2021 productions

Productions during 2021

• Death of a Salesman 9-12 Dec. by UMF Theatre in Emery Community Arts Center, Main St, University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME. Directed by Linda Britt, the cast of this performance is comprised of community members as well as faculty, staff, students and alumni, including Mark Hazard, Cheryl Reynolds, Jeff Thomson, Gavin Pickering, Henry Wanat,Tim Davis, Stan Spilecki, Joel Johnson, Laura Church, Grayson Koelbl, Anna Heneise, and Katie O’Donnell. Stage manager is Matty Bernard, with Stan Spilecki as the scenic and lighting designer, and Joel Johnson as the sound designer. Because the play is sponsored by UMF’s New Commons Project, admission to the performances is free, but reservations are required, and Covid protocols must be followed. Anyone interested in attending can register at https://forms.gle/DrT4EHUnLdqjDAjb8. Call (207) 778-7000 or check the website.

• Death of a Salesman 3-22 Dec. as part of Act 2 Season by Sydney Theatre Company, in the Roslyn Packer Theater, 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, NSW, Sydney, Australia. Directed by Paige Rattray, with Jacek Koman (replacing the originally announced wayne Blair), Helen Thomson, Josh McConville, Callan Colley, Philip Quast, Bruce Spence, and Brigid Zengeni. Set design by David Fleischer. Call Tel: (02) 9250 1777, or check the website.
  

• The Price 12 Nov.-12 Dec. by GableStage, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, FL. Directed by Bari Newport based on the vision of Joseph Adler. [The Price was the final play being directed by legendary artistic director Joseph Adler before his passing, and the stage still contains his intended set; now new Producing Artistic Director Bari Newport picks up where he left off, using Joe’s notes to bring to life his vision of this classic.] With Patti Gardner, Michael McKenzie, George Schiavone and Gregg Weiner. Call (305) 445-1119 or check the website.

• The Price 23-26 Nov. by Dundalk Theatre Workshop at the An Táin Arts Centre, Crowe St, Townparks, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland. Directed by Gerry Roddy. Call +353 42 933 2332 or check the website or Facebook page.
  
• The Crucible 20-26 Nov. is being staged in English by Prague Shakespeare Company at Divadlo Na Prádle, Besední 487/3, 118 00 Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic. Directed by Guy Roberts, with Josh Morrison, Elissa Levitt and Lane Davies. Check the website for more details.

• The Crucible 18-21 Nov. by Oklahoma State Theatre Department in the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. Directed by Nicolas Minos. Check out their promotion video on You Tube or get more information at the college website.
  
• The Crucible 12-20 Nov. by City on the Hill, at New Dawn Arts Center, Ashburnham Community Church, 84 Main St, Ashburnham, MA. Directed by Debbie Moylan, with David Allen Prescott, Leeann Monat, Norah Todd, Laela Boardman, Michael Knight, David Vaillette, Chuck Yaichner, Kiana Cintron, Bethany Johnson, Chris Uminski, Isabella Peace-Scesny, David Foster, Lorien Corbelletti, Ben Wilder, Samuel I. Burak, Corine Farnsworth, and Zoey Melanson. “City on a Hill (COH) is a community-focused, multidisciplinary ministry for the development and production of artistic expressions that foster consideration of and critical engagement with our culture, the arts and matters of faith. COH was established to promote the development of God-given talent, to engage culture through creative means, and to foster deeply spiritual responses, all the while bringing honor to God through artistic perspectives.”  Admission is free (donations accepted). For more information, call 978-906-5081 or check the website for more information or their FaceBook page.
• A View from the Bridge 5-20 Nov. by Open Space Theatre Company, based in North Suffolk, UK. Open Space emerges from lockdown to stage their A View From The Bridge tour that was originally scheduled to tour in April 2020 but the Covid pandemic intervened and rehearsals at that time had to be suspended. With Darren France, Cathy Edwards-Gill, Mabel Olliffee, Paul Baker, Joe Edwards-Gill, and Sam Armour-Chelu. Performances will take place at Wingfield Barns on November 5 (01379 384505; www.wingfieldbarns.com), Beccles Public Hall, Nov 6 (01502 770060; www.becclespublichall.co.uk), Diss Corn Hall, Nov 11 (01379 652241; www.thecornhall.co.uk), Laxfield Village Hall, Nov 12 (01986 894411; laxfieldvillagehall@gmail.com), The Halesworth Cut, Nov 19 (0300 3033 211; boxoffice@newcut.org), Fisher Theatre, Bungay, Nov 20 (01986 897130; www.fishertheatre.org). Call 01986 894411 or check the Open Space Theatre Company website for more information.
  

• The Price 5-20 Nov. by County Players at the Falls Theatre, 2681 West Main St, Wappingers Falls, NY. Directed by James Steinmeyer, with Jeffery Battersby, Janet E. Nurre, Michael Frohnhoefer, and Douglas Wooley. Call (845) 298-1491 or check the website for updates (this was rescheduled from last year).
  
• The Price 5-20 November by The Vokes Players, at Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre, 97 Boston Post Road (Route 20), Wayland, MA. Directed by Donnie Baillargeon, with Bob Williams, Margaret McCarty, Robert Zawistowski, and Bill Stambaugh. Vokes Players are requiring proof of vaccination for COVID-19 in order to be admitted to the theater; the wearing of masks will be required at all times while in the building. Call (508) 358-4034 or check the website for more information and updates.
  

• All My Sons 4-13 Nov. by Ilkley Players in the Ilkley Playhouse’s Wharfeside Theatre, Weston Road, Ilkley, nr. Bradford, UK. Directed by Jacquie Howard, with Paul Chewins, Geraldine Woodhouse, Rick Hyland, Nikki Ford, Patrick Hebbert, Chris Cundell, Jonathan Kennedy, Julia Wilson, Carol Butler, Eddie Morgan and Cyrus Zavier. Check the website or call 01943 609539. There will be one performance with socially distanced seating on Monday 8th November. The wearing of a mask is strongly encouraged at all performances.
  
• The Crucible 12-14 Nov. Robert Ward’s opera at the Straughn Theater, 35 Straughn Dr. Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA. Directed by Todd Ranney, with Matthew Merolla, Madison Felpel, Skylar Marcen, Tyler Boyles, Carter Route, and Jessica Strouse, and piano accompaniment by Linda Siepler.  This event is free and open to the public, check here for more information.
• The Crucible 8 Oct.-7 Nov. by Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, CO. Directed by Len Matheo, with Jihad Milhem, Anastasia Davidson, Rebakah Goldberg, Sam Gilstrap and Jim Walker. Set design by Jonathan Scott McKean. Original music by Gary Grundei. The production is set not in Salem, but in a timeless world, and the tech is intended to make the characters’ delusions feel real for the audience. Call (303) 935-3044 or check the website.

• Mulya Amulya (The Price) 23-30 Oct. by Anuswar theatre troupe at the Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Bangladesh Mahila Samiti. Adapted and directed by Mohammad Bari, with Mohammad Bari, Saif Suman, SR Sompod, Shakil Shiddharatha, Proshanto Haldar, Ranjan Dey, Dahlia Ferdousi, Farida Lima and Marina Mitu. The brother are renamed Ranju and Manju, but I have no idea how it gets fleshed out to eight actors. The group continued to do one-off performances at a variety of performance spaces in the country in the following year.
  

  

• Death of a Salesman 22-31 Oct. by Beaver Dam Area Community Theatre, 117 W Maple Ave, Beaver Dam, WI. Directed by Diane Lutz. Call (920) 885-6891 or check the website. Note the sponsor for the play, a car dealership—interesting! This is the 2020 planned production rescheduled, though due to actor availability they will be recasting some of the roles.
• The Witches of Salem (The Crucible in a Greek translation by Nikorestis Haniotakis) from 15-18 Oct. by Mythodia (though it is possible the run was for longer; unclear as I could not access any website with that information), in collaboration with the Athenian Theaters and the People Entertainment Group at Dimitris Horn Theatre, Amerikis 10, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece. Directed by Nikorestis Haniotakis, with Akis Sakellariou, Renia Louizidou, Ioanna Pappas, Nikitas Tsakiroglou, Giannis Kalatzopoulos, Melina Vamvaka, Gerasimos Skafidas, Thomas Gagas, Katerina Nikolopoulou, Isidora Doropoulou, Maria Moschouri, Antoinette Papadopoulou, and Danae Omoregie Neanthi. Set design by Areti Moustaka and original music by Giannis Mathes. Call 2103612500, or 6976131407. The play runs for 130 minutes with no interval.
  
• The Crucible 13 Oct. at 10.15 am, selections from opera version by Robert Ward, by Mansfield University (all-student cast) as part of Wednesday Morning Musicales in the Gmeiner Center, 134 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA. Directed by Todd Ranney, with Matthew Merolla, Madison Felpel, Skylar Marcen, Tyler Boyles, Carter Route, and Jessica Strouse, and piano accompaniment by Linda Siepler. Free event.
• The Crucible 8-10 Oct. by MAD Factory Theatre Company, MAD on Broadway, 2655 Broadway Ave, Lorain, OH. Directed by Kevin Cline, with choreography by Jen Justice. Check their website for more information.
• • A View from the Bridge 1-9 Oct. by Acting True and Huon Valley Theatre ; 1-3 October 2021, Huonville Town Hall, 40 Main Road, Huonville, Tasmania, Australia and 8-9 October 2021, Cygnet Town Hall, 14 Mary St., Cygnet, Tasmania. Directed (and adapted) by Lisa Gormley, with Jason Morrison, Kylie Marie Jenner, Ellie Freeman, Matthew Newell, Brent Basstian, Jon Lenthall, Bevan Harlock. Composer/Sound Design by Gareth Dawson. Check the website for tickets and more information.
  • The Crucible 2-12 Sept. by Stage Door Productions, 810 Caroline St., Fredericksburg, VA. Directed by Collette Riddle, with Kevin Perry, Linda Click, Jessica Claros, Abdul Hamid Shehata, Kami Fox, Bill Green, Paul Beaulieu, James Howard, Molly Lucas, Alice Varela, Emily Whorley, and Rachel Cantwell. Call 540-903-3808 or check the website.
    
  • All My Sons 13-22 Aug. at Embassy Theatre, 49 Baltimore St., Cumberland, MD. Directed by Denise Adams, with Kevin Shreve, Nicole Halmos, Justice Courrier, Katie Wilson, Brendon Eric McCabe, Timothy Bambara, Jesse Puffenberger, Whitney O’Haver, and Colin Vogtman. Call 240 362-7183 or check their website for more information.

  

  • Death of a Salesman through 22 Aug. in Chinese is running at Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, 288 Anfu Rd, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China. Translation by Tian Hongyi. Directed by Lin Yi, with Lu Liang. Tickets already sold out. Call +86 21 6473 4567.

    

  • The Crucible 16 July-1 Aug. by Avenue Arts, 207 6th St NW, Canton, OH. Directed by Joe Sorriano, with Joshua Rowe, Alison Matas Smith, Scott Crim, Keenan Carosielli, Mark Hilan, Manuel Halkias, Kate Cottril, Bridget Bazzinotti, Rebakah Mallory, Trenton Eaves, Neil Sudhakaran, and Madison Kearney, with a male actor, Tyson Sebree as Tituba. Call (330) 409-7595 or check their website or their Facebook page for more information.
    
  • The Crucible 25 June-1 Aug. by Maverick Theater, 110 E. Walnut Street, Fullerton, CA. Directed by Brian Newell, with Nathan Baesel, Kalinda Gray, Margaret Dean, Spencer Douglas, Samantha Green Mark Coyan, Kevin Garcia, Rose London, Larry Creagan, Shelly Lee, Frank Valdez, Glenn Freeze, Scotty Keister, Elizabeth Schembre, Rob Downs, Miranda Seighman, Gretchen Estes, and Marisa Shlichtman. Set design by Joe Hufferd. Call 714-526-7070 or check the website. This was a production that briefly opened March 2020 only to close due to Coronavirus, but now they are back in business!
  • All My Sons 17-20 June by Vivid Theatre Productions with Tampa JCCs and Federation, 310 Fairfield St., Tampa, FL.  With Thomas Pahl, Genaro Alexander, Patti Rinner, Rosemary Luycx, Kenneth Grace, Shaun Memmel, Courtney Elvira, Chris Cavazza, Amanda Allen, and Seth Black-Diamond. Vivid Theatre Productions and its Actors are following strict safety protocols in regards to COVID-19 during rehearsals and performances. That includes mandatory mask-wearing when off-stage, separate dressing rooms, no sharing of costumes, wigs, or makeup, and no interactions with patrons. Call 813-459-4320 or check the Vivid Theatre Productions website or Facebook page, or J Stage’s website.
  • All My Sons 22 May, a reading performance of the play at the Orkideh Hall of Tehran’s Shahrzad Theater Complex, Tehran, Iran. Directed by Parnian Karimian, it was based on a Persian translation of the play by Hassan Maleki.
  • Death of a Salesman 9 May at Örkény István Theatre, 1075 Budapest, Madách Imre tér 6, Hungary. English language production. Call +36 1 267 3770 or check the website.
    
  • The Price 7-9 May by Chagrin Valley Little Theatre (CVLT) will be offering a streaming encore of their 2014 production of the play; directed by Cindee Catalano-Edelman, with Frank J. Laukiacicius, Bob Footlage, Chris White and Don Edelman. For a pay-as-you-can ticket purchase*, patrons will receive password access to view the show on their website May 7 – 9, 2021. The video will be available at any time all day Friday through Sunday. Box-office phones not covered due to COVID, so email: BoxOffice@CVLT.org. Or check things out on their website.

    

  • All My Sons 22-24 April by The Glenville State College Players, in the Heflin Administration Building President’s Auditorium, Glenville State College, 200 High St, Glenville, WV. This will be a reader’s theatre version of the play, directed by Jeff Bryson, who also plays as Joe Keller, alongside Marjorie Stewart, Mark Manchin, Courtney Goard, Maeghan Hurst, Gary Morris, Kaylin Nicholas, and Andrew Mattox. Face coverings are required and seating inside the Auditorium will be marked for social distancing. Admission is $5 at the door. Call (304) 462-6388 or (304) 462-4115, or check the website.
  • “I Can’t Remember Anything” on 19 April by Food For Thought Productions (FFTP) at Theatre 80 St. Marks , NYC, Directed by Antony Marsellis, with Bob Dishy who starred in the play 20 years ago, alongside Penny Fuller. Performances will be available live via Zoom as well as a limited in-theatre audience who will be part of a documentary being filmed on FFTP. Tickets for the ‘live’ performance are free to first-come patrons, who have agreed to be part of the documentary. For additional information and tickets please contact FFTP at: 646-366-9340 or email: info@foodforthoughtproductions.com or check their website.
  • The Crucible 9-18 April by City Repertory Theatre under the Palm Coast Arts Foundation tent, Town Center, 1500 Central Ave., Palm Coast, FL. Directed by Les Ober, with Agata Sokolska, Beau Wade, Fortunato Seveninni, Angela Young and Phillipa Rose. Call 386-585-9415, or check their website for more information, and this website for tickets. Director Ober says he has put his own twist on the ending. “I didn’t rewrite Arthur Miller’s play — I wouldn’t dare to do that,” he said with a laugh. “But I changed the way it’s presented.”
  • The Crucible 28 March-11 April by Theatrikos Theatre Company, had a Virtual Community Reading led by Director John Propster. Call 928 774 1662 or check the website for more details.
  • The Crucible 20^th March a virtual reading via Zoom at 7.30pm by Edge of the Wood Theatre, 6736 North Loleta Avenue Chicago, IL. Directed by Chris Toft, with Kristen Alesia, May Bayot, Amelia Bell, Mark Burrows, Bill Chamberlain, Christa Ciesil, Catrina Evans, Mia Finley, Rob Frankel, Pauline Frendreiss, Robert Howard, Larry Grimm, Adrienne Grove, Martin Mahoney, Herb Metzler, Doug Power, Jeanann Power, R. Scott Purdy, Rocco Renda, Janet Rourke, and Jane Toft. Free tickets are available by registering at edgeofthewood.com.
  • Death of a Salesman 26 Feb.- 7 March by Zanesville Community Theatre, 940 Findley Ave., Zanesville, OH. Directed by Philip A. Palmer, with Eric Blake, Angel Palmer, Tony Palmer, and Bryce Seaborn. Only 25 tickets will be available for each performance. Masks are required and social distancing will be observed. For more information check the website or call 740-455-6487. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors older than 55, military members and students.
  • The Crucible 26 Feb.-7 March by University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Theatre and Music. Their fall shows are being planned as virtual productions and are free. No decisions have been made yet on whether the spring shows will be presented virtually or not. Directed by Tasia Jones. Check their website for more detail and tickets are available through Eventbrite.
  • The Crucible 19 Feb.-7 March by First Stage in Milwaukee. This will be a streamed production as part of their “virtual season” and a Young Company Performance Project, which is an actor-driven presentation that uses limited production elements allowing the connection between actor and audience to be enhanced emphasizing the power of the spoken word to come alive in exciting ways. So, this production will be in the format of a radio drama. Performances will be livestreamed through Broadway On Demand on February 19 at 7 p.m., February 20 at 7 p.m. and February 21 at 3:30 p.m. A recorded performance will be available to stream following the Sunday, February 21 performance through Sunday, March 7. Tickets are available for $15, $25 or $40. Patrons are encouraged to choose the price point that best fits their family and budget. Ticket buyers will receive an access code to stream this performance through the streaming service Broadway On Demand. Tickets can be purchased online at www.firststage.org or by phone at (414) 267-2961. Performance runtime is approximately two hours and thirty minutes, including an intermission. Directed by Ann Joseph-Douglas, with Sam Bower, Elisheva Scheuer, Trevor Schmitt-Ernist, Costello Mylott, Liam Jeninga, Kate Ketelhohn, Kamani Graham Zachary Nowacek, Jonathan Edwards, Addy Grace, Madison (Maddie) Uphoff, Eloise Field, Madgdalyn Rowley-Lange, Jeana Bormett, Ella Vitrano, Nora Rommelfanger, Daisha Lafford, Selma Rivera, Molly McVey, Sabrina Borg, and Emily Treffert. Pictures below of some of the cast.
    
  • The Price 21 Jan. by A Noise Within Theater in Pasadena, CA, an online live-stream reading of the play, which will be followed by a talk-back on Sunday 1/24. Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, with Geoff Elliott, Deborah Strang, Apollo Dukakis, and Jeremy Rabb. For more information and to buy access, check their website. A video of the production will be available online 21st-24th Jan.