The Citadel Theatre is the major theatre-arts venue in Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, Canada. This is a chronological list of the productions staged there since its opening night on November 10, 1965.
1965–1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – by Edward Albee Under the Yum-Yum Tree – by Lawrence Roman Bell, Book and Candle – by John Van Druten Come Back, Little Sheba – by William Inge Never Too Late – by S. A. Long Death of a Salesman – by Arthur Miller Come Blow Your Horn – by Neil Simon The Glass Menagerie – by Tennessee Williams
1966–1967 The Pleasure of His Company – by Cornelia Otis Skinner and Samuel A. Taylor The Threepenny Opera – by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill All The Crazy Things That Crazy People Do – by Robert Glenn and Raymond Allen The Little Hut – by André Roussin Candida – by George Bernard Shaw The Subject Was Roses – by Frank D. Gilroy Luv – by Murray Schisgal
1967–1968 Barefoot in the Park – by Neil Simon Hedda Gabler – by Henrik Ibsen A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Tiny Alice – by Edward Albee The Owl and the Pussycat – by Bill Manhoff Hamp – by John Wilson Private Lives – by Noël Coward
1968–1969 The Odd Couple – by Neil Simon Philadelphia Here I Come! – by Brian Friel Irma La Douce – music by Marguerite Monnot, lyrics and book by Alexandre Breffort The Right Honourable Gentleman – by Michael Dyne Village Wooing / Dark Lady of the Sonnets – by George Bernard Shaw In White America – by Martin Duberman Star Spangled Girl – by Neil Simon
1969–1970 There's A Girl In My Soup – by Terence Frisby The Rehearsal – by Jean Anouilh The Fantasticks – music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones The Shadow of a Gunman – by Seán O'Casey The Price – by Arthur Miller Lovers – by Brian Friel Seidman & Son – by Elick Moll
1970–1971 The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde Staircase – by Charles Dyer The Secretary Bird – by William Douglas-Home Plaza Suite – by Neil Simon Othello – by William Shakespeare Counsellor Extraordinary – by Stewart Boston Lullaby – by Don Appell
1971–1972 Blithe Spirit – by Noël Coward The Quare Fellow – by Brendan Behan Don't Listen Ladies! – by Guy Bolton and P G Wodehouse (adapted from a play by Sacha Guitry) Of Mice and Men – by John Steinbeck The Affairs of Anatol – by Arthur Schnitzler An Enemy of the People – by Henrik Ibsen Yesterday the Children were Dancing – by Gratien Gélinas
1972–1973 Last of the Red Hot Lovers – by Neil Simon The V.P. – by Alexander McAllister You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown – music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, book by John Gordon The Unreasonable Act of Julian Waterman – by Ron Taylor The Tempest – by William Shakespeare Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris – by Jacques Brel Relatively Speaking – by Alan Ayckbourn
1973–1974 Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare The Caretaker – by Harold Pinter I Do! I Do! – book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt Childs Play – by Robert Marasco How the Other Half Loves – by Alan Ayckbourn That Championship Season – by Jason Miller Oedipus Rex / Scapini (double bill) – by Sophocles and Molière
1974–1975 The Rivals – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan 6 RMS RIV VU – by Bob Randall Anything Goes – by Cole Porter The Au Pair Man – by Hugh Leonard Uncle Vanya – by Anton Chekhov Forever Yours, Marie-Lou – by Michel Tremblay The Alchemist – by Ben Jonson Babel Rap – by John Lazarus Scott The Extermination of Jesus Christ – by George Bernard Shaw Battering Ram – by David Freeman
1975–1976 Sherlock Holmes – by Arthur Conan Doyle Dear Liar – by Jerome Kilty Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice The Sunshine Boys – by Neil Simon Mrs. Warren's Profession – by George Bernard Shaw Absurd Person Singular – by Alan Ayckbourn A Compulsory Option – by Sharon Pollock Hosanna – by Michel Tremblay Endgame – by Samuel Beckett You're Gonna be Alright, Jamie Boy – by David Freeman Olympiad – by Patrick Rose and Richard Ouzounian
1976–1977 Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare Equus – by Peter Shaffer Oh, Coward! – by Noël Coward Schweik in the Second World War – by Bertolt Brecht Bethune – by Rod Langley Same Time, Next Year – by Bernard Slade The Master Builder – by Henrik Ibsen Crabdance – by Beverley Simons The Komagata Maru Incident – by Sharon Pollock
1977–1978 Happy Days – by Samuel Beckett Bedroom Farce – by Alan Ayckbourn Pygmalion – by George Bernard Shaw Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare The Night of the Iguana – by Tennessee Williams Dames at Sea – book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, music by Jim Wise Antigone – by Jean Anouilh Boiler Room Suite – by Rex Deverell Passengers – by Paddy Campbell, music by William Skolnik Ashes – by David Rudkin The Lover – by Harold Pinter The Stronger – by August Strindberg Solange – by Jean Barbeau Treasure Island – by Robert Louis Stevenson
1978–1979 Harold and Maude – by Colin Higgins Richard III – by William Shakespeare Flowers for Algernon – by Daniel Keyes Cause Célèbre – by Terence Rattigan Charley's Aunt – by Brandon Thomas Ecstasy of Rita Joe – by George Ryga Moby Dick - Rehearsed – by Orson Welles Rashomon – by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin API 2967 – by Robert Gurik The Chairs and the New Tenant – by Eugène Ionesco A Bistro Car on the CNR – by Richard Ouzounian Storytheatre – by Peter Coe Songs and Stories of A. A. Milne – by A. A. Milne
1979–1980 Hamlet – by William Shakespeare Brief Lives – by Patrick Garland The Trials of Oscar Wilde – by Peter Coe Hey Marilyn – by Cliff Jones One Tiger to a Hill – by Sharon Pollock Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw Mister Lincoln – by Herbert Mitgang A Sleep of Prisoners – by Christopher Fry The Trojan Women – by Euripides Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John Gray and Eric Peterson Macbeth – by William Shakespeare Christmas in the Market Place – by Henri Ghéon Pinocchio – by Brian Way
1980–1981 A Life – by Hugh Leonard Ballerina – by Arne Skouen A Flea in Her Ear – by Georges Feydeau Whose Life Is It Anyway? – by Brian Clark The Miser – by Molière Grease – by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey Groucho at Large – by Alex Baron Love in the Back Seat – by Cliff Jones Servant of Two Masters – by Carlo Goldoni A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – by Peter Nichols The Hollow Crown – by John Barton The Ant and the Grasshopper – by Rob Dearborn Sleeping Beauty – by James Iwasuk The Red Shoes – by Robin Short
1981–1982 Catholics – by Brian Moore The Kite – by W. O. Mitchell The Boy Friend – by Sandy Wilson The Comedy of Errors – by William Shakespeare The Elephant Man – by Bernard Pomerance 56 Duncan Terrace – by Keith Baxter Talley's Folly – by Lanford Wilson Tom Foolery – by Tom Lehrer Inadmissible Evidence – by John Osborne The Lion in Winter – by James Goldman Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii – by Allan Stratton The Hobbit – by J. R. R. Tolkien Cinderella – by James de Felice
1982–1983 The Dresser – by Ronald Harwood The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon – by W. O. Mitchell The Three Musketeers – by Alexandre Dumas Murder Game – by Dan Ross Crimes of the Heart – by Beth Henley Guys and Dolls – music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows The Gin Game – by D. L. Coburn Entertaining Mr Sloane – by Joe Orton Henry IV, Part 1 – by William Shakespeare Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens – by Emlyn Williams Invitation from the Asylum – by Roger O. Hirson Rapunzel and the Witch – by Jack A. Melanos Androcles and the Lion – by Aurand Harris
1983–1984 The Lark – by Jean Anouilh Educating Rita – by Willy Russell King Lear – by William Shakespeare Death of a Salesman – by Arthur Miller Amadeus – by Peter Shaffer Duddy – by Mordecai Richler, music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller How I Got That Story – by Amlin Gray The Fox – by Allan Miller Talking Dirty – by Sherman Snukal Gale Garnett and Company – by Gale Garnett Nuts – by Tom Topor A Circus Adventure – by James Ambrose Brown Beauty and the Beast – by Warren Graves
1984–1985 Country Holiday – by Carlo Goldino Peter Pan – by J. M. Barrie The Real Thing – by Tom Stoppard Mephisto – by Klaus Mann and Ariane Mnouchkine Long Day's Journey into Night – by Eugene O'Neill Noises Off – by Michael Frayn Nineteen Eighty-Four – by George Orwell Glengarry Glen Ross – by David Mamet Exposures – by William Chadwick "Master Harold"...and the Boys – by Athol Fugard Clay – by Peter Whelan The Glass Menagerie – by Tennessee Williams The Promise – by Aleksei Arbuzov The Mystery of the Oak Island Treasure – by Jim Betts
1985–1986 Quiet in the Land – by Anne Chislett Pieces of Eight – book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, music by Jule Styne The Tempest – by William Shakespeare Trafford Tanzi – by Claire Luckham Top Girls – by Caryl Churchill Private Lives – by Noël Coward Master Class – by David Pownall Salt-Water Moon – by David French Ain't Misbehavin' – book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., music by Fats Waller Fool for Love – by Sam Shepard Getting the Nerve – by Becker/Clinton Winnie-the-Pooh – by A. A. Milne She Stoops to Conquer – by Oliver Goldsmith Last Voyage of the Devil's Wheel – by Jim Betts Doors – by Susan Zeder
1986–1987 Brighton Beach Memoirs – by Neil Simon Traveller in the Dark – by Marsha Norman Pride and Prejudice – by Jane Austen Tsymbaly – by Ted Galay The Return of Herbert Bracewell – by Andrew Johns Jerry's Girls – by Jerry Herman The Double Bass – by Patrick Süskind Asinamali – by Mbongeni Ngema Fire – by Paul Ledoux and David Young Pericles – by William Shakespeare The Lord of the Rings – by J. R. R. Tolkien The Wizard of Oz – by L. Frank Baum The Treehouse at the Edge of the World – by Jim Betts School Season – by Oliver Goldsmith The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – by Washington Irving The Wind in the Willows – by Kenneth Grahame
1987–1988 Hadrian the Seventh – by Peter Luke Another Season's Promise – by Anne Chislett and Keith Roulston Biloxi Blues – by Neil Simon Loot – by Joe Orton Back to Beulah – by W. O. Mitchell Broadway Bound – by Neil Simon Orphans – Lyle Kessler The Perfect Party – by A. R. Gurney Nunsense – by Dan Goggin The Road to Mecca – by Athol Fugard Annie – music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, book by Thomas Meehan A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens The Prisoner of Zenda – by Warren Graves Two Pails of Water – by Aad Greidanus The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – by J. P. Allen The Revenge of the Space Pandas – by David Mamet
1988–1989 Dracula – by Hamilton Deane Major Barbara – by George Bernard Shaw Three Men on a Horse – by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott Cecil and Cleopaytra – by Daniel Libman Nothing Sacred – by George F. Walker Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – by August Wilson Burn This – by Lanford Wilson Kiss of the Spider Woman – by Manuel Puig Talk Radio – by Eric Bogosian Angry Housewives – music and lyrics by Chad Henry, book by A. M. Collins Great Expectations – by Charles Dickens Aladdin – by Norman Robbins The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – by C. S. Lewis
1989–1990 A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare The Crucible – by Arthur Miller Driving Miss Daisy – by Alfred Uhry A Walk in the Woods – by Lee Blessing Breaking the Code – by Hugh Whitemore The Philadelphia Story – by Philip Barry The Invention of Poetry – by Paul Quarrington Speed-the-Plow – by David Mamet Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune – by Terrence McNally Kafka's Dick – by Alan Bennett Julius Caesar – by William Shakespeare The Miracle Worker – by William Gibson Bedtimes and Bullies – by Dennis Foon Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur – by Mordecai Richler
1990–1991 Love and Anger – by George F. Walker The Heidi Chronicles – by Wendy Wasserstein The Fantasticks – music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones The Cocktail Hour – by A. R. Gurney Never the Sinner – by John Logan The Mousetrap – by Agatha Christie Amigo's Blue Guitar – by Joan MacLeod