Sun-Up by Lulu Vollmer

Studio Arena Theatre 1928 - 1929 Season

  • The Swan by Ferene Molnar
  • The Cradle Song by Martinez Sierra
  • The Dover Road by A. A. Milne
  • Liliom by Ferene Molnar
  • The Critic by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  • The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife by Anatole France (Belasco Cup Winner)
  • Crabbed Youth and Age by Lennox Robinson

Studio Arena Theatre 1927 - 1928 Season

  • The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife by Anatole France
  • How He Lied To Her Husband by George Bernard Shaw
  • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
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