Past readings & Development
plays
harold prince musicals
FOR NINA
Playwright: Robert Emmet Lunney
Director: Michael Parva
Cast: Larry Pine, Laila Robins, Sean Cullen, Louisa Krause, Peter Van Wagner and Liz Wisan
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THE GOOD PEOPLE
Director: Bobby Moresco
Writer: Clayton Brooks
Performed by: The Actors Gym
ADDICTIONS
Writer: Tricia Walsh-Smith
Director: Pamela Berlin
Cast: Laila Robins, Robert Cuccioli, Orlagh Cassidy, Julie White, Bernadette Quigley, Redman Maxfield
HAWKEYE! A ROLLICKING PIONEER EPIC
Director: John Hickok
Writer: Peter Ullian
Assistant Director: Darleen Jaeger
Cast: Chris Clavelli, Elisabeth Lewis Corley, Shelley Delaney, Edward Furs, Wynn Harmon, Joshua James, Jon Lee, Sarah Lyman, Steven McCloskey, Felicia Wilson, Greg Zerkle
THE MILLINER
Director: Mark Clements
Writer: Suzanne Glass
Cast: Laila Robins, Michel Gill, Anita Keal, Dee Pelletier, Mark H. Dold, Joe Kolinski, Kimberly Dilts
TALES FROM THE SALT MINES
Writer: Mary Lathrop
Director: Michael Parva
Cast: Fay Ann Lee, Kaitlin Hopkins, Ibi Janko, Peter Van Wagner, Katie Firth, Jeremy Graham Weaver, Ann McKee
CAROL MULRONEY
Writer: Stephen Belber
Director: Lucie Tiberghien
Cast: Jennifer Dundas, Len Cariou, Reuben Jackson, Katie Firth, Karl Bury
TELL ME AGAIN, TELL ME SOFTLY
Director: Erica Schmidt
Writer: Michael D. Cohen
Cast: John Patrick Walker, Tari Signor, Drew Cortese (narrator)
THE LETTERS
Writer: John W. Lowell
Director: Rob Urbinati
Cast: Thom Christopher, Darcie Siciliano
COOP'S LIFE
Writer: Scott Marshall Taylor
Director: Emily Lynch
Cast: Reathel Bean, Bradley Goodwill, Susan Warrick Hasho, Ellen McKeown, Jason O’Leary, John Stanisci
FAST BREAK
Director: Nancy Robillard
Writer: Joey Brenneman
Cast: Colleen Berry, Daphne Gaines, Annie Henk, Kelli Simpkins, Carolyn Sullivan-Zinn, Marni Task
STOKER
Writer: Raymond Hardie
Director: Judith Dolan
Cast A: Ross Bickel, Mark Boyett, Elizabeth Dennehy, Mark Fish, David Heuvelman, Sam Hulsey, Michael Judd, James Lancaster, Janine Poreba, Dallas Roberts, Greg Salata, Jeanne Simpson, Anne Torsiglieri, Ralph Williams
Cast B: Seán Campion, Brian Murray, Patrick Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Marvel, Victor Slezak, Laurie Williams, Firdous Bamji, Jacob S. Porter, Peter Van Wagner, Peter Gerety, Reathel Bean, Frank Raiter, Sarah Hyland, Ian Bedford
THE DIVORCE
Writer and Director: Larry Beinhart
Cast A: Annie Chadwick, Susan Honey, Redman Maxfield, Michael Pemberton, Daniel Pollack, Ken Prymus, Randy Schein, Gordon Silva, Jill M. Simon, Lauren Stamile, Allyson Tucker, Tom Wopat, Richard Omar (Stage Directions)
Cast B: Paul Provenza, Daniel Pollack, Allen Fitzpatrick, Lauren Stamile, Charles Turner, Randy Schein, Tracey Silver, Elizabeth Hess, Godfrey L. Simmons Jr, Elizabeth Flax, Annie Chadwick, Michael Pemberton, Nancy Meyer, Dan Grimaldi, John Stanisci
THE ICONCLAST
Writer: Sheila K. Adams
Cast: Sam Freed, Darcy Pulliam, Kristin Marks, Marc Solomon, Patti Karr, Henry Grossman, Peter Armstrong, Michael McKinnon (Stage Directions)
THE BETTINGER PRIZE
Director: Vivian Matalon
Writer: Edwin Wilson
Cast: Bethe Austin, James Brennan, Jay Douglas, Roberta Maxwell, Mimi Quillin, Jack Ryland, Stephen Temperley
BEULAH LAND
Writer: William Wesbrooks
Director: Clayton Phillips
Cast A: Reathel Bean, John Dossett, Trish Hawkins, Nancy Hess, Hollee Hirsch, Abbi Hutcherson, Peter Samuel, Christopher Wells
Cast B: Adinah Alexander, Reathel Bean, Shana Dowdeswell, Wendy Merritt Kaufman, Herndon Lackey, Cassidy Ladden, Larry Pine, Christopher Wells
CUSTER'S LUCK
Writer: Elizabeth DIggs
Director: Arthur Masella
Cast: Douglas Sills, Janet Zarish, Chad Gindin, Dacyl Acevedo, Charles Turner, Carole Monferdini, Emily McCully
AVOW
Writer: Bill C. Davis
Director: Michael Parva
Cast: Robert Gomes, Mitchell Riggs, David Marshall Grant, Judith Hawking, Angela Pietropinto, Rebecca Schull, Reathel Bean, Christian Desmond (Stage Directions)
THEM
Writer: Tom Coffey
Director: Michael Parva
Cast A: Mary Bacon, Reathel Bean, Joey Collins, Claire Hartley, Effie Johnson, Julie Leedes, Jason O’Leary, Marc Palmieri, Angela Pietropinto
Cast B: Mary Bacon, Reathel Bean, Joey Collins, Claire Hartley, Effie Johnson, Julie Leedes, Jason O’Leary, Marc Palmieri, Angela Pietropinto, Jason Williams
TRUDY BLUE
Writer: Marsha Norman
Director: Michael Parva
Cast: Penny Balfour, Steve Bassette, Ann Brownstone, Judith Ivey, Adam Lamburg, Stephie Lineburg, Priscilla Lopez, Pamela Nyberg, Jenna Stern, Peter Van Wagner
WOLFGANG AND URSULA: GUILTY BECAUSE
Writer: Thomas Keith and Jane Young
Director: Martha Banta
Cast: Oliver Wadsworth and Jeanne Willcoxon
CHASING MONSTERS
Writer: Kevin Rehac
Director: Chris Smith
Cast: Jenna Stern, Philip LeStrange, Michael Learned, Victor Slezak, Catherine Zambri (Stage Directions)
COMPLAINTS OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER
Writer: Enid Rudd
Director: Michael Parva
Cast: Piper Laurie, Deanna Deignan, William Severs, Deann Halper, Brian Russell
GOOD WILL
Writer: Joan Rater and Tony Phelan
Cast A: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Lisa Kron, Dana Reeve, Harley Adams, Robin Miles, David Paluck (Stage Directions)
Cast B: Dylan Baker, Kyra Sedgwick, Isa Thomas, Robin Miles
Cast C: Dylan Baker, Rufus Reed, Rebecca Waxman, Kyra Sedgwick, Robin Miles, Mary Jane Wells, David Paluck (Stage Directions)
SCARING THE FISH
Writer and Director: Ben Bettenbender
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Andrew Polk, Rob Sedgwick
BANG
Writer: Laura Cunningham
Director: Michael Parva
Cast: Sarah Chodoff, Zach Grenier, Stephen Lang, Priscilla Lopez
THE RAINBOW FACTOR
Director: Louis Scheeder
Writer: Ian Gresty
Cast: Michael Lawrence, Danette Baker, Glynis Bell, Jeremy Johnson, Cheryl Hulteen, Greg Steinbruner, David Davalos
TULIP FLOWERS
Writer: John Constable
Director: Nagle Jackson
Cast: Robert Ousley, Nancy Johnston, Mark Zeller, Sandra Laub, Robert Mason, Mary Ann Hansen
THIS DAY AND AGE
Director: Victoria Chesshire
Writer: Nagle Jackson
Assistant Director: Mary Ann Hansen
Stage Manager: Gary Shaver
Reader: Matt Beres
Cast: Michael Learned, Mary Ethel Schmidt, Stephen Stout, Christine Toy, Robert Mason, Larry Pine
ADMISSIONS
Writer: Tony Vellela
Director: Austin Pendleton
Cast: Kim Dooley, Edward Tully, Jason Ma, Cathy Tomlin Chad L. Coleman, Bobby Plasencia, Tim Altmeyer, John-Luke Montias, Justin Reed, Amy Sloane, Glenn Cruz
THE SEMI-ATTACHED COUPLE
Director: Nagle Jackson
Writer: Emily Eden
Adapted for Stage by: Mary Ethel Schmidt
Cast: Jill Tanner, Michael Hartman, Jo Haden, Jed Dickson , Ben Roberts , Katherine Heasley, Patricia Jones, Mary Cushman, Eric Conger, Sandra Laub, Darrin Davis, Patricia Davis, Blair Ross
RAPUNZEL'S SONG
Writer: Mary Ethel Schmidt
Director: Victoria Lanman Chesshire
Cast: Mary Ethel Schmidt, Tamara Daniel, Adrien Rejú, Janis Dardaris, T. Ryder Smith , Leslie Mason
THE DOWNTOWN GUN CLUB
Director: Christopher Catt
Writer: Paavo Tammi
Stage Manager / Assistant Director: Randy Wilhelm
Cast: Michael Patterson, Marcia Hyde, Cynthia Darlow, Rachel Stephens, Brian Russell, Craig Barnett
Gordon Connel, Miriam Silverman, Misha Chynsky, Emma Tammi
GULLS
Writer: Robert Hewett
Director: Pamela Berlin
Cast: Brian Murray, Lewis Arlt, Joanna Gleason, Patricia Conolly, Geoffrey Wade
ANGELS DESCENDANT
Writer: Bill Mesce, Jr.
Director: Mary Beth Easley
Cast: Colin Garrey, Tom Bozell, Toby Huss, Brad Russell, Brian Poteat, Jordan Mott, Norman J. Nuber II, Gareth Williams, Ned Bridges, Matt Gottlieb, Bernadette Pregorac, Sandy Dietrick - Stage Directions
BIRTH AND AFTER BIRTH
Writer: Tina Howe
Director: Sherry Teitelbaum
Cast: Trish Cosgrove, Norman J. Nuber II, L. J. Ganser, Shan Willis, Brian Poteat, Peter Mannion - Stage Directions
THE FUNCTION
Director: Jane I. Roth
Writer: Jean-Marie Besset
Cast: Michael Hill, Jill Mackavey, Peter Toran
THE SINGER
Director: Elizabeth Margid
Writer: Frank Wedekind
Cast: Fritz Brun, Blair Goold, Laurence Maslon, Christiana McKenna, Karen Pregher, Noble Shropshire
ELIOT NESS... IN CLEVELAND
book by Peter Ullian
music & lyrics by Robert Lindsey Nassif
Director: Nick Corley
Cast: Matthew Ballinger, Stephanie Bast, James Bohanek, Kim Bracchitta, Walter Charles, Kate Coffman, Paul DePasquale, John Dossett, Ned Eisenberg, David Gunderman, Suzanne Hevner, Mary Illes, Gannon McHale, Michele Pawk, Maureen Silliman, Sharon Wilkins
CHARLIE CROSSES THE NATION
Writer: Scott D. Richards
Director: Wilfredo Medina
Cast: Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jerry Dixon, Jenny Giering, Melissa Hart, Sinclair Mitchell, Wayne Pretlow, Ken Prymus, David St. Louis, Peter Samuel, James Sasser
WHILE WE DANCE
Book, Music and Lyrics: John Mercurio and Maureen Fitzgerald
Director: Alan Osburn
Musical Direction: John Mercurio
Cast: Mark Gaylord, Jane Smulyan, Matt Aibel, Marya Grandy, John Horton, Nora Mae Ling
THE WILD SWANS
Book and Lyrics: Adele Ahronheim
Music: Ben Schaechter
Director: Adele Ahronheim
Cast: Maro Jo Limpert, Chad Hudson, Timothy Thomas, Patti Ben Peterson, Mary Bond Davis, Mark Gaylord, John E. Brady, The Authors
THE PREZ
Story: Claire Montgomery and Monte Montgomery
Book, Music and Lyrics: Monte Montgomery
Director: Nick Corley
Musical Direction: Monte Montgomery
Cast: Jamie Ross, Carol Woods, Jeffrey Landman, Marilyn Pasekoff, Joe Warren Davis, Bruce Katzman, Walter Willison, Larry Collis, Bill Corcoran, Suzanne Hevner, Christopher Harrod, Cynthia Sopheia, Steven Ward, Jeanne Bennett, Michael Moore, Kevin Berdini, Angel Jermott
LETTERS
Book, Music and Lyrics: Charles Vernon Beal
Musical Direction: Gary Bagley
Piano Accompaniment: Eric Rockwell
Cast: J.C. Sheets, Judy McLane, Mary Denmead, Joel Kramer, Jim Morlino, Tim Greer, Doug Easley, Jerry Matz, Janine Lamana, Tony Risano, John Michael Strange, Mischa Kischkum, Ted Keegan, Veronica Mittenzwei
GOTHAM! OR, HARK! THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Book, Music and Lyrics: Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell
Stage Manager: Joseph Millett
Cast: Timothy Thomas, Jill Geddes, Jason Graae, Lannyl Stephens, Jonathan Hogan, Merwin Goldsmith, Emmy Davis, Ellen Foley, John Horton, Lauren Graham, Danny Burstein, Sarah Uriarte, Melissa Blake, June Squibb, James Saba, Matthew Aibel, Larry Collins
ANGELINA
Writer: Barry Kleinbort
Musical Direction: Christopher Drobney
Cast: Nancy Mayans, Sal Viviano, Judith Moore, Barbara Lowin, Martha Arnold, Lorina Parker, Denise Ashlynd, Michael Shelle, Robert Montano, Michael Rotondi, Christian Nova
LAVENDER GIRL
Director: Scott Schwartz
Book by: James Waedekin
Music and Lyrics by: John Bucchino
Cast A: Candy Buckley, Andrea Burns, Christopher Fitzgerald, Will Gartshore, Herdnon Lackey, Michael McCormick, John Scherer, Lauren Ward, Valerie Wright
Cast B: Valarie Wright, Herndon Lackey, John Scherer, Candy Buckley, Michael McCormick, Christopher Fitzgerald, Andrea Burs, Will Gartshore, Lauren Ward,
CAMILA
Director: Melissa Bensussen
Book, Music and Lyrics: Lori McKelvey
Cast: Mary Beth Peil, Jeff Gardner, Marla Schaffel, Rex Hays, Blair Ross, Mimi Bessette, Emily Lester, Leslie Nipkow, Andy Taylor, Michael Moore, Stephen Lee Anderson, William Carl, Geoffrey Blaisdell, B.J. Ward, Malcolm Gets, James Judy
IN THE SHADOW OF TERMINAL TOWER
Book and Lyrics: Peter Ullian
Music: Pat Irwin
Director: Nick Corley
Cast: Joe Warren Davis, Donald Berman, Julia K. Murney, Bruce Katzman, Chris Clavelli, Jack Cirillo, Donna Lee Marshall, Joshua James, Christopher Petrizzo, Darcy Pulliam, Melissa Haizlip
THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO
Director: Rod Kaats
Book: Sarah Schlesinger and Rod Kaats
Lyrics: Sarah Schlesinger
Music By: Mike Reid
Cast: Jeffrey Eiche, Edmund Lyndeck, Michael Moore, James Hindman, Tina Johnson, Barbara Walsh, Valerie Leonard, Tucker McCrady
THE FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN
Director: Hal Prince
Book by: Peter Ullian
Music & Lyrics by: Robert Lindsey Nassif
Cast A: Candy Buckley, Andrea Burns, Christopher Fitzgerald, Will Gartshore, Herdnon Lackey, Michael McCormick, John Scherer, Lauren Ward, Valerie Wright
Cast B: Valarie Wright, Herndon Lackey, John Scherer, Candy Buckley, Michael McCormick, Christopher Fitzgerald, Andrea Burs, Will Gartshore, Lauren Ward
THE MICE
Director: Brad Rouse
Book by: Julia Jordan
Music by: Laurence O’Keefe
Lyrics by: Nell Benjamin
Cast A: Candy Buckley, Andrea Burns, Christopher Fitzgerald, Will Gartshore, Herdnon Lackey, Michael McCormick, John Scherer, Lauren Ward, Valerie Wright
Cast B: Valarie Wright, Herndon Lackey, John Scherer, Candy Buckley, Michael McCormick, Christopher Fitzgerald, Andrea Burs, Will Gartshore, Lauren Ward,
THE WITCH OF WALL STREET
Director: Tony Phelan
Book and Lyrics by: Michael Champagne
Music by: Elliot Weiss
Cast: Brenda Burke, David Edwards, Pauline Frommer, Jonathan Hadley, Michael H. Ingram, Marie Lillo, Sean McCourt, Brad Oscar, Kelli Rabke, Peter Samuel, Maureen Silliman, Barbara Walsh
SILVER DOLLAR
Director: Scott L. Schwartz
Book and Lyrics by: Mary Bracken Phillips
Music by: Jack Murphy
Cast: David Beach, E.J. Carroll, Don Chastain, Larry Collis, Ann Crumb, Leah Hocking, Timothy Thomas,Scott Wichmann
FEVER
Director: BT McNicholl
Book by: Thomas Babe
Music and Lyrics by: Mildred Kayden and William Squire
Cast: Candy Buckley, MacIntyre Dixon, John Jellison, Ken Jennings, Amanda Naughton, Paula Newsome, Sophia Salguero, Ernie Scott, Bill Ullman
ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW JERSEY
Director: Pat Birch
Writer: Susan DiLallo
Music by: Stephen Weiner
Cast: Erin Annarella, Todd Buonopane, Nick Cavarra, Funda Duval, Alayna Gallo, BRian MUnn, Robert Neary, Orfeh, Ginette Rhodes, Melanie Vaughan, Richard Vida, Wayne Wilcox
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Writer: Jonathan Brielle
Director: Kirsten Sanderson
Cast: Adinah Alexander, Rob Evan, Danny Rutigliano, Elaine Caswell, Tari Kelly, Jasmine Walker, Peter Samuel, Sara Schmidt
NO TIME FOR WEASELS
Writer: Bill Backer
Director: Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Cast: Jonathan Brody, Brenda Burke, Chris Coucill, Sean Dooley, David Elder, Stacia Fernandez, Tom Flagg, Netousha Harris, Erin Hill, Casey Klein, Kimberley Michaels, James Rich, Ed Sala, David Tay, Sally Ann Tumas, Ray Wills, Anne James
TEDDYBOY
Writer: Larry Kirwan
Director: Martha Banta
Cast: Yassmin Alers, Richard Blake, Matt Bogart, Kristen Lee Kelly, Brian Mallon, Kerry O’Malley, Jim Poulos, Ric Ryder, Matt Hamm (Stage Directions)
BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL
Director: Scott Schwartz
Story and Book by: Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming
Music and Lyrics by: Laurence O’Keefe
Cast: Dana Meller, Kristine Zbornik, Kaitlin Hopkins, Mark Jacoby, Deven May, Jim Price, Richard Pruitt, Ken Prymus, Amy Rutberg, Anthony Galde
THESE WOMEN
Director: Robert Kalfin
Book by: Dina Harris
Music and Lyrics by: Bryan Spencer
Musical Director: Henry Aronson
Choreographer Consultant: Baayork Lee
Stage Manager: Genia Domico
Assistant to the Director: Rajendra R. Maharaj
Cast: Florence Phillips, Walker Jones, Matthew Shepard, Richard Kinter, Terry Burrell, Pauline Frommer, Georga L. Osborne, Annie Kozuch, Mary Ellen Ashley, Mimi Bessette, Danielle Duvall, Lorraine Serabian, Sheyvonne Wright, Julie Pasqual, Jane White, Larry Asher, Edward Pleasant, James DeLorenzo