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2009
STAGED READING	Saturday, December 12, 2009 A TOTALITARIAN CHRISTMAS by Clinton Ours
STAGED READING	Monday, October 19, 2009 MONUMENT by Colleen Wagner
	October 15 - November 7, 2009 by Chile's world-renown Human Rights activist WIDOWS by Ariel Dorfman Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse
	September 3 - 26, 2009 for Curtain Up 2009 TWILIGHT: Voices of the 1992 LA Riots by Anna Deavere Smith,  Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse
STAGED READING	Monday, August 3, 2009 HOMEBODY/KABUL by Tony Kushner
	July 24 - August 9, 2009 THE HAIRY APE By Eugene O'Neill Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse
STAGED READING	Monday, July 6, 2009 DANTON'S DEATH by Georg Buchner
	June 18 - July 10, 2009 back by popular demand... WATERBOARDING BLUES by Kurt Schneiderman
STAGED READING	Wednesday, June 3, 2009 DEUS EX MACHINIST by Norman Dietz
	May 21 - June 7, 2009 a double bill of great one-acts of Absurdist Theatre TOO ABSURD! by Eugene Ionesco & Slawomir Mrozek
	Friday, May 1, 2009 for our 8th annual "May Day Staged Reading Series" THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE by Bertolt Brecht
	April 30 - May 17, 2009 the third installment of our new political play showcase sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2009 by multiple playwrights
	April 25 - 26, 2009 in collaboration with Daemen College THE LARAMIE PROJECT by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project
STAGED READING	Monday, April 6, 2009 A MAN'S A MAN by Bertolt Brecht
	April 3 - 19, 2009 the world debut of WATERBOARDING BLUES by Kurt Schneiderman
SCREENING	February 27, 2009 THE CORPORATION
	January 23 - February 8, 2009 an entirely original exploration in physical theatre OUROBOROS Conceived and Directed by Brian Zybala

2008
	November 13 - December 14, 2008 DROP HAMMER By Emanuel "Manny" Fried Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse
	September 18 - October 19, 2008 PALACE OF THE END By Judith Thompson Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse (1st Ever!)
	July 26 - August 2, 2008 ...AND THEY PUT HANDCUFFS ON THE FLOWERS. By Fernando Arrabal Performed at the Kitchen Distribution Warehouse
	May 1st, 2008 THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED By Barrie Stavis Performed at the Alt Theatre
	April 10th - May 10th, 2008 NICKEL AND DIMED By Joan Holden Performed at the Alt Theatre
	March 7th - 29th, 2008 MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE By Katherine Viner and Alan Rickman Performed at the Main Street Cabaret
	January 10th - February 2nd, 2008 WAITING FOR LEFTY By Clifford Odets Performed at the New Phoenix Theatre

2007
	July 29th - August 5th, 2007 THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE By Bertolt Brecht Performed on the Streets of Allentown as part of the 2007 Buffalo "infringement" Festival
	June 14th - 30th, 2007 sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2007 By multiple playwrights Performed at Rust Belt Books
	May 1st, 2007 SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER By Ariel Dorfman Performed at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
	January 25th - February 10th, 2007 FOUNDATIONS By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the New Phoenix Theatre

2006
	July 28th - August 5th, 2006 SINCERITY FOREVER By Obie Award-Winning Playwright Mac Wellman Performed at the Quaker Bonnet Eatery as part of the 2006 Buffalo "infringement" Festival
	May 1st, 2006 WAITING FOR LEFTY By Clifford Odets Performed at Buffalo's Unitarian Universalist Church
	March 11th, 2006 WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ By Simon Levy Performed at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

2005
	November 3rd - 19th, 2005 sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2005 By multiple playwrights Performed at Rust Belt Books
	September 19th, 2005 BURY THE DEAD By Irwin Shaw Performed at Buffalo's Unitarian Universalist Church
	June 16th - September 4th, 2005 MOTHER DIS-COURAGE By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the "infringement" festivals of Montreal, Buffalo, and New York City
	May 1st, 2005 THE MOTHER By Bertolt Brecht Performed at TheaterLoft
	February 24th - March 10th, 2005 PAUL ROBESON SPEAKS OUT! By Philip Hayes Dean Performed at various locations in Buffalo

2004
	December 8th, 2004 IN THE HEART OF AMERICA By OBIE Award Winning Playwright Naomi Wallace Performed at the Main Street Cabaret
	September 16th - 25th, 2004 MOTHER DIS-COURAGE By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center
	July 2nd - 11th, 2004 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO SHOOT THE CZAR!!! By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the Helen Phelan Gardiner Theatre as part of the 2004 Toronto Fringe Festival
	May 1st, 2004 ARE YOU NOW OR ARE YOU EVER BEEN... By Obie Award-Winning Playwright Eric Bentley Performed at the Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center
	February 5th - 22nd, 2004 PAUL ROBESON SPEAKS OUT! By Phillip Hayes Dean Performed at the New Phoenix Theatre on the Park

2003
	June 26th - July 12th, 2003 MANIFEST DESTINY BLUES By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the New Phoenix Theatre on the Park
	May 1st, 2003 BURY THE DEAD By Irwin Shaw Performed at Rust Belt Books

2002
	August 31st - September 7th, 2002 THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST By Nobel Prize-Winning Playwright Dario Fo Performed at Rust Belt Books
	May 1st, 2002 KARL MARX IN ALLENTOWN By Radical Historian Howard Zinn Performed at Rust Belt Books
	February 11th, 2002 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY  TO SHOOT THE CZAR By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at Rust Belt Books