The following is a list of productions at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, California.
1960s
1967 (Premiere Season) The Devils by John Whiting (West Coast Premiere); Director by Gordon Davidson The Sorrows of Frederick by Romulus Linney (World Premiere); Directed by Albert Marre The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi by Friederich Dürrenmatt (West Coast Premiere); Directed by Malcolm Black Who's Happy Now by Oliver Hailey (World Premiere); Directed by Gordon Davidson Muzeeka by John Guare (World Premiere); Directed by Edward Parone.
1968 The Miser by Molière; Directed by Douglas Campbell. In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Heinar Kipphardt (American Premiere); Directed by Gordon Davidson Camino Real by Tennessee Williams; Directed by Milton Katselas The Golden Fleece by A. R. Gurney, Jr. (World Premiere); Directed by Jered Barclay
1969 The House of Atreus by Aeschylus; Directed by Tyrone Guthrie
in repertory with: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht; Directed by Edward Payson Call The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God by Bernard Shaw (World Premiere); Adapted for the stage by Christopher Isherwood; Directed by Lamont Johnson Chemin de Fer by Georges Feydeau (American Premiere); Directed by Stephen Porter Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov; Directed by Harold Clurman
1970s
1970 Murderous Angels by Conor Cruise O'Brien (World Premiere); Directed by Gordon Davidson Crystal & Fox by Brian Friel (American Premiere); Directed by Hilton Edwards Paul Sills' Story Theatre devised and directed by Paul Sills The Dream on Monkey Mountain (World Premiere) by Derek Walcott; Directed by Michael A. Schultz Rosebloom (World Premiere) by Harvey Perr; Directed by Gordon Davidson
1971 Metamorphoses (World Premiere) by Ovid, adapted by Paul Sills and Arnold Weinstein; Directed by Paul Sills Othello by William Shakespeare; Directed by John Berry The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (World Premiere) by Daniel Berrigan, S.J.; Directed by Gordon Davidson Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw; Directed by Edward Parone Godspell (West Coast Premiere) by John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz; Directed by John-Michael Tebelak
Note that James Whitmore in Will Rogers' U.S.A. was recorded at the Mark Taper Forum on January 15 & 16, 1971
1972 McKenna/MacGowran (Here Are Ladies by Joyce, Shaw, O'Casey, Yeats, Synge, Stephens, Beckett, etc.; Directed by Sean Kenny and The Works of Beckett by Samuel Beckett; Directed by Jack MacGowran) Volpone by Ben Jonson; Directed by Edward Parone. Old Times (West Coast Premiere) by Harold Pinter; Directed by Jeff Bleckner Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (West Coast Premiere) by Micki Grant; Conceived and directed by Vinnette Carroll. Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare; Directed by Gordon Davidson
1973 Mass (West Coast Premiere) by Leonard Bernstein; Directed by Gordon Davidson. The Mind with the Dirty Man (World Premiere) by Jules Tasca; Directed by Edward Parone. Forget-Me-Not Lane (West Coast Premiere) by Peter Nichols; Directed by Arvin Brown. The Hot l Baltimore (West Coast Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason. Brecht: Sacred & Profane (West Coast Premiere) (The Mahagonny Songplay by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill, and The Measures Taken by Bertolt Brecht Music by Hanns Eisler); Directed by Edward Payson Call
1974/1975 Hamlet by William Shakespeare; Directed by Gordon Davidson The Charlatan (World Premiere) by Derek Walcott; Music by Galt MacDermot; Directed by Mel Shapiro Savages (American Premiere) by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Gordon Davidson Juno and the Paycock by Seán O'Casey; Directed by George Seaton
1975 Special Spring Celebration Me and Bessie (World Premiere) Book by Will Holt; Concept by Linda Hopkins; Directed by Robert Greenwald Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island (West Coast Premiere) by Athol Fugard, Winston Ntshona and John Kani; Directed by Athol Fugard
1975/1976 Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart; Directed by Edward Parone Too Much Johnson (World Premiere) by William Gillette; Directed by Gordon Davidson
in repertory with: The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Gordon Davidson The Duchess of Malfi (West Coast Premiere) by John Webster; Directed by Howard Sackler
Four Plays in Repertory: Ashes (American Premiere) by David Rudkin; Directed by Edward Parone Cross Country (World Premiere) by Susan Miller; Directed by Vickie Rue And Where She Stops Nobody Knows (World Premiere) by Oliver Hailey; Directed by Gordon Davidson. Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov; Directed by Edward Parone
1976/1977 The Robber Bridegroom (West Coast Premiere) Book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry; Music by Robert Waldman; Directed by Gerald Freedman Ice (World Premiere) by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Jeff Bleckner Vanities (West Coast Premiere) by Jack Heifner; Directed by Garland Wright Travesties (West Coast Premiere) by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Edward Parone
in repertory with: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; Directed by Edward Parone.
10th Anniversary Repertory Festival A History of the American Film (West Coast Premiere) by Christopher Durang; Directed by Peter Mark Schifter. Angel City by Sam Shepard; Directed by Robert Calhoun Leander Stillwell (World Premiere) by David Rush; Directed by John Dennis. Bugs/Guns by Doris Baizley; Music by Harry Aguado; Directed by John Dennis
1977/1978 for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (West Coast Premiere) by Ntozake Shangé; Directed by Oz Scott Comedians (West Coast Premiere) by Trevor Griffiths; Directed by Edward Parone. Getting Out (West Coast Premiere) by Marsha Norman; Directed by Gordon Davidson Black Angel by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Gordon Davidson
1978/1979 Zoot Suit (World Premiere) by Luis Valdez; Directed by Luis Valdez Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi (American Premiere) by Pam Gems; Directed by Edward Parone Terra Nova (West Coast Premiere) by Ted Tally; Directed by Gordon Davidson The Tempest by William Shakespeare; Directed by John Hirsch
1979/1980 Talley's Folly (West Coast Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason; in repertory with 5th of July by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason Children of a Lesser God (World Premiere) by Mark Medoff; Directed by Gordon Davidson I Ought To Be In Pictures (World Premiere) by Neil Simon; Directed by Herbert Ross Says I, Says He (West Coast Premiere) by Ron Hutchinson; Directed by Steven Robman Division Street (World Premiere) by Steve Tesich; Directed by Tom Moore
1980s
1980/1981 The Lady and the Clarinet (World Premiere) by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Gordon Davidson Billy Bishop Goes To War (West Coast Premiere) by John Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson; Directed by John Gray Hoagy, Bix and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus (American Premiere) by Adrian Mitchell; Directed by Steven Robman Tintypes (West Coast Premiere) by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle; Directed by Gary Pearle Chekhov in Yalta (World Premiere) by John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow; Directed Ellis Rabb and Gordon Davidson
in repertory with: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; Directed by Ellis Rabb and Diana Maddox
1981/1982 A Lesson From Aloes (West Coast Premiere) by Athol Fugard; Directed by Daniel Petrie. A Tale Told (West Coast Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason Number Our Days (World Premiere) by Suzanne Grossmann; Based on the book by Barbara Myerhoff; Conceived and directed by John Hirsch Tales From Hollywood (World Premiere) by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Gordon Davidson A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau A new adaptation by Suzanne Grossmann and Paxton Whitehead; Directed by Tom Moore in repertory with The Misanthrope by Molière; English verse translation by Richard Wilbur; Directed by Diana Maddox
1982/1983 A Soldier's Play (West Coast Premiere) by Charles Fuller; Directed by Douglas Turner Ward Metamorphosis (American Premiere) by Franz Kafka; Adapted and directed by Steven Berkoff Accidental Death of an Anarchist (West Coast Premiere) by Dario Fo; Adapted by John Lahr; Directed by Mel Shapiro Grown Ups (West Coast Premiere) by Jules Feiffer; Directed by John Madden A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev; Adapted by Willis Bell; Directed by Tom Moore; in repertory with Richard III by William Shakespeare; Directed by Diana Maddox
1983/1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams; Directed by José Quintero An American Comedy (World Premiere) by Richard Nelson; Directed by John Madden Quilters (West Coast Premiere) by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek; Music, lyrics and entire production directed by Barbara Damashek. The Genius (American Premiere) by Howard Brenton; Directed by Ben Levit
Three plays in repertory: The American Clock: A Mural for the Theatre (West Coast Premiere) a new version by Arthur Miller; Directed by Gordon Davidson Wild Oats: A Romance of the Old West (World Premiere) newly adapted from John O'Keeffe's play by James McLure; Directed by Tom Moore Moby Dick—Rehearsed by Orson Welles; Directed by Edward Payson Call
1984/1985 Viva Vittorio! (American Premiere) conceived and directed by Vittorio Gassman The Hands of Its Enemy (World Premiere) by Mark Medoff; Directed by Gordon Davidson Passion Play (West Coast Premiere) by Peter Nichols; Directed by Gwen Arner Traveler in the Dark (West Coast Premiere) by Marsha Norman; Directed by Gordon Davidson In the Belly of the Beast by Jack Henry Abbott; Adapted by Adrian Hall; Further adapted by Robert Woodruff; Directed by Robert Woodruff Undiscovered Country (West Coast Premiere) by Arthur Schnitzler in a version by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Ken Ruta in repertory with Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare; Directed by Robert Egan
1985/1986 The Beautiful Lady (West Coast Premiere) by Elizabeth Swados and Paul Schmidt; Music, lyrics and direction by Elizabeth Swados. Romance Language (West Coast Premiere) by Peter Parnell; Directed by Sheldon Larry 'night, Mother by Marsha Norman; Directed by Tom Moore
Three plays in repertory: Green Card (World Premiere) written and directed by JoAnne Akalaitis The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Gordon Davidson Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen in a version by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Robert Egan
1986/1987 Asinamali! (Special Event) written and directed by Mbongeni Ngema The Immigrant—A Hamilton County Album (West Coast Premiere) by Mark Harelik; Directed by Randal Myler Ghetto (English Language Premiere) by Joshua Sobol; Directed by Gordon Davidson Burn This (World Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason The Traveler (World Premiere) by Jean-Claude van Itallie; Directed by Steven Kent Roza (West Coast Premiere) book and lyrics by Julian More; Music by Gilbert Becaud; based on La Vie Devant Soi by Romain Gary; Directed by Harold Prince Loot by Joe Orton; Directed by John Tillinger; in repertory with Entertaining Mr. Sloane by Joe Orton; Directed by John Tillinger
1987/1988 Babbitt: a marriage (World Premiere) Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis; Adapted by Ron Hutchinson; Music composed and adapted by Mel Marvin; Directed by Steven Robman. Hunting Cockroaches (West Coast Premiere) by Janusz Glowacki; Directed by Arthur Penn A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard; Directed by Robert Woodruff Made in Bangkok (American Premiere) by Anthony Minghella; Directed by Robert Egan The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe; Directed by L. Kenneth Richardson Lost Highway: The Music and Legend of Hank Williams (West Coast Premiere) by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik; Directed by Randal Myler
1988/1989 Nothing Sacred (United States Premiere) by George F. Walker Based on the novel Fathers Sons by Ivan Turgenev; Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg