The Asolo Repertory Theatre is located in Sarasota, Florida. It was originally a summers-only operation called The Asolo Comedy Festival. In 1963 it began to be referred to as The Asolo Theatre Festival. Starting in the fall of 1966, when it went into year-round operation, the name was changed to The Asolo Theater Company (and it continued under that name for the next 30 years, when its title reverted to The Asolo Theater Festival). Starting in 2006, it became The Asolo Repertory Theater, familiarly known as The Asolo Rep.
1960
Asolo Comedy Festival Productions The Ridiculous Ladies (Les Précieuses Ridicules) by Molière The Doubles (I Due Simili), commedia dell'arte scenario The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni The Beggar's Opera by John Gay The Man of Mode by George Etherege
1961
Asolo Comedy Festival Productions The Country Wife by William Wycherley The World in the Moon Commedia Dell'Arte She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith Tartuffe by Molière The Secret Marriage
1962
Asolo Comedy Festival Productions The Way of the World by William Congreve Commedia Dell'Arte The Barber of Seville The Misanthrope by Molière La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi The Music Master
1963
Asolo Theatre Festival Productions The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare The Mistress of the Inn by Carlo Goldoni The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Wives by Molière Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
1964
Asolo Theatre Festival Productions Twelfth Night or What You Will by William Shakespeare The Imaginary Invalid by Molière The Lady's Not For Burning by Christopher Fry The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1965
Asolo Theatre Festival Productions Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Volpone by Ben Jonson Tiger at the Gates by Jean Giraudoux; translated into English by Christopher Fry
1966
Asolo Theatre Festival Productions Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare The Miser by Molière A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt Oedipus the King by Sophocles The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco
1966-1967
Asolo Theater Company Productions As You Like It by William Shakespeare Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw The Fan The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov The Madwoman of Challiot The Farce of Scalin Eleonora Duse Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Asolo Theater Company Tours As You Like It by William Shakespeare Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
1967–1968
Asolo Theater Company Productions Henry the Fourth, Part One by William Shakespeare The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni Tartuffe by Molière J.B. by Archibald MacLeish Look Back in Anger by John Osborne Antigone by Jean Anouilh A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare The Alchemist by Fred Gaines based on Ben Jonson's play The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Wilde! by Fred Gaines The Caretaker by Harold Pinter
1966-1967
Asolo Theater Company ProductionsAsolo Theater Company Tours Henry the Fourth, Part One by William Shakespeare The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni Asolo Theater Company Productions Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw The Misanthrope by Molière Oh, What a Lovely War! by Joan Littlewood The Lion in Winter by James Goldman The Homecoming by Harold Pinter Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart The Lark by Jean Anouilh The Hostage by Brendan Behan Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov The Silver Thread
Asolo Rep Tours Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw The Misanthrope by Molière
1969–1970
Asolo Rep Productions Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw The Physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad by Arthur Kopit Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau Life with Father by Lindsay and Crouse, based on the book by Clarence Day All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare The Prince The Tortoise and the Hare
Asolo Rep Tours The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
1970–1971
Asolo Rep Productions Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin Candida by George Bernard Shaw A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Love for Love The Subject Was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas Our Town by Thornton Wilder Indians by Arthur Kopit The Puppet Prince The Snow Queen
Asolo Rep Tours Candida by George Bernard Shaw Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw Hansel and Gretel
1971–1972
Asolo Rep Productions The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur Twelfth Night or What You Will by William Shakespeare The Best Man by Gore Vidal Hay Fever by Noël Coward Dracula by Hamilton Deane The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw War and Peace by Eb Thomas The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The King Stag by Carlo Gozzi, translated by Eb Thomas
Asolo Rep Tours Twelfth Night or What You Will by William Shakespeare Cinderella Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
1972–1973
Asolo Rep Productions Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry The Crucible by Arthur Miller Hotel Paradiso by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desavallieres The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel Little Mary Sunshine by Rick Besoyan The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Big Klaus and Little Klaus Aladdin The Canterville Ghost adapted from the story by Oscar Wilde The Wind in the Willows
Asolo Rep Tours Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton Jack and the Beanstalk Two Pails of Water Aladdin
1973–1974
Asolo Rep Productions Trelawny of the Wells by Arthur Wing Pinero Private Lives by Noël Coward The Devil's General Broadway by George Abbott and Philip Dunning A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee Ring Round the Moon by Christopher Fry The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare Don Quixote of La Mancha Story Theatre
Asolo Rep Tours Private Lives by Noël Coward The Brave Little Tailor Reynard the Fox
1974–1975
Asolo Rep Productions There's One in Every Marriage by Georges Feydeau The Mistress of the Inn by Carlo Goldoni The Plough and the Stars by Seán O'Casey Tobacco Road by Jack Kirkland Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw The Sea by Edward Bond Guys and Dolls -music and lyrics by Frank Loesser; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Tartuffe by Molière King Lear by William Shakespeare The Patriots by Sidney Kingsley Trolls and Bridges
Asolo Rep Tours The Mistress of the Inn by Carlo Goldoni Rumpelstiltskin Heracles
1975–1976
Asolo Rep Productions The New York Idea by Langdon Elwyn Mitchell Hogan's Goat by William Alfred Going Ape Boy Meets Girl by Samuel and Bella Spewack A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams The Quibbletown Recruits The Music Man by Meredith Willson Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings Win With Wheeler 1776 – music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards; book by Peter Stone And All That Jazz
Second stage Knock Knock by Jules Feiffer The Sea Horse Oh, Coward! Serenading Louie by Lanford Wilson Two for the Seesaw by William Gibson
Asolo Rep Tours The Patriots by Sidney Kingsley Hansel and Gretel Peck's Bad Boy Something with Jamie in the Title Antigone by Sophocles
1976–1977
Asolo Rep Productions The Ruling Class by Peter Barnes Mummer's End Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams The Waltz of the Toreadors by Jean Anouilh Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill My Love to Your Wife Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Saturday, Sunday, Monday Cromwell by Victor Hugo
Second stage Scapino! A Christmas Carol The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde The Good Doctor by Neil Simon
Asolo Rep Tours Queen Bird and the Golden Fish Step on a Crack Hey There – Hello The Doctor in Spite of Himself by Molière
1977–1978
Asolo Rep Productions The Royal Family by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber Juno and the Paycock by Seán O'Casey She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith The School for Wives by Molière Travesties by Tom Stoppard Richard III by William Shakespeare The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol Catsplay
Asolo Rep Tours Vasilia The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco Wiley and the Hairy Man by Jack Stokes
FSU/Asolo Conservatory Productions Archy and Friends In this Golden Land Whatever Became of Love Aria Da Capia
1978–1979
Asolo Rep Productions Design for Living by Noël Coward The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer Volpone by Ben Jonson Let's Get a Divorce Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill A History of American Film Othello by William Shakespeare Stag at Bay The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Asolo Rep Tours Plain Folk Press Cuttings Raduz and the Three Clouds
FSU/Asolo Conservatory Productions Merlin! Good Doctor by Neil Simon
1979–1980
Asolo Rep Productions Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill The Tempest by William Shakespeare Da by Hugh Leonard Tintypes conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw Idiot's Delight by Robert E. Sherwood The Warrens of Virginia Transcendental Love Stand-Off At Beaver and Pine
Asolo Rep Tours Beauty and the Beast The Tingalary Bird The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov
1980–1981
Asolo Rep Productions On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson The Beggar's Opera by John Gay Terra Nova The Song is Kern The Three Musketeers Picnic by William Inge Once in a Lifetime by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
Asolo Rep Tours Aladdin Rashomon The Men's Cottage
1981–1982
Asolo Rep Productions A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw The Show-Off The All Night Strut Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas The Male Animal by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco
Asolo Rep Tours The Song is Kern Pinocchio The Ice Wolf Comedies of Courtship
1982–1983
Asolo Rep Productions The Dining Room by A. R. Gurney A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw Man with a Load of Mischief by Ashley Dukes Sherlock Holmes The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan Dark of the Moon by Howard Richardson
Asolo Rep Tours Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton Peter and the Hungry Wolf Hercules and Friends Canterbury Tales
1983–1984
Asolo Rep Productions Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn Promenade, All! Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller The Drunkard by William H. Smith Rashomon The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Asolo Rep Tours Promenade, All! The Nightingale Step on a Crack Prince Hamlet
FSU/Asolo Conservatory Productions Hooters The Lady From Dubuque by Edward Albee 1984 One-Person Shows
1984–1985
Asolo Rep Productions Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff Amadeus by Peter Shaffer And a Nightingale Sang by C.P. Taylor The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman Dames at Sea – book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller; music by Jim Wise. A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev You Can't Take It with You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart Twice Around the Park by Murray Schisgal
Asolo Rep Tours Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff Androcles and the Lion Wiley and the Hairy Man by Jack Stokes The Doctor in Spite of Himself by Molière
FSU/Asolo Conservatory Productions Men Without Dates Chocolate Cake Final Placement FM
1985–1986
Asolo Rep Productions A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard