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2022

I Ought to be in Pictures by Neil Simon
Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes
Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire
Alice in Winter Wonderland by Janet Allard & Michael Bigelow Dixon

2021

I Love to Eat by James Still
Dancing Lessons by Mark St. Germain
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield
Come Back by Neil Haven
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; adapted by the Commonweal Theatre and Craig Johnson, conceived by Philip Muehe

2020
Though our live performances were curtailed by the pandemic, we produced several virtual shows.

The Root River Anthology by Catie Glynn — World Premiere
The Art of the Entertainer by Brandt Roberts
Fully Committed by Becky Mode
Headspace Theatre, edited by Michael Bigelow Dixon
A Driftless Christmas, by the Commonweal ensemble
Apprentice Capstone Production: The Fox by Allan Miller

2019

Holmes and Watson by Jeffrey Hatcher
Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley Cross, Francis Evans
Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice, music by Wayne Barker, based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
On the Verge by Eric Overmyer
Sanders Family Christmas by Connie Rae, conceived by Alan Bailey, musical arrangements by Gary Fagin and John Foley
Apprentice Capstone Production: in a word by Lauren Yee
Wealhouse productions:
Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs
An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’hare
Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones 

2018

Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman, Additional Material by Jay Reiss
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
Dracula: Prince of Blood by Scott R. Dixon
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry
Apprentice Capstone Production: Salt-Water Moon by David French

2017

When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher – World Premiere
The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
Ghost-Writer by Michael Hollinger
The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge by Mark Brown
Apprentice Capstone Production: I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright

2016

The League of Youth by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher – World Premiere
Souvenir by Stephen Temperley
The Three Musketeers by Ken Ludwig, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Pride’s Crossing by Tina Howe
A Christmas Carol Adapted by The Commonweal Theatre from the novella by Charles Dickens
Apprentice Capstone Production: Scotland Road by Jeffrey Hatcher

2015

The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher – World Premiere
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie,
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Charley’s Aunt
by Brandon Thomas
Outside Mullingar
by John Patrick Shanley
Little Women —
 Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, Adapted by The Commonweal Theatre
Apprentice Capstone Production: Mary’s Wedding by Stephen Massicotte

2014

Brand by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Jeffrey HatcherWorld Premiere
Arsenic & Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Around the World in 80 Days by Mark Brown
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) by Michael Carleton, James Fitzgerald and John K. Alvarez
Apprentice Capstone Production: Tigers Be Still by Kim Rosenstock

2013

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Jeffrey HatcherWorld Premiere
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure by Stephen Dietz
The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson
The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry
Apprentice Capstone Production: Miss Julie by August Strindberg

2012

Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher – World Premiere
The 39 Steps
by Patrick Barlow
The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry
The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by The Commonweal Theatre Company
Apprentice Capstone Production: The Metal Children by Adam Rapp

2011

An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher – World Premiere
Sylvia
by A.R. Gurney
Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
To Kill a Mockingbird adapted by Christopher Sergel, novel by Harper Lee
Parfumerie by Miklos Laszlo
Apprentice Capstone Production: Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman

2010

John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher – World Premiere
Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
Enchanted April by Matthew Barber
The Turn of the Screw by Jeffrey Hatcher
Little Women by the Commonweal Theatre Company – World Premiere
Apprentice Capstone Production: Death and the Ploughman by Johannes von Saaz, translated by Michael West

2009

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
The Rainmaker by Richard Nash
A Midnight Dreary by S.R. Dixon – World Premiere
The 1940’s Radio Hour by Walton Jones
First Apprentice Capstone Production: Private Eyes by Steven Dietz

2008

Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
Harvey by Mary Chase
Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh and Joseph Stein
Ice Maidens by Stan Peal – World Premiere
A Christmas Carol by the Commonweal Theatre Company, Michael Bigelow Dixon and Janet Allard

2007

Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlum
Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov
Inspecting Carol by Daniel Sullivan and the Seattle Repertory Theatre

2006

When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen
Acclimate by Tory Stewart – World Premiere
Candida by George Bernard Shaw
To Fool the Eye by Jeffrey Hatcher
Measure for Measure by Shakespeare
A Christmas Carol by the Commonweal Theatre Company

2005

The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
Lonely Planet by Steven Dietz
Scapin by Moliere
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by S. R. Dixon – World Premiere

2004

Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen
Marguerite Bonet by Val Smith – World Premiere
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
Sanders Family Christmas by Connie Ray and Alan Bailey

2003

The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen
Beautiful Again by Melanie Marnich – World Premiere
Zombies from the Beyond by James Valcq
Other People’s Money by Jerry Sterner
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

2002

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
The Emperor of the Moon by Aphra Behn
Hay Fever
by Noel Coward
Dracula by Steven Dietz
The 1940s Radio Hour by Walton Jones

2001

An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
Art by Yasmina Reza
Quilters by Molly Newman & Barbara Damashek
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
A Moon for the Misbegotton by Eugene O’Neill
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – World Premiere

2000

The Lady From the Sea by Henrik Ibsen
A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing
Most Valuable Player by Mary Hall Surface
Bus Stop by William Inge
The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
The Giving Star by the Commonweal Theatre Company – World Premiere

1999

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive Groucho
Groucho: A Life in Revue by Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher
Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw
Star of England adapted from Shakespeare by Eric L. Bunge – World Premiere
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

1998

Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Heartland Portrait by Bob Wolf – World Premiere
The Fantasticks by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
Room Service by John Murray & Allen Boretz
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
The Second Shepherd’s Play adapted by the Commonweal Theatre Company – World Premiere

1997

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift – World Premiere
I Ought to be in Pictures by Neil Simon
Bullshot Crummond by Diz White et al.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
A Tuna Christmas by Joe Sears & Jaston Williams

1996

U.S.A. by Paul Shyre & John Dos Passos
Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh & Joseph Stern
Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
A Country Christmas by Harold N. Cropp – World Premiere

1995

The Nerd by Larry Shue
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
Medea by Euripides
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas

1994

Educating Rita by Willy Russell
The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley
Vandals, Preachers, and Teller of Tales by Harold N. Cropp – World Premiere
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas – World Premiere

1993

Tintypes by Mel Marvin & Gary Pearle
Greater Tuna by Joe Sears & Jaston Williams
Love Letters by A.R. Gurney
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

1992

The Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman & Alan Menkin
Tally’s Folley by Lanford Wilson
Macbeth by William Shakespeare

1991

Seamarks by Gardner McKay
The Fantasticks by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

1990

Greater Tuna by Joe Sears & Jaston Williams
Strange Snow by Stephen Metcalf
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner

1989

Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare