Barksdale Theatre - Past Productions

Past Productions

Over the past six years, Barksdale's Signature Season has included the following:

2010-2011 Signature Season

Shipwrecked!, by Donald Margulies (September 17 - October 24, 2010)
White Christmas, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by David Ives and Paul Blake (November 19 - January 9, 2011) - presented at the Empire Theatre
Legacy of Light, by Karen Zacarias (February 4 - March 13, 2011)
Circle Mirror Transformation, by Annie Baker (April 15 - May 22, 2011)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, music & lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Jeffrey Lane (June 17 - August 7, 2011) - presented at the Empire Theatre

2009-2010 Signature Season

Boleros for the Disenchanted, by Jose Rivera (September 18 – October 25, 2009)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn (November 20 – January 17, 2010)
The Grapes of Wrath, by Frank Galati (February 12 – March 21, 2010)
Is He Dead?, by Mark Twain (April 16 – May 23, 2010)
The Sound of Music, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse (June 4 – July 4, 2010) - presented at the Empire Theatre

2008-2009 Signature Season

The Clean House, by Sarah Ruhl (September 26 – November 2, 2008)
The Wonderful Life, by Steve Murray, conceived by Mark Setlock (November 28 – January 11, 2009)
Children of a Lesser God, by Mark Medoff (February 6 – March 22, 2009)
Well, by Lisa Kron (April 17 – May 24, 2009)
Thoroughly Modern Millie, book by Richard Henry Morris, music by Jeanine Tesori, new lyrics by Dick Scanlan (June 19 – August 2, 2009) - presented at the Empire Theatre

2007-2008 Signature Season

The Member of the Wedding, by Carson McCullers (September 21 – October 28, 2007)
Moonlight and Magnolias, by Ron Hutchinson (November 23 – January 20, 2008)
Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley (February 15 – March 16, 2008)
The Little Dog Laughed, by Douglas Carter Beane (April 11 – May 18, 2008)
Guys and Dolls, by Frank Loesser (June 13 – August 17, 2008) - presented at the Empire Theatre

2006-2007 Signature Season

The Constant Wife, by Somerset Maugham (September 22 – October 29, 2006)
Mame, book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman (November 17 – January 28, 2007)
Brooklyn Boy, by Donald Margulies (February 16 – March 25, 2007)
Intimate Apparel, by Lynn Nottage (April 13 – May 20, 2007)
Into the Woods, book by James Lapine, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (June 15 – August 12, 2007)

2005-2006 Signature Season

The Drawer Boy, by Michael Healey (September 23 – November 6, 2005)
Scapino!, adapted by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale (November 25 - January 22, 2006)
The Lark, by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lillian Hellman (February 10 – April 2, 2006)
The Syringa Tree, by Pamela Gein (April 21 – Mary 21, 2006)
The Full Monty, book by Terrance McNally, music and lyrics by David Yazbek (June 9 – August 13, 2006)

Since the Hanover Tavern re-opened in 2006, Barksdale has also offered a series of shows presented at the Hanover Tavern, in addition to its Signature Season. These seasons include:

2011 Hanover Season

A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner
Boeing, Boing, by Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley Cross
Becky's New Car, by Steven Dietz
Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas, (world premiere) by Bruce Craig Miller, musical arrangements by H. Drew Perkins

2010 Hanover Season

First Baptist of Ivy Gap by Ron Osborne
Butterflies are Free, by Leonard Gershe
On Golden Pond, by Ernest Thompson
Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming, by Connie Ray, conceived by Alan Bailey, musical arrangements by Mike Craver
Nunsense, book, music and lyrics Dan Goggin

2009 Hanover Season

Mona’s Arrangements (world premiere), book by Bo Wilson, music by Steve Liebman, lyrics by Steve Liebman and Bo Wilson (February 27 – April 19, 2009)
I Ought To Be In Pictures, by Neil Simon (May 15 – June 28, 2009)
Fully Committed, by Becky Mode (July 24 – August 30, 2009)
Souvenir, by Stephen Temperley (September 25 – November 1, 2009)
Bus Stop, by William Inge (November 27 – January 10, 2010)

2008 Hanover Season

Greater Tuna, by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard (March 28 – June 15, 2008)
Shirley Valentine, by Willy Russell (July 11 – August 24, 2008)
Driving Miss Daisy, by Alfred Uhry (September 19 – October 26, 2008)
Sanders Family Christmas, book by Connie Ray, conceived by Alan Bailey, musical Arrangements by John Foley and Gary Fagin (November 21 – March 1, 2009)

2007 Hanover Season

Smoke on the Mountain, by Connie Ray (February 23 – April 25, 2007)
The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon (June 29 – August 12, 2007)
Deathtrap, by Ira Levin (September 14 – October 21, 2007)
Swingtime Canteen, by Linda Thorsen Bond, William Repicci and Charles Busch (November 16 – January 6, 2008)

2006 Hanover Season

Barefoot in the Park, by Neil Simon (January 27 - March 12, 2006)
No Sex Please, We're British, by Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot (April 28 - June 18, 2006)
The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie (September 8 - October 29, 2006)
Over the River and Through the Woods, by Joe DiPietro (November 16, 2006 - January 7, 2007)