Theatre New Brunswick production history
Theatre New Brunswick is the only professional theatre company in New Brunswick, Canada. It began operation in 1968, and has been successfully operating since that time.[1][2] TNB celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2018.
The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged since its inception.
1968[]
- – by André Roussin
- Any Wednesday – by Muriel Resnik
- Springtime for Henry – by Benn W. Levy
- Barefoot in the Park – by Neil Simon
1969[]
- The Marriage-Go-Round – by Leslie Stevens
- Inadmissible Evidence – by John Osborne
- Boeing Boeing – by Marc Camoletti
- The Glass Menagerie – by Tennessee Williams
- The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde
- Gaslight – by Patrick Hamilton
- Star Spangled Girl – by Neil Simon
- See How They Run – by Philip King
- Dick Whittington – by Nicholas Pegg
1970[]
- Two for the Seesaw – by William Gibson
- There's a Girl in My Soup – by Terence Frisby
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – by Edward Albee
- Black Comedy – by Peter Shaffer
- A Resounding Tinkle – by N. F. Simpson
- Private Lives – by Noël Coward
- Mary, Mary – by Jean Kerr
- Dial M for Murder – by Frederick Knott
- Critic's Choice – by Ira Levin
1971[]
- A Man for All Seasons – by Robert Bolt
- The Mousetrap – by Agatha Christie
- The Playboy of the Western World – by J. M. Synge
- Plaza Suite – by Neil Simon
1972[]
- Butterflies Are Free – by Leonard Gershe
- The Country Girl – by Clifford Odets
- Philadelphia, Here I Come! – by Brian Friel
- The King and I – by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
- The Lion in Winter – by James Goldman
- Present Laughter – by Noël Coward
- – by William Douglas-Home
1973[]
- How the Other Half Loves – by Alan Ayckbourn
- Leaving Home – by David French
- The Caretaker – by Harold Pinter
- Dracula – by Hamilton Deane
- – by Hugh Leonard
- Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris – by Jacques Brel
- Othello – by William Shakespeare
1974[]
- Death of a Salesman – by Arthur Miller
- Who Killed Santa Claus? – by Terence Feely
- Born Yesterday – by Garson Kanin
- The Fantasticks – music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones
- The Fourposter – by Jan de Hartog
- – by Michael Cook
1975[]
- The School for Scandal – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Godspell – by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak
- Sleuth – by Anthony Shaffer
- The Innocents – by William Archibald
- A Flea in Her Ear – by Georges Feydeau
- Frankenstein – adapted by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning
- The Island – by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona
- Radisson
1976[]
- The Servant of Two Masters – by Carlo Goldoni
- The Diary of Anne Frank – by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
- Godspell – by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak
- Relatively Speaking – by Alan Ayckbourn
- Wait Until Dark – by Frederick Knott
- Last of the Red Hot Lovers – by Neil Simon
- – by D. H. Lawrence
- The Mysterious Stranger
- Gilgamesh
1977[]
- – by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning
- The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare
- The Price – by Arthur Miller
- Made in Heaven – by Georges Feydeau
- Equus – by Peter Shaffer
1978[]
- – by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning
- Vanities – by
- Sizwe Banzi Is Dead – by Athol Fugard
- The Norman Conquests – by Alan Ayckbourn
- Man of La Mancha – book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion, music by Mitch Leigh
- by Ilkay Silk
1979[]
- – by Hugh Leonard
- Waiting for Godot – by Samuel Beckett
- Macbeth – by William Shakespeare
- The Return of A. J. Raffles – by Graham Greene
- The Subject Was Roses – by
- Same Time, Next Year – by Bernard Slade
- – by John MacLachlan Gray
- – by Eric Nicol
- A Marriage Proposal – by Anton Chekhov
- Box and Cox – by John Maddison Morton
1980[]
- Hansel and Gretel – by the Brothers Grimm
- On Golden Pond – by Ernest Thompson
- Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare
- The Glass Menagerie – by Tennessee Williams
- – by
1980–1981[]
- A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens
- Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John MacLachlan Gray and Eric Peterson
- Chapter Two – by Neil Simon
- The Miracle Worker – by William Gibson
- Players
- – by William Brough and Andrew Halliday
1981–1982[]
- Talley's Folly – by Lanford Wilson
- You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown – music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, book by John Gordon
- Murder Game – by Dan Ross
- Side by Side by Sondheim
- Wuthering Heights – by Emily Brontë
- Punch and Judy Show
1982–1983[]
- Memoir
- Life with Father – by Lindsay and Crouse, adapted from the book by Clarence Day, Jr.
- Mass Appeal – by Bill C. Davis
- Arms and the Man – by George Bernard Shaw
1983–1984[]
- – by Norm Foster
- The Little Sweep
- Count Dracula
- Duet for One – by Tom Kempinski
- Candida – by George Bernard Shaw
- – by Dennis Foon
- The Dark Lady of the Sonnets – by George Bernard Shaw
1984–1985[]
- – by Norm Foster
- Scrooge
- A Taste of Honey – by Shelagh Delaney
- – by Ted Johns and
- Freshet
1985–1986[]
- Can't Pay? Won't Pay!
- – by
- – by Anne Chislett
- Lucien – by
- Don Messer's Jubilee
1986–1987[]
- – by David French
- Zero Hour! – by Arthur Hailey
- The Little Foxes – by Lillian Hellman
- Educating Rita – by Willy Russell
- The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon – by W. O. Mitchell
- How I Wonder What You Are
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – by C. S. Lewis
1987–1988[]
- – by Norm Foster
- – music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
- – by
- The Corn Is Green – by Emlyn Williams
1988–1989[]
- Blood Relations – by Sharon Pollock
- Scapino!
- The Road to Mecca – by Athol Fugard
- Agnes of God – by John Pielmeier
- The Faith Healer
- The Second City
- The Odyssey – by Derek Walcott
- Skin
1989–1990[]
- Crimes of the Heart – by Beth Henley
- – by David French
- A Moon for the Misbegotten – by Eugene O'Neill
- Loot – by Joe Orton
- Memories of You
- The Second City
1990–1991[]
- – by Norm Foster
- A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens
- Bordertown Café – by Kelly Rebar
- Ghosts – by Henrik Ibsen
- Letter from Wingfield Farm – by Dan Needles
1991–1992[]
- Dracula – by Hamilton Deane
- – by and Scott Wentworth
- The Secret Rapture
- Wingfield's Progress
1992–1993[]
- Wrong for Each Other
- The Winter's Tale – by William Shakespeare
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – by Tennessee Williams
- Italian American Reconciliation
- Wingfield's Folly
1993–1994[]
- The Secret Garden
- A Streetcar Named Desire – by Tennessee Williams
- – by Mary-Colin Chisholm
- Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell
- How I Wonder What You Are
1994–1995[]
- A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens
- – by Joanna McClelland Glass
- The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde
- The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
- Letter from Wingfield Farm – by Dan Needles
- Alligator Pie
1995–1996[]
- Steel Magnolias – by Robert Harling
- A Gift to Last – by Gordon Pinsent, adapted by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning
- The Gin Game – by
- – by John MacLachlan Gray
- Lend Me a Tenor – by Ken Ludwig
- Charlotte's Web – by E. B. White
- A Marriage Proposal – by Anton Chekhov
1996–1997[]
- Misery
- Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John MacLachlan Gray and Eric Peterson
- The Velveteen Rabbit – by Margery Williams
1997–1998[]
- – by
- – by Carol Shields
- Sleuth – by Anthony Shaffer
1998–1999[]
- Driving Miss Daisy – by Alfred Uhry
- Peter Pan – by J. M. Barrie
- The Foursome
- – by David Hare
- The Last Tasmanian
1999–2000[]
- The Woman in Black – by Susan Hill
- A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens
- Drinking Alone
- – by Gratien Gélinas
- I Do! I Do! – book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt
- Closer to Home
- Big[citation needed]
2000–2001[]
- The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls
- The Drawer Boy – by Michael Healey
- Wingfield Unbound – by Dan Needles
- The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr – by , Adam Long and Daniel Singer
- Grease – by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
2001–2002[]
- Picasso at the Lapin Agile – by Steve Martin
- Anne – adapted for the stage by Paul Ledoux
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue – by Neil Simon
- Late Shift
2002–2003[]
- The Secret Garden – by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- 'Art' – by Yasmina Reza
- – book and lyrics by Norm Foster, music and lyrics by Steve Thomas
- Mirror Game
- Hello, Dolly! – lyrics and music by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart
- A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare
2003–2004[]
- The Hobbit – by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Dear Santa
- Vinci – by Maureen Hunter
- Wingfield on Ice – by Dan Needles
- Secrets
- Chicago
2004–2005[]
- The Cricket on the Hearth – by Charles Dickens
- Oh, Coward!
- A Chorus Line – by Michael Bennett
2005–2006[]
- Pinocchio – by Brian Way
- I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – by C. S. Lewis
- Cats – by Andrew Lloyd Webber, poems by T. S. Eliot
2006–2007[]
- The Graduate – by Charles Webb
- The Sound of Music – by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
- Aladdin Jr.
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – by Washington Irving
2007–2008[]
- Forever Plaid – by
- A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Beauty and the Beast – by Linda Woolverton
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – by Roald Dahl
- Oklahoma! – by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers
2008–2009[]
- The Rocky Horror Show – by Richard O'Brien
- Narnia – by C. S. Lewis
- Tuesdays with Morrie – by Mitch Albom
- Guys and Dolls – by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling
- Oliver Twist – by Charles Dickens
- The Secret Garden – by Frances Hodgson Burnett
2009–2010[]
- – by John Patrick Shanley
- It's A Wonderful Life – by
- – by Norm Foster
- Annie – by Thomas Meehan
- Dear Edwina – by Marcy Heisler
- Alice in Wonderland – by Lewis Carroll
2010–2011[]
- Treasure Island – by Robert Louis Stevenson
- – by David Adams Richards
- Les Misérables – by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
- Our Town – by Thornton Wilder
- Bugsy Malone – by Alan Parker and Paul Williams
2011–2012[]
- A Doll's House – by Henrik Ibsen
- The 39 Steps – by Alfred Hitchcock
- – by O. Henry
- – by Norm Foster and Alden Nowlan
- The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) – by and
- The Wizard of Oz – by L. Frank Baum
- The Pirates of Penzance – by Sir Arthur Sullivan
- The Chocolate War – by Robert Cormier
2012–2013[]
- Oleanna – by David Mamet
- – by Norm Foster
- It's a Wonderful Life – by
- Little Shop of Horrors – by Howard Ashman
- West Side Story – by Arthur Laurents
- The Little Mermaid – by Doug Wright
- Peter Pan – by J. M. Barrie
2013–2014[]
- RED – by John Logan
- – by
- Private Lives – by Noël Coward
- The Last Five Years – by Jason Robert Brown
- Guys and Dolls – by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling
- – by Jeanine Tesori
- – by
2014–2015[]
- – by Walter Learning and Alden Nowlan
- A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens, adapted by , , and
- – by Norm Foster
- Beaverbrook – by David Adams Richards
- – Letters of Private John Bapst Cronin
- The Drowsy Chaperone – by Don McKellar and Bob Martin
- The Sound of Music – by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers
2015-2016[]
- You Play Beautifully - by Thomas Morgan Jones
- Life, Death and the Blues - by Raoul Bhaneja
- Vigil - by Morris Panych
- Watching Glory Die - by Judith Thompson
- Little Women, The Musical - book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by Jason Howland
- The Space Between - by Thomas Morgan Jones
- Returning Fire - by Ryan Griffith
- Marion Bridge - by Daniel MacIvor
- Mary Poppins - music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (aka the Sherman Brothers), with additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and a script by Julian Fellowes.
2016-2017[]
- A Sunday Affair - by Gabrielle Houle, Thomas Morgan Jones and Richard Lee.
- Ghost Light - by Shawn Wright
- The Snow Queen - by Hans Christian Andresen | Adapted by Thomas Morgan Jones
- The Damsel In Distress Who Saved Herself - by Kira Smith
- The Boat - Ryan Griffith
- Shrek, The Musical - Music by Jeanni Tesori | Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
2017-2018[]
- Fortune of Wolves - by Ryan Griffith
- A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens | Adapted by Thomas Morgan Jones
- A Herman Tale - by Paul McAllister, adapted by Tania Breen
- Goodbye Marianne - by Irene Kirstein Watts
- Finding Wolastoq Voice - by Natalie Sappier
- Beauty and the Beast - Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice, Book by Linda Woolverton
2018-2019[]
- Any Given Moment - Kim Parkhill
- Come Down From Up River - by Norm Foster (a production from The Foster Festival)
- The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
- Gretel & Hansel - Written by Brothers Grimm | Adapted by Thomas Morgan Jones
- Sania The Destroyer - by Mona'a Malik
- A Brief History of the Maritimes and Everywhere Else - by Ryan Griffith
- The Wizard of Oz - By L. Frank Baum, with Music and Lyrics, by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, Background Music by Herbert Stothart, Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard, Orchestration by Larry Wilcox, Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Canadian theatre company production histories
- Theatre in New Brunswick