Theatre New Brunswick is the only professional theatre company in New Brunswick, Canada. It began operation in 1968, and has been successfully operating since that time.Canadian Theatre EncyclopediaTheatre New Brunswick: About Us : History TNB celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018.
The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged since its inception.
1968 Little Hut – by André Roussin Any Wednesday – by Muriel Resnik Springtime for Henry – by Benn W. Levy Barefoot in the Park – by Neil Simon
1969 The Marriage-Go-Round – by Leslie Stevens Inadmissible Evidence – by John Osborne Boeing Boeing – by Marc Camoletti The Glass Menagerie – by Tennessee Williams The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde Gaslight – by Patrick Hamilton Star Spangled Girl – by Neil Simon See How They Run – by Philip King Dick Whittington – by Nicholas Pegg
1970 Two for the Seesaw – by William Gibson There's a Girl in My Soup – by Terence Frisby Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – by Edward Albee Black Comedy – by Peter Shaffer A Resounding Tinkle – by N. F. Simpson Private Lives – by Noël Coward Mary, Mary – by Jean Kerr Dial M for Murder – by Frederick Knott Critic's Choice – by Ira Levin Please Don't Sneeze
1971 A Man for All Seasons – by Robert Bolt The Mousetrap – by Agatha Christie The Playboy of the Western World – by J. M. Synge Plaza Suite – by Neil Simon
1972 Butterflies Are Free – by Leonard Gershe The Country Girl – by Clifford Odets Philadelphia, Here I Come! – by Brian Friel The King and I – by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II The Lion in Winter – by James Goldman Present Laughter – by Noël Coward The Secretary Bird – by William Douglas-Home
1973 How the Other Half Loves – by Alan Ayckbourn Leaving Home – by David French The Caretaker – by Harold Pinter Dracula – by Hamilton Deane The Patrick Pearse Motel – by Hugh Leonard Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris – by Jacques Brel Othello – by William Shakespeare
1974 Death of a Salesman – by Arthur Miller Who Killed Santa Claus? – by Terence Feely Born Yesterday – by Garson Kanin The Fantasticks – music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones Frankenstein – The Man Who Would Be God The Fourposter – by Jan de Hartog Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance – by Michael Cook
1975 The School for Scandal – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Godspell – by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak Sleuth – by Anthony Shaffer The Man Most Likely To The Innocents – by William Archibald A Flea in Her Ear – by Georges Feydeau Frankenstein – adapted by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning No Name The Island – by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona Radisson The Secret in the Woods or Oedipus Overcome
1976 The Servant of Two Masters – by Carlo Goldoni The Diary of Anne Frank – by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Godspell – by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak Relatively Speaking – by Alan Ayckbourn Wait Until Dark – by Frederick Knott Last of the Red Hot Lovers – by Neil Simon Daughter-in-law – by D. H. Lawrence The Mysterious Stranger Gilgamesh Dr. Mildew's Marvelous Magical Musical Medicine Show
1977 The Dollar Woman – by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare The Price – by Arthur Miller Made in Heaven – by Georges Feydeau One Night Stand Equus – by Peter Shaffer The Vanishing Village Dr. Mildew's Marvellous Magical Musical Medicine Show Dash Leaves the Theatre
1978 The Incredible Murder of Cardinal Tosca – by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning Vanities – by Jack Heifner Sizwe Banzi Is Dead – by Athol Fugard The Norman Conquests – by Alan Ayckbourn Man of La Mancha – book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion, music by Mitch Leigh John Gyles: an Indian Experience by Ilkay Silk A Peaceable People All-new Dr. Mildew's Marvelous Magical Musical Medicine Show The Drunkard (or the Dipsomaniac Ameliorated)
1979 The Au Pair Man – by Hugh Leonard Waiting for Godot – by Samuel Beckett Macbeth – by William Shakespeare The Return of A. J. Raffles – by Graham Greene The Subject Was Roses – by F. D. Gilroy Same Time, Next Year – by Bernard Slade 18 Wheels – by John MacLachlan Gray The Clam Made a Face – by Eric Nicol A Marriage Proposal – by Anton Chekhov Box and Cox – by John Maddison Morton
1980 Hansel and Gretel – by the Brothers Grimm On Golden Pond – by Ernest Thompson Free at Last Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare The Glass Menagerie – by Tennessee Williams Eight to the Bar – by Stephen Witkin Alexander's Birthday Winners (play) Prejudiced ... Who Me? A Clean Bill or How to Settle Accounts with a Laundress The Grandiosos
1980–1981 A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John MacLachlan Gray and Eric Peterson Chapter Two – by Neil Simon The Miracle Worker – by William Gibson The Clown Test Players The Area Belle – by William Brough and Andrew Halliday
1981–1982 Talley's Folly – by Lanford Wilson You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown – music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, book by John Gordon Murder Game – by Dan Ross Side by Side by Sondheim Wuthering Heights – by Emily Brontë An Astral Voyage The Home Children Punch and Judy Show
1982–1983 Memoir Life with Father – by Lindsay and Crouse, adapted from the book by Clarence Day, Jr. Mass Appeal – by Bill C. Davis The Impresario / The Diary of Adam and Eve from the Apple Tree Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw The Wheel (play) Saturday Morning Special TNB Magic Show
1983–1984 Sinners – by Norm Foster The Little Sweep Count Dracula Duet for One – by Tom Kempinski Candida – by George Bernard Shaw New Canadian Kid – by Dennis Foon The Dark Lady of the Sonnets – by George Bernard Shaw Bagatelle
1984–1985 The Melville Boys – by Norm Foster I'll Be Back Before Midnight Scrooge A Taste of Honey – by Shelagh Delaney Country Hearts – by Ted Johns and John Roby Little Victories / Les Petits Pouvoirs Maritime Mixed Grill Freshet
1985–1986 Garrison's Garage Can't Pay? Won't Pay! Female Transport The Mystery of the Oak Island Treasure – by Jim Betts The Tomorrow Box – by Anne Chislett The White Dogs of Texas Family Trappings Lucien – by Marshall Button Don Messer's Jubilee Buzzed The Boogeyman Blues
1986–1987 Jitters – by David French The Best of Tap Zero Hour! – by Arthur Hailey The Little Foxes – by Lillian Hellman Educating Rita – by Willy Russell A Child Is Crying on the Stairs The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon – by W. O. Mitchell Peacemaker How I Wonder What You Are The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – by C. S. Lewis
1987–1988 My Darling Judith – by Norm Foster Guys and Dolls – music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows McClure Lucien – by Marshall Button The Corn Is Green – by Emlyn Williams Corpse! My Memories of You Lockhartville The Late Great Date I Am a Bear!
1988–1989 Blood Relations – by Sharon Pollock Scapino! The Road to Mecca – by Athol Fugard Agnes of God – by John Pielmeier The Kite The Faith Healer You Strike the Woman, You Strike the Rock Getting it Straight Judge Prouse Presiding The Second City The Odyssey – by Derek Walcott Skin
1989–1990 Crimes of the Heart – by Beth Henley Salt-Water Moon – by David French A Moon for the Misbegotten – by Eugene O'Neill Loot – by Joe Orton Memories of You Four the Moment The Second City Mainline / Lifeline Journeys
1990–1991 The Affections of May – by Norm Foster A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens Bordertown Café – by Kelly Rebar Ghosts – by Henrik Ibsen Letter from Wingfield Farm – by Dan Needles Holy Ozone Trashman Blue Days at Sea
1991–1992 The Motor Trade Dracula – by Hamilton Deane Gunmetal Blues – by Marion Adler and Scott Wentworth The Secret Rapture Wingfield's Progress Coming Around
1992–1993 Wrong for Each Other The Winter's Tale – by William Shakespeare Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – by Tennessee Williams Italian American Reconciliation Wingfield's Folly Night Light Best All Around
1993–1994 Lucien 2 The Secret Garden A Streetcar Named Desire – by Tennessee Williams Safe Haven – by Mary-Colin Chisholm Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell Head a Tête How I Wonder What You Are
1994–1995 Yard Sale A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens If We Are Women – by Joanna McClelland Glass The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Letter from Wingfield Farm – by Dan Needles Alligator Pie Lovers & Clowns
1995–1996 I'll Be Back Before Midnight Steel Magnolias – by Robert Harling A Gift to Last – by Gordon Pinsent, adapted by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning The Gin Game – by D. L. Coburn Rock and Roll – by John MacLachlan Gray Lend Me a Tenor – by Ken Ludwig Charlotte's Web – by E. B. White A Marriage Proposal – by Anton Chekhov
1996–1997 Office Hours Kringle's Window Misery The Americans Are Coming Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John MacLachlan Gray and Eric Peterson The Velveteen Rabbit – by Margery Williams The Bishop's Candlesticks
1997–1998 Beauty and the Beast – by Warren Graves Thirteen Hands – by Carol Shields The Wild Guys Sleuth – by Anthony Shaffer The Short Tree and the Bird That Could Not Sing The Late Great Date
1998–1999 Driving Miss Daisy – by Alfred Uhry Peter Pan – by J. M. Barrie The Foursome Skylight – by David Hare The Last Tasmanian The Assignments are Murder The Hullabaloo Bugaboo Day
1999–2000 The Woman in Black – by Susan Hill A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens Drinking Alone The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux – by Gratien Gélinas I Do! I Do! – book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt Beo's Bedroom Closer to Home Big
2000–2001 Song for a New World Ethan Clamore The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls The Drawer Boy – by Michael Healey Wingfield Unbound – by Dan Needles The Princess and the Handmaiden The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr – by Jess Borgeson, Adam Long and Daniel Singer Grease – by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
2001–2002 Picasso at the Lapin Agile – by Steve Martin Anne – adapted for the stage by Paul Ledoux The Prisoner of Second Avenue – by Neil Simon Late Shift A Time for Magic
2002–2003 The Secret Garden – by Frances Hodgson Burnett 'Art' – by Yasmina Reza Jasper Station – book and lyrics by Norm Foster, music and lyrics by Steve Thomas Danny King of the Basement Mirror Game Hello, Dolly! – lyrics and music by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare
2003–2004 The Hobbit – by J. R. R. Tolkien Dear Santa Vinci – by Maureen Hunter Wingfield on Ice – by Dan Needles Zak and the Magic Blue Stones I Met a Bully on the Hill Secrets Chicago
2004–2005 Chairmaker The Cricket on the Hearth – by Charles Dickens Mary's Wedding Oh, Coward! Lucien Snowbird Lig and Bittle Two Weeks Twice a Year Wrecked A Chorus Line – by Michael Bennett
2005–2006 Here on the Flight Path Pinocchio – by Brian Way I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – by C. S. Lewis Passing Through Cats – by Andrew Lloyd Webber, poems by T. S. Eliot
2006–2007 The Graduate – by Charles Webb For Art's Sake Smokescreen The Sound of Music – by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Aladdin Jr. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – by Washington Irving
2007–2008 Forever Plaid – by Stuart Ross A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens The Love List Chasing the Money The Sorcerer's Apprentice Beauty and the Beast – by Linda Woolverton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – by Roald Dahl Oklahoma! – by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers
2008–2009 The Rocky Horror Show – by Richard O'Brien Narnia – by C. S. Lewis Tuesdays with Morrie – by Mitch Albom Guys and Dolls – by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling Oliver Twist – by Charles Dickens The Secret Garden – by Frances Hodgson Burnett
2009–2010 Doubt A Parable – by John Patrick Shanley It's A Wonderful Life – by Philip Grecian Skin Flick – by Norm Foster The Bricklin: An Automotive Fantasy Annie – by Thomas Meehan Dear Edwina – by Marcy Heisler