2023-24
The Originals!
Written by Mason students
9 to 5 The Musical
Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton
Directed by Rex Daugherty
fallen
Text, Lyrics, and Direction by Theresa Marie Ohanian
Music by Brett Womack
Staged Reading: La Belle Indifference
A Play by April E. Brassard
Directed by Nathan Tilley
2022-23
The Mason Players Originals!
Written by Mason students
Head Over Heels
Directed by Erin Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
Sutta
Directed by Djola Branner
Mason Cabaret 2023
Directed by Erin Gardiner and James Gardiner
The Night Knights
Directed by Mimsi Janis
1,001 Plays
Directed by Nicholas Kfoury Horner & Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
The Hunchback of Seville
Directed by Carlos Murillo
The Road to the End
By Bella Panciocco
Directed by Megan Lederman
MTE presentation: You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
Directed by Erin Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
2021-22
The Mason Players Originals!
Written by Mason students
A concert presentation of Footloose
Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
Directed by Erin Gardiner | Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
Love's Labors: Quarrels and Cravings
Conceived and Directed by Nicholas M. Kfoury Horner
Mason Cabaret
Conceived and Directed by Erin Gardiner and James Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
1,001 Plays
Directed by Kristin Johnsen-Neshati and Nicholas M. Kfoury Horner
Eurydice
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Martin Bernier
Everybody
By Brandon Jacobs Jenkins
Directed by Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
Just Like Us
By Karen Zacarias
Directed by Esteban Marmojelo-Suarez
A concert presentation of The Boy Detective Fails
Directed by Erin Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
2020-21
Mason Players Staged Reading of Hookman
By Lauren Yee
Directed by Julia Rudgers
Gaining Ground: A Celebration of Diverse Voices in Musical Theater
Directed by Erin Gardiner and James Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joseph Walsh
The Mason Players Originals!
Written by Mason students
Mason Players Staged Reading of Alabaster
By Audrey Cefaly
Directed by Rachel Sharp
Mason Cabaret : Sing Happy! The Music of Kander and Ebb
Directed by Erin Gardiner and James Gardiner
Musical accompaniment by Joe Walsh
Mason Fringe Chimichangas and Zoloft
By Fernanda Coppel
Directed by Esteban Marmolejo-Saurez
Come My Beloved
By Emma Weinstein
Directed by Jacob Horowitz
Men on Boats
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Mimsi Janis
Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Nicholas M. Kfoury Horner
1,001 Plays
Directed by Kristin Johnsen-Neshati and Nicholas M. Kfoury Horner
A Concert Presentation of Runaways
By Elizabeth Swados
Directed by Erin Gardiner and James Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
2019-2020
Rags
By Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse
Directed by Rick Davis | Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Kayla Schultz
The Women of Lockerbie
By Deborah Brevoort | Directed by Em German
Men on Boats
By Jaclyn Backhaus | Directed by Mimsi Janis
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
By Stephen Adly Guirgis | Directed by Tyler Shores
Servant of Two Masters
Directed and Adapted by David Gaines
Celebrating the Great American Songbook! The Mason Cabaret in Concert
Directed by Conceived and Directed by | Accompaniment by Joe Walsh
A Concert Presentation of Spring Awakening
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater | Music by Duncan Sheik
Directed by James Gardiner and Erin Gardiner | Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
2018-19
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Music & Lyrics by Roger Miller
Book by William Hauptman
Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain
Directed by Thomas W. Jones II, Professional Artist in Residence
Machinal
By Sophie Treadwell Directed by Kayla Schultz
Really, Really
By Paul Downs Colaizzo
Directed By: Miranda Newman
Lysistrata
Adapted By Sarah Ruden
Directed By: Theresa Ohanian
The Wolves
By Sarah DeLappe
Directed By: Jared Pugh
The Mason Cabaret presents The Golden Age of Broadway
Directed by James Gardiner & Erin Gardiner
Musical Accompaniment by Joe Walsh
2017-18
Dead Man's Cell Phone
By Sarah Ruhl | Directed by Mary Burgess
1984
Adapted by Robert Owen, Wilton E. Hall, Jr., and William A. Miles, Jr.
Based on the novel by George Orwell | Directed by Brooke Gorsica
The Gondoliers
Libretto & Lyrics by Sir William S. Gilbert | Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Directed by Ken Elston | Musical Direction by Dennis M. Layendecker | Choreographed by Morgan Taylor
The Pillowman
By Martin McDonagh | Directed by Hollyann Bucci
35MM: A Musical Exhibition
Written by Ryan Scott Oliver, Directed by Angelica Miguel and Maxwell Snyder
The Imaginary Invalid
By Molière. Translated and adapted by Ken Elston | Directed by Nicholas Horner
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
By Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee | Directed by Edward Gero
The Mason Players Originals!
Written by Mason students
2016-17
The Laramie Project
Written by Moises Kaufman & members of The tectonic Theater Project / Directed by: Heather Hicks
The Threepenny Opera
Written by: Bertolt Brecht, Music by Kurt Weill | Directed by: Ken Elston
Musical Direction by Dennis M. Layendecker
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Written by: William Shakespeare | Directed by: Mia Amado
No Solemn Silence: A Gilbert & Sullivan Review
Directed by: Rick Davis | Music Director: Joseph Walsh
The Fantasticks
Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt / Directed by: Hayley Dandreaux
Gogol's Nose and Other Strange Tales from the City
Adapted from Nikolai Gogol by Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
Movement Direction by: David Gaines | Directed by: Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
The Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival
Written by Mason students
2015-16
Boleros for the Disenchanted
Written by: José Rivera | Directed by Matt Succi
A Bright New Boise
Written by: Samuel D. Hunter | Directed by Nathan Vasquez
The Crucible
Written by: Arthur Miller | Directed by: Howard Vincent Kurtz and Maggie Rodgers
Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers
Written by Michael Lluberes, based on "Peter and Wendy" by J. M. Barrie | Directed by Jessica Dubish
Cloud 9
Written by: Caryl Churchill | Directed by: Madison Landis
Middletown
Written by: Will Eno | Directed by: Heather McDonald
The Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival
Written by Mason students
2014-15
Almost, Maine
Written by: John Cariani | Directed by: Nerissa Hart
The Blue Room
Written by: David Hare | Directed by: Alex Galloway
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Written by: Rupert Holmes | Directed by: Ken Elston | Musical Direction by: Dennis M. Layendecker
Dido, Queen of Carthage
Written by: Christopher Marlowe | Directed by: Rebecca Wahls
In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play
Written by: Sarah Ruhl | Directed by: Ruth Rado
An Experiment with an Air Pump
Written by Shelagh Stephenson / Directed by Mary Lechter
The Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival
Written by Mason students
2013-14
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Written by: Luigi Pirandello | Directed by: Alec Henneberger
The Merchant
Written by: Titus Maccius Plautus | Adapted and Directed by: Edward Gero
An Evening of One-Act Plays:
Women and Wallace
Written by: Jonathan Marc Sherman | Directed by: Casey Bauer
Woyzeck
Written by: Georg Büchner | Translation by: Nicholas Rudall | Directed by: Rebecca Wahls
A Commedia Prelude and Amahl & the Night Visitors
Another School of Music/School of Theater Collaboration!
Hedda Gabler
Written by: Henrik Ibsen | Directed by: Halah Zenhom
The Rover
Written by: Aphra Behn | Directed by: Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
The Annual Ten Minute Play Festival
Written by Mason students
2012-13
Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?
Written by: Terrence McNally | Directed by: Katie Brunberg
Into the Woods
Book by: James Lapine | Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim / Directed by: Rick Davis
A Bad Year for Tomatoes
Written by: John Patrick | Directed by: Sarah Morrissey
See How They Run
Written by: Philip King | Directed by: Tristan Griffin
Passaggio
Written by: Michael Patrick Smith | Directed by: Stevie Zimmerman
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Artistic Director: Heather McDonald | Original works written & directed by GMU Students
2011-12
Barefoot in the Park
Written by: Neil Simon | Directed by: Emma Hull
Medea
Written by: Euripides; | Directed by: Baron Pugh
Summer Brave
Written by: William Inge | Directed by: Howard Vincent Kurtz
This is Our Youth
Written by: Kenneth Lonergan | Directed by: Bethany Galyen
The Life of Galileo
Written by: Bertolt Brecht | Directed by: Rick Davis
Ten Minute Play Festival
Written & Directed by: Mason Students
2010-11
Live Wire - presented in partnership with Theater of the First Amendment
Taken from the Federal Theatre Archives | Directed by: Rick Davis
Kimberley Akimbo
Written by: David Lindsay-Abaire | Directed by: Maxie Morales
Pericles
Written by: William Shakespeare & George Wilkins | Directed by: Rick Davis
Something to Hide
Written by: Leslie Sands | Directed by: Baron Pugh
EQUUS
Written by: Peter Shaffer | Directed by: Tom Prescott
The Elephant Man
Written by: Bernard Pomerance | Directed by: Heather McDonald
Ten Minute Play Festival
Written & Directed by: Mason Students
2009-2010
Fuddy Meers
Written by: David Lindsay-Abaire | Directed by: Dannie Snyder
Ah Wilderness
Written by: Eugene O'Neill | Directed by: Howard Kurtz
The Exonerated
Written by: Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen | Directed by: Kate Welsh
Room Service
Written by: John Murray and Allen Boretz | Directed by: Ken Elston
TempOdyssey
Written by: Dan Dietz | Directed by: Josh McCreary
Orpheus Descending
Written by: Tennessee Williams | Directed by: Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
The Nerd
Written by: Larry Shue | Directed by: Michel J. Faulkner II
10 Minute Play Festival
Written & Directed by: Mason Students
2008-09
Shakespeare in Hollywood
Written by: Ken Ludwig | Directed by: Mary Lechter
The Pillowman
Written by: Martin McDonagh | Directed by: Phil Dallmann
Hay Fever
Written by: Noel Coward | Directed by: Andrew Hawkins
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Written by: Stephen Adly Guirgis | Directed by: Heather McDonald
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Written by: Tom Stoppard | Directed by: Rachel Beauregard
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Written by: Ralph Pape | Directed by: Edward Gero
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
Written by: Bert V. Royal | Directed by: Patrick Magill
10 Minute Play Festival
Written & Directed by: Mason Students
2007-08
The Boys Next Door
Written by: Tom Griffin | Directed by: Patrick Magill
As Bees in Honey Drown
Written by: Douglas Carter Beane | Directed by: Ken Elston
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Written by: Christopher Bond | Directed by: Sean Kinslow
After Ashley
Written by: Gina Gionfriddo | Directed by: Jessica Billings
Humble Boy
Written by: Charlotte Jones | Directed by: Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
Ivanov
Written by: Anton Chekhov | Directed by: Jesse Nepivoda
Measure for Measure
Written by: William Shakespeare | Directed by: Rick Davis
10 Minute Play Festival
Written & Directed by: Mason Students
2006-07
Phaedra's Love
Written by: Sarah Kane | Directed by: Chris Walker
The Shape of Things
Written by: Neil Labute | Directed by: Lisa Nanni-Messegee
In the Dead of Summer
Written and Directed by: Junella Carla Gabriel
Reckless
Written by: Craig Lucas | Directed by: Christy Denny
Could Angels Be Blessed
Written by: Nancy Kiefer | Directed by: Howard Vincent Kurtz
Hot 'N' Throbbing
Written by: Paula Vogel | Directed by: Liz Hansen
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Written by: Martin McDonough | Directed by: Heather McDonald
10 Minute Play Festival
Written & Directed by: Mason Students
2005-06
Marat/Sade
Written by: Peter Weiss | Directed by: Stephen Lam
Uncle Vanya
Written by: Anton Chekhov | Directed by: Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
Fefu and Her Friends
Written by: Maria Irene Fornes | Directed by: Melissa Topscher
Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Written by: Tennessee Williams | Directed by: Devon Riley
James Joyce's The Dead
Written by: Richard Nelson | Directed by: Rick Davis
Jesus Hopped the A Train
Written by: Stephen Adly Guirgis | Directed by: Connor Dale
Trojan Woman
Written by: Euripides | Directed by: Ed Gero
2004-05
The Woman in Black
Adapted by: Stephen Mallatratt | Directed by: Jennifer Harris
An Ideal Husband
Written by: Oscar Wilde | Directed by: Lisa Nanni-Messegee
The Measures Taken
Written by: Bertolt Brecht | Directed by: Stephen Lam
Betty's Summer Vacation
Written by: Christopher Durang | Directed by: Meghan Walsh
The Trial
Written by: Franz Kafka | Directed by: Ken Elston
Knocking on Death's Door
Written and Directed by Michael Fernandez
Mephisto
Adapted by: Ariane Mnouchkine | Directed by: Lynnie Raybuck
2003-04
Look Back in Anger
Written by: John Osborne | Directed by: Liz Stock
The Heiress
Written by: Ruth and Augustus Goetz | Directed by: Howard Vincent Kurtz
Pizza Man
Written by: Darlene Craviotto | Directed by: Kelly Thomas
Abstract Expression
Written by: Theresa Rebeck | Directed by: Sarah Bever
Venus
Written by: Suzan-Lori Parks | Directed by: Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
Moo
Directed By: Megan Kelleher
Love's Labor's Lost
Written by: William Shakespeare | Directed by: Rick Davis
2002-03
The Lady's Not for Burning
Written by: Christopher Fry | Directed by: Ed Gero
Lion in the Streets
Written by: Judith Thompson | Directed by: Lynnie Raybuck
Look Homeward Angel
Written by: Ketti Frings based on the novel by Thomas Wolfe | Directed by: Ken Elston
2001-02
Noises Off
Written by: Michael Frayn | Directed by: Michael Russotto
The Great Theater of the World
Written by: Calderon de la Barca | Directed by: Rick Davis
Musical Direction by: Willis Rosenfeld
Runaways
Written by: Elizabeth Swados | Directed by: Sharon Wimmer
A Night with Woody
Two one acts by Woody Allen | Directed by: Jeremy Frank & Julia Wiedeman
The Dining Room
Written by: A.R. Gurney | Directed by: Howard Kurtz
Once Upon A Mattress
Written by: Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, & Dean Fuller
Music by: Mary Rogers | Lyrics by: Marshall Barer
Directed by: David Paglin, Musical Direction by: Willis Rosenfeld
Tartuffe
Written by: Moliere | Translation by: Richard Wilbur | Directed by: Kevin Murray
1999-2000
The Good Person of Szechwan
Written by: Bertolt Brecht | Directed by: Kristin Johnsen- Neshati
1998-99
Beyond Therapy
Written by: | Directed by:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Written by Burt Shrevelove & Larry Gelbart, Composed by Stephen Sondheim | Directed by Kevin Murray
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Written by Tom Stoppard | Directed by:
Dining Death
Written by: | Directed by:
The Rivers and Ravines
Written by Heather McDonald | Directed by Heather McDonald
A Doll House
Written by Henrik Ibsen | Directed by Rick Davis
Agamemnon
Written by: Aeschylus | Directed by:
1996-97
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Written by: Rupert Holmes | Directed by: Sandra Holloway & Harry Winter
Musical Direction by: Shana Rebekah Barr
The Two Character Play
Written by: Tennessee Williams
The Verge
Written by: Susan Glaspell / Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardiner