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SUBVERSIVE THEATRE COLLECTIVE
where DISSENT takes center stage!
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A Season-by-Season Rundown of our Many Years Rousing the Rabble
season #17
2019 - 2020
Sept/Oct 2019 -- CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
Oct/Nov 2019 -- regional debut of SHE KILLS MONSTERS by Qui Nguyen
Feb 2020 -- regional debut of MERCURY FUR by Philip Ridley
Mar 2020 -- regional debut of ECLIPSED by Danai Gurira (9th installment of our Black Power Play Series)
AND THEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC BROUGHT THEATRE TO A SCREECHING HALT... FOR A WHILE
season #16
2018 - 2019
Sept/Oct 2018 -- FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
Oct/Nov 2018 -- world debut of MOTHER JONES IN HEAVEN & HELL by Si Kahn
Feb 2019 -- world debut of TALES OF THE DRIVEN written & directed by Kurt Schneiderman*
Mar/April 2019 -- AFTER THE FALL by Arthur Miller (in collaboration with Post Industrial Productions)
June 2019 -- LAYLA'S ROOM by Sabrina Mahfouz (9th installment of our "Subversive Youth Series")
July/Aug 2019 -- the North America premiere of BLOOD STAINED T-SHIRT by Tim Joyce*
(presented as part of the 2019 Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #15
2017 - 2018
Sept/Oct 2017 -- IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis
Nov 2017 -- regional debut of HONKY by Greg Kalleres (8th installment of our Black Power Play Series)
Jan/Feb 2018 -- marking the 20th anniversary of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE by Paula Vogel
(winner of the Artie Award for "Outstanding Actor" for John Profeta)
Mar 2018 -- regional debut of THE NANCE by Douglas Carter Beane
Apr/May 2018 -- THE FULL MONTY by Terrence McNally
June 2018 -- SLUT by Katie Cappiello (8th installment of our Subversive Youth Series)
July/Aug 2018 -- world debut of CINDERELLA X by Kurt Schneiderman* for Buffalo "infringement" Festival
season #14
2016 - 2017
Sept/Oct 2016 -- URINETOWN: the musical by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
Nov/Dec 2016 -- ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by Dale Wasserman
Dec 2016 -- world debut of WE THREE by Michelle Denton*
Feb/Mar 2017 -- STOP KISS by Diana Son
Apr/May 2017 -- world debut of THE TRIAL OF TRAYVON MARTIN by Gary Earl Ross*
(7th installment of our Black Power Play Series)
June/July 2017 -- RADIUM GIRLS by D.W. Gregory (7th installment of our Subversive Youth Series)
season #13
2015 - 2016
Sept/Oct 2015 -- SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE adapted for the stage by Eric Simonson
Nov/Dec 2015 -- world debut of JOE HILL'S LAST WILL by Si Kahn
(10th installment of our Workers' Power Play Series)
Jan/Feb 2016 -- KEELY AND DU by Jane Martin
Mar/Apr 2016 -- world debut of THE MARK OF CAIN by Gary Earl Ross*
Artie Award winner "Outstanding New Play" and "Outstanding Actor" for Lawrence Rowswell*
(6th installment of our Black Power Play Series)
June/July 2016 -- JUDGMENT AT NUREMBURG by Abby Mann
(in collaboration with/at the New Phoenix Theatre)
June/July 2016 -- AKEELAH AND THE BEE adapted for the stage by Cheryl L. West
(6th installment of our Subversive Youth Series)
July/Aug 2016 -- TOO BIG TO FAIL by Michael Fanelli (for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #12
2014 - 2015
Sept/Oct 2014 -- THE GRAPES OF WRATH adapted for the stage by Frank Galati
Oct/Nov 2014 -- regional debut of END DAYS by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Dec 2014 -- world debut of THE GUNS OF CHRISTMAS written & directed by Gary Earl Ross*
(winner of the Artie Award for "Outstanding New Play")
Feb/Mar 2015 -- WHITE BOY OTHELLO adapted from Shakespeare by Kurt Schneiderman*
(5th installment of our Black Power Play Series)
Mar/Apr 2015 -- regional debut of WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE
WHO LOVE THEM by Christopher Durang
May 2015 -- world debut of THE UN-AMERICAN adapted for the stage by Anna Kay France
from the Book by Emanuel "Manny" Fried (9th installment of our Workers' Power Play Series)
June 2015 -- EMOTIONAL CREATURE by Eve Ensler (5th installment of Subversive Youth Series)
July/Aug 2015 -- RHINOCEROS by Eugene Ionesco (for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #11
2013 - 2014
Sept/Oct 2013 -- THE LOVE SONG OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
by Carson Krietzer
Nov 2013 -- THE SHAPE OF THINGS by Neil LaBute
Dec 2013 -- regional debut of YOU CAN'T GET A DECENT MARGARITA AT THE
NORTH POLE by Matt Hanf
Jan/Feb 2014 -- THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall (4th installment of our Black Power Play Series)
Apr/May 2014 -- A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE by Arthur Miller
winner of the Artie Award for "Outstanding Ensemble" (8th edition of Workers' Power Play Series)
May/June 2014 -- DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Ariel Dorfman
(co-production with Raices Theatre Company)
June/July 2014 -- THE SECRET LIFE OF GIRLS by Linda Daugherty
(4th installment of Subversive Youth Series)
July/Aug 2014 -- THE POLICE by Slawomir Mrozek (for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #10
2012 - 2013
Sept/Oct 2012 -- THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST by Dario Fo
reprising Subversive's first ever production in celebration of our 10-year anniversary!
Nov/Dec 2012 -- RADIO T.B.S. by Mark L. Smith (co-production with Brazen Faced Varlets)
Jan/Feb 2013 -- ANGELS IN AMERICA: parts one & two by Tony Kushner
winner of the Artie Award for "Outstanding Actor" for Brian Riggs as Prior Walter
March 2013 -- CLARENCE DARROW by David W. Rintels
Apr/May 2013 -- ON THE WATERFRONT by Budd Schulberg
co-production with/at New Phoenix Theatre (7th installment of our Workers' Power Play Series)
May 2013 -- FOUR LITTLE GIRLS: Birmingham 1963 by Christina M. Ham
(3rd installment of our Black Power Play Series AND our Subversive Youth Series)
June/July 2013 -- SUBVERSIVE SHORTS 2013 America's one & only new political play showcase
July/Aug 2013 -- A MAN'S A MAN by Bertolt Brecht (for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #9
2011 - 2012
Sept/Oct 2011 -- MARAT/SADE by Peter Weiss
Oct/Nov 2011 -- world debut of GREENSPAN AND THE TRILOBITES by Michael Fanelli
Nov/Dec 2011 -- OCCUPY ANIMAL FARM by Justin Karcher
Feb 2012 -- A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry
(2nd installment of our Black Power Play Series)
Mar/Apr 2012 -- AN ELEGY FOR STANLEY GORSKI by Emanuel "Manny" Fried
(6th installment of our Workers' Power Play Series)
Apr/May 2012 -- SPEED THE PLOW by David Mamet
May Day 2012 -- CHE by Mario Fratti (11th annual installment of our May Day Staged Reading Series)
June/July 2012 -- BANG, BANG, YOU'RE DEAD by William Mastrosimone
(2nd installment of our Subversive Youth Series)
July/Aug 2012 -- SUBVERSIVE SHORTS 2012 America's only annual new political play showcase
season #8
2010 - 2011
Sept/Oct 2010 -- THE FURIES OF MOTHER JONES by Maxine Klein
(5th installment of our Workers' Power Play Series)
Oct/Nov 2010 -- SUBVERSIVE SIGN POST UP AHEAD adapted from iconic sci-fi tales
Dec 2010 -- A TOTALITARIAN CHRISTMAS by Clinton Hours
Jan/Feb 2011 -- I AM A MAN by OyamO (1st installment of our Black Power Play Series)
Feb/Mar 2011 -- 4:48 PSYCHOSIS by Sarah Kane
Mar/Apr 2011 -- INHERIT THE WIND by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
(presented in co-production with/at the New Phoenix Theatre on the Park)
winner of the Artie Award for "Outstanding Actor" for Gary Darling as Henry Drummond
May Day 2011 -- MARX IN BUFFALO by adapted from "Marx in Soho" by Howard Zinn (10th annual installment of our May Day Staged Reading Series)
May 2011 -- TICK, TICK... BOOM! by Jonathan Larsen (1st installment of our Subversive Youth Series)
June/July 2011 -- SUBVERSIVE SHORTS 2011 America's only annual new political play showcase
July/Aug 2011 -- GUILLOTINE: Heads Will Roll! written & directed by Joe Siracusa
(for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #7
2009 - 2010
Sept 2009 -- TWILIGHT: Voices of the 1992 L.A. Riots by Anna Deavere Smith
Oct/Nov 2009 -- WIDOWS by Ariel Dorfman
Jan/Feb 2010 -- 84: a Tribute to Dystopia written & directed by Brian Zybala
Feb/Mar 2010 -- HARVEST by Langston Hughes
Apr 2010 -- NECESSARY TARGETS by Eve Ensler (in partnership with Brazen-Faced Varlets)
May Day 2010 -- THE FURIES OF MOTHER JONES by Maxine Klein
(9th annual installment of our May Day Staged Reading Series)
May/June 2010 -- I AM HAMLET by written & directed by Joe Siracusa
June/July 2010 -- SUBVERSIVE SHORTS 2010 America's only new political play showcase
July/Aug 2010 -- THE MOTHER by Bertolt Brecht (for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #6
2008 - 2009
Sept 2008 -- PALACE OF THE END by Judith Thompson
Subversive Theatre's first ever performance in the Manny Fried Playhouse!
Oct/Nov 2008 -- THE DROP HAMMER by Emanuel "Manny" Fried
Jan/Feb 2009 -- world debut of OUROBOROS conceived & directed by Brian Zybala*
Apr 2009 -- world debut of WATERBOARDING BLUES written & directed by Kurt Schneiderman*
Apr 2009 -- THE LARAMIE PROJECT by Moises Kaufman (in partnership with Daeman College)
Apr/May 2009 -- SUBVERSIVE SHORTS 2009 America's only new political play showcase
May Day 2009 -- DAYS OF THE COMMUNE by Bertolt Brecht
(8th annual installment of our May Day Staged Reading Series)
May/June 2009 -- TWO ABSURD a double-header of adsurdist plays by Eugene Ionesco & Slawomir Mrozek
July/Aug 2009 -- THE HAIRY APE by Eugene O'Neill (for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #5
2007 - 2008
Jan/Feb 2008 -- WAITING FOR LEFTY by Clifford Odets (co-production with New Phoenix Theatre)
2nd installment of our Workers' Power Play Series
winner of the Artie Award for "Outstanding Production"
Mar 2008 -- regional debut of MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE
by Katherine Viner and Alan Rickman
Apr/May 2008 -- regional debut of NICKEL AND DIMED by Joan Holden
May Day 2008 -- THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED by Barrie Stavis
(7th annual installment of our May Day Staged Reading Series)
July/Aug 2008 -- ...AND THEY PUT HANDCUFFS ON THE FLOWERS
by Fernando Arrabal (for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #4
2006 - 2007
Jan 2007 -- world debut of FOUNDATIONS by Kurt Schneiderman (at the New Phoenix Theatre)
1st installment of our Workers' Power Play Series
May Day 2007 -- SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER by Ariel Dorfman
(6th annual installment of our May Day Staged Reading Series)
June 2007 -- SUBVERSIVE SHORTS 2007 America's only political new play showcase
July/Aug 2008 -- THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE by Bertolt Brecht
(for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
season #3
2005 - 2006
Sept 19, 2005 -- BURY THE DEAD by Irwin Shaw (at Buffalo's Unitarian Universalist Church)
part of the nationwide "Bury the Dead" Anti-war Project
Nov 2005 -- SUBVERSIVE SHORTS 2005 1st edition of America's only new political play showcase
Mar 11th, 2006 -- WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ by Simon Levy (at Hallwalls' Screening Room)
May Day 2006 -- THE WAITING FOR LEFTY by Clifford Odets
(5th annual installment of our May Day Staged Readings)
July/Aug 2006 -- SINCERITY FOREVER by Mac Wellman (for the Buffalo "infringement" Festival)
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season #16
2018 - 2019
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