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The Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company is a regional Canadian theatre company, producing plays since 1962. The following is a list of the productions that have been staged since its inception, starting with the most recently completed season.

Contents

2011–2012

Mainstage
  • Tosca Cafe (formerly The Tosca Project) – Created and staged by Carey Perloff and Val Caniparoli. An American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco) production.
  • La Cage aux Folles – Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the play La Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret.
  • Red – By John Logan. Directed by Kim Collier.
  • Catalyst Theatre’s Hunchback – Conceived by Jonathan Christenson and Bretta Gerecke. Adapted from Victor Hugo's novel. Originally commissioned by the Citadel Theatre (Edmonton).
  • God of Carnage – By Yasmina Reza. Translated by Christopher Hampton.
    • Recital Hall
  • Gunmetal Blues – Book by Scott Wentworth. Music & Lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler.
  • The Exquisite Hour – By Stewart Lemoine - Not Presented. Presented instead at the Arts Club Theatre, Revue Stage.
    • Theatre for Young Audiences
  • The Cat Came Back – Co-Created by Fred Penner, Jay Brazeau and Kim Selody - Not Presented. Replacement concerts instead performed by Fred Penner and Friends at the Vancouver Playhouse and SFU Woodwards.

    • 2010–2011

  • The Fantasticks – Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones; Music by Harvey Schmidt, Directed and Choreographed by Max Reimer
  • Noël Coward's Brief Encounter – Adapted for the stage by Emma Rice, Directed by Max Reimer
  • This – Written by Melissa James Gibson, Directed by Amiel Gladstone
  • Death of a Salesman – Written by Arthur Miller, Directed by John Cooper
  • The Trespassers – Written by Morris Panych Directed by Ron Jenkins
  • MacHomer – Created and Performed by Rick Miller

    • 2009–2010

  • The Miracle Worker – by William Gibson (playwright)
  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane
  • Beyond Eden – by Bruce Ruddell
  • Delusion – by Laurie Anderson
  • The Love List – by Norm Foster
  • Dangerous Corner – by J. B. Priestley

    • 2008–2009

  • Frost/Nixon – by Peter Morgan
  • The Drowsy Chaperone – book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
  • Miss Julie: Freedom Summer – by August Strindberg, adapted by Stephen Sachs
  • Toronto, Mississippi – by Joan MacLeod
  • Top Girls – by Caryl Churchill
  • Studies in Motion – by Kevin Kerr

    • 2007–2008

  • The Wars – by Timothy Findley
  • Oliver! – by Lionel Bart
  • The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead – by Robert Hewett
  • The Amorous Adventures of Anatol – by Arthur Schnitzler
  • True West – by Sam Shepard

    • 2005–2006

  • The Syringa Tree – by Pamela Gien
  • A Little Night Music – lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler
  • Vincent in Brixton – by Nicholas Wright
  • I Am My Own Wife – by Doug Wright
  • No Great Mischief – by David S. Young

    • 2004–2005

  • Joni Mitchell: River – by Allan McInnis
  • Noises Off – by Michael Frayn
  • Humble Boy – by Charlotte Jones
  • Copenhagen – by Michael Frayn
  • Trying – by Joanna Glass

    • 2003–2004

  • Stones in His Pockets – by Marie Jones
  • Hello, Dolly! – book by Michael Stewart, music & lyrics by Jerry Herman
  • Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw
  • One Last Kiss – by Aaron Bushkowsky
  • Equus – by Peter Shaffer
  • Cloud Tectonics – by Jose Rivera

    • 2002–2003

  • Proof – by David Auburn
  • Fiddler on the Roof – book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
  • Mary's Wedding – by Stephen Massicotte
  • Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare
  • The Caretaker – by Harold Pinter
  • Earshot – by Morris Panych
  • Asylum of the Universe – by Camyar Chai

    • 2001–2002

  • The Edible Woman – by Dave Carley, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood
  • The Music Man – by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
  • The School for Wives – by Molière
  • The Drawer Boy – by Michael Healey
  • The Rainmaker – by N. Richard Nash
  • The Dead Reckoning – by Aaron Bushkowsky

    • 2000–2001

  • The Coronation Voyage – by Michel Marc Bouchard, translated by Linda Gaboriau
  • Guys and Dolls – music & lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling
  • Wit – by Margaret Edson
  • Candida – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Beauty Queen of Leenane – by Martin McDonagh
  • Game Misconduct – by Lesley Uyeda and Tom Cone
  • Kilt – by Jonathan Wilson
  • Dona Flora – by Electric Company

    • 1999–2000

  • Of Mice and Men – by John Steinbeck
  • The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – by Jim Cartwright
  • She Stoops to Conquer – by Oliver Goldsmith
  • Patience – by Jason Sherman
  • The Bachelor Brothers on Tour – by Bill Dow and Martin Kinch
  • 2 Pianos, 4 Hands – by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
  • The Overcoat – by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling

    • 1998–1999

  • An Ideal Husband – by Oscar Wilde
  • The Attic, The Pearls and 3 Fine Girls – by Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer, Martha Ross
  • Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John Gray and Eric Peterson
  • Skylight – by David Hare
  • Tartuffe – by Molière
  • The History of Things to Come – by Morris Panych, Gary Jones and Shawn Macdonald
  • Suburban Motel – by George F. Walker

    • 1997–1998

  • 2 Pianos, 4 Hands – by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
  • The Overcoat – by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling
  • A Perfect Ganesh – by Terrence McNally
  • Atlantis – by Maureen Hunter
  • Mrs. Warren's Profession – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Picasso at the Lapin Agile – by Steve Martin

    • 1996–1997

  • Ghosts – by Henrik Ibsen
  • Tons of Money – by Alan Ayckbourn
  • 2000 – by Joan MacLeod
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – by Edward Albee
  • The Heiress – by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz
  • Money and Friends – by David Williamson

    • 1995–1996

  • Three Tall Women – by Edward Albee
  • The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde
  • The Crucible – by Arthur Miller
  • Later Life – by A. R. Gurney
  • Betrayal – by Harold Pinter
  • Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, A Love Story – adapted by James Nichol
  • True Mummy – by Tom Cone

    • 1994–1995

  • Oleanna – by David Mamet
  • Charley's Aunt – by Brandon Thomas
  • Fronteras Americanas – by Guillermo Verdecchia
  • The Cherry Orchard – by Anton Chekhov
  • Waiting for the Parade – by John Murrell
  • Homeward Bound – by Elliott Hayes

    • 1993–1994

  • Born Yesterday – by Garson Kanin
  • A Little of Wot You Fancy – by Susan Cox
  • If We Are Women – by Joanna McClelland Glass
  • The Relapse – by Sir John Vanbrugh
  • A Doll's House – by Henrik Ibsen
  • Struggle of the Dogs & the Black – by Bernard-Marie Koltès

    • 1992–1993

  • The Millionairess – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Wingfield Trilogy – by Dan Needles
  • Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell
  • Lips Together, Teeth Apart – by Terrence McNally
  • Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare
  • Death and the Maiden – by Ariel Dorfman
  • Private Lives – by Noël Coward

    • 1991–1992

  • A Moon for the Misbegotten – by Eugene O'Neill
  • The Miser Molière – adapted by Tom Cone
  • Love and Anger – by George F. Walker
  • Macbeth – by William Shakespeare
  • Fallen Angels – by Noël Coward
  • My Children! My Africa! – by Athol Fugard

    • 1990–1991

  • A Streetcar Named Desire – by Tennessee Williams
  • The Heidi Chronicles – by Wendy Wasserstein
  • Hosanna – by Michel Tremblay
  • Pygmalion – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Other People's Money – by Jerry Sterner
  • Herringbone, The Musical – by Tom Cone, Skip Kennon and Ellen Fitzhugh

    • 1989–1990

  • Hedda Gabler – by Henrik Ibsen
  • Blithe Spirit – by Noël Coward
  • We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! – by Dario Fo
  • Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell
  • Doc – by Sharon Pollock
  • Rock and Roll – by John Gray

    • 1988–1989

  • A Lie of the Mind – by Sam Shepard
  • Nothing Sacred – by George F. Walker
  • The Glass Menagerie – by Tennessee Williams
  • Health, The Musical – by John Gray
  • Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune – by Terrence McNally
  • Les Liaisons Dangereuses – by Christopher Hampton

    • 1987–1988

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare
  • Fire – by Paul LeDoux and David Young
  • B-Movie, The Play – by Tom Wood
  • Back to Beulah – by W. O. Mitchell
  • We, the Undersigned – by Aleksandr Gelman
  • The Dining Room – by A.R. Gurney Jr.

    • 1986–1987

  • Noises Off – by Michael Frayn
  • Paracelsus – by George Ryga
  • Diary of Anne Frank – by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
  • Private Lives – by Noël Coward
  • Master Class – by David Pownall
  • Foxfire – by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn
  • I'm Not Rappaport – by Herb Gardner

    • A Chorus Line.

    1984–1985

  • A Man for All Seasons – by Robert Bolt
  • Terra Nova – by Ted Tally
  • Better Watch Out, You Better Not Die – by John Gray
  • Clarence Darrow – by David W. Rintels
  • The School for Scandal – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  • Cloud 9 – by Caryl Churchill
  • I'll Be Back Before Midnight – by Peter Colley

    • 1983–1984

  • Death of a Salesman – by Arthur Miller
  • The Murder of Auguste Dupin – by J. Ben Tarver
  • Godspell – by Michael Tebelak
  • K-2 – by Patrick Meyers
  • The Tomorrow Box – by Anne Chislett
  • Amadeus – by Peter Shaffer
  • Terrace Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap – by Claire Luckham
  • North Shore Live – by Tom Wood, Nicola Cavendish and Bob Baker
  • The Guys – Jean Barbeau, translated by Linda Gaboriau
  • Win, Lose, Draw – by Mary Gallagher and Ava Watson

    • 1982–1983

  • The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon – by W. O. Mitchell
  • The Dresser – by Ronald Harwood
  • A Gift to Last – by Gordon Pinsent, adapted by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning
  • Mass Appeal – by Bill C. Davis
  • The Tempest – by William Shakespeare
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – by Stephen Sondheim, Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove
  • Dry Rot – by John Chapman
  • White Boys – by Tom Walmsey
  • Clarence Darrow – by David W. Rintels
  • As Loved Our Fathers – by Tom Kahill
  • Dylan Thomas Bach – by Leon Pownall

    • 1981–1982

  • The Notebook of Trigorin – by Tennessee Williams
  • The Curse of the Werewolf – by Ken Hill and Ian Armit
  • Wings – by Arthur Kopit
  • Hunchback of Notre Dame – by Dennis Foon
  • Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare
  • See How They Run – by Philip King
  • Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John MacLachlan Gray and Eric Peterson

    • 1980–1981

  • The Servant of Two Masters – by Carlo Goldoni
  • The Red Devil Battery Sign – by Tennessee Williams
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner – by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
  • The Lady from the Sea – by Henrik Ibsen
  • Macbeth – by William Shakespeare
  • Dreaming and Duelling – by John Lazarus
  • The Tempest – by William Shakespeare
  • Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare

    • 1979–1980

  • Jitters – by David French
  • Blithe Spirit – by Noël Coward
  • The Innocents – by William Archibald
  • Love for Love – by William Congreve
  • A Streetcar Named Desire – by Tennessee Williams
  • Henry VI, Part 1 – by William Shakespeare
  • As You Like It – by William Shakespeare
  • Gunga Heath – by Heath Lamberts

    • 1978–1979

  • Hamlet – by William Shakespeare
  • A Flea in Her Ear – by Georges Feydeau
  • The Crucible – by Arthur Miller
  • Tales from the Vienna Woods – by Ödön von Horváth
  • Ghosts – by Henrik Ibsen
  • The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin – by Steve J. Spears
  • Midtown Aces – by Jesse Boydan
  • The Promise – by Aleksei Arbuzov
  • Endgame – by Samuel Beckett

    • 1977–1978

  • Pygmalion – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Arsenic and Old Lace – by Joseph Kesselring
  • Oedipus (Swollen Foot) – by Seneca, adapted by Ted Hughes
  • The Contractor – by David Storey
  • Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare
  • Ashes – by David Rudkin
  • A Respectable Wedding – by Bertolt Brecht
  • Jack Sprat – by Joe Wiesenfeld
  • Loot – by Joe Orton

    • 1976–1977

  • Tartuffe – by Molière
  • Count of Monte Cristo – by Ken Hill
  • King Lear – by William Shakespeare
  • Travesties – by Tom Stoppard
  • Camino Real – by Tennessee Williams
  • Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land – by Tom Stoppard
  • The Blues – by Hrant Alianak
  • The Sound of Distant Thunder – by Christopher Newton
  • 7 Under the 0 – by Allan Stratton

    • 1975–1976

  • Equus – by Peter Shaffer
  • The Speckled Band – by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Macbeth – by William Shakespeare
  • Leonce and Lena – by George Büchner
  • Camille – by Robert David MacDonald
  • Kennedy's Children – by Robert Patrick
  • Komagata Maru incident – by Sharon Pollock
  • Back to Beulah – by W. O. Mitchell
  • Dear Janet, Dear Mr. Kooning – by Stanley Eveling
  • Why Hanna's Skirt Won't Stay Down – by Tom Eyen

    • 1974–1975

  • The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare
  • Harvey – by Mary Coyle Chase
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio – adapted by John Wood
  • Of the Fields, Lately – by David French
  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle – by Bertolt Brecht
  • And Out Goes You? – by Sharon Pollock
  • Frankenstein – adapted by Alden Knowlan and Walter Learning

    • 1973–1974

  • Julius Caesar – by William Shakespeare
  • Leaving Home – by David French
  • Mr. Scrooge – music by Doroles Claman, book by Richard Morris and Ted Wood
  • Mandragola – by Niccolò Machiavelli
  • A Doll's House – by Henrik Ibsen
  • Dutch Uncle – by Simon Gray
  • Queer Sights, A Mouldy Tale – by Frank McEnaney

    • 1972–1973

  • Forty Years On – by Alan Bennett
  • How the Other Half Loves – by Alan Ayckbourn
  • Treasure Island – by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Lulu Street – by Ann Henry
  • Old Times – by Harold Pinter
  • Pillar of Sand – by Eric Nicol
  • Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw

    • 1971–1972

  • The Chemmy Circle – by Georges Feydeau
  • The Sorrows of Frederick – by Romulus Linney
  • Treasure Island – adapted by Bernard Miles
  • Crabdance – by Beverley Simons
  • Relatively Speaking – by Alan Ayckbourn
  • The Native – by Merv Campone
  • Hadrian VII – by Peter Luke

    • 1970–1971

  • The Secretary Bird – by William Douglas-Home
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead – by Tom Stoppard
  • Othello – by William Shakespeare
  • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – by Peter Nichols
  • Plaza Suite – by Neil Simon
  • Hobson's Choice – by Harold Brighouse

    • 1969–1970

  • The Royal Hunt of the Sun – by Peter Shaffer
  • The Show-Off – by George Kelly
  • Colours in the Dark – by James Reaney
  • Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun – by John McGrath
  • Village Wooing – and Dear Liar by George Bernard Shaw and Jerome Kitty
  • Tango – by Sławomir Mrożek
  • Staircase – by Charles Dyer
  • Che Guevara – by Mario Fratti
  • Foreplay – by Barry Friesen
  • The Candidate – by James Schevill
  • Space-Fan – by James Schevill
  • The Criminals – by Jose Triana

    • 1968–1969

  • The Fourth Monkey – by Eric Nicol
  • Summer of the 17th Doll – by Ray Lawler
  • A Thurber Carnival – by James Thurber
  • Moby Dick-Rehearsed – adapted by Orson Welles
  • Mrs. Mouse Are You Within? – by Frank Marcus
  • The Filthy Piranesi – by William D. Roberts
  • Black Comedy – by Peter Shaffer
  • Grass & Wild Strawberries – by George Ryga
  • Fortune and Men's Eyes – by John Herbert
  • Tiny Alice – by Edward Albee
  • The Partition – by Jacques Languirand
  • Land Before Time – by M. Charles Cohen
  • The Visitor – by Betty Lambert

    • 1967–1968

  • Androcles and the Lion – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Ecstasy of Rita Joe – by George Ryga
  • The Beaux' Stratagem – by George Farquhar
  • Philadelphia, Here I Come – by Brian Friel
  • A Streetcar Named Desire – by Tennessee Williams
  • The Firebugs – by Max Frisch
  • Walking Happy – by Harold Brighouse
  • Listen to the Wind – by James Reaney
  • Three Rituals – by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Brian Shein and Sheldon Feldner
  • Requiem for a Dinosaur – by James Cruikshank

    • 1966–1967

  • Candida – by George Bernard Shaw
  • Count Down to Armageddon – by James Clavell
  • Peer Gynt – by Henrik Ibsen
  • She Stoops to Conquer – by Oliver Goldsmith
  • How to Run the Country – by Paul St. Pierre
  • Anything Goes – by Cole Porter

    • 1965–1966

  • Oh, What a Lovely War! – by Joan Littlewood
  • A Month in the Country – by Ivan Turgenev
  • The Knack – by Ann Jellicoe
  • Major Barbara – by George Bernard Shaw
  • The Typists & The Tiger – by Murray Schisgal
  • Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare
  • Like Father, Like Fun – by Eric Nicol
  • Lock Up Your Daughters – adapted from Henry Fielding by Bernard Miles

    • 1964–1965

  • Ring Round the Moon – by Jean Anouilh
  • Desire Under the Elms – by Eugene O'Neill
  • The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare
  • Christmas in the Market Place – by Henry Gheon
  • The Seagull – by Anton Chekhov
  • Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad – by Arthur Kopit
  • Stop the World – I Want to Get Off – by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

    • 1963–1964

  • The Hostage – by Brendan Behan
  • Private Lives – by Noël Coward
  • The Boy Friend – by Sandy Wilson
  • Julius Caesar – by William Shakespeare
  • The Caretaker – by Harold Pinter
  • Charley's Aunt – by Brandon Thomas

    • References

    Vancouver Playhouse production history Wikipedia
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