| Date/ Opened |
Show Name |
Details |
| January 4 |
SON OF FRICKA |
Playwright: Bruce Kessler
Director: Bruce Kessler |
| January 11 |
BATHSHEBA |
Playwright: Andre Gide
Director: Joe Davies |
| January 18 |
A SHEPARD'S PARABLE
|
Playwright: Edna St. Vincent Milay
Director: Donald Knaub
based on Aria de Capo |
| January 24 |
THE BIG CHEESE |
Playwright: Rober Sealy wih Donald Julian
Director: Luis Feliciano |
| February 8 |
READINGS FROM GEORGE B. SHAW |
including: The Village Wooing |
| February 15 |
THE WRONG MAGNOLIAS |
Playwright: Donald Julian
Director: Randy Harris |
| March 1 |
THREE POEM PLAYS |
Playwright: Mark Sadan
Director: Mark Sadan |
| March 7 |
AUTO DA FE |
Playwright: Tennessee Williams
Director: Joe Cino |
| March 14 |
SON OF FRICKA |
Playwright: Bruce Kessler
Director: Bruce Kessler |
| March 21 |
HELLO OUT THERE |
Playwright: William Saroyan
Director: Paula Seiden |
| March 29 |
MEDEA |
Playwright: Jean Anouillh
Director: Donald Julian
Composer: Charles Byrd |
| April 12 |
IN A ROOM HUNG WITH CURTAINS |
Playwright: Bruce Kessler
Director: Don Knaub
Composer: Gary W. Friedman |
April 26 -
June 28 |
|
Women in the building said we ran
a bordello. The Buildings Department made us move. The basement
was then rented to a tailor.
Cafe LaMaMa was closed from April 26 to June 28 and it moved
to 82 Second Avenue on the second floor.
This space was 20' x 50' high, with a one-step stage across
the street side which was 20' x 8'. There was a dressing room
in the rear opposite the coffee bar. It seated 74, the legal
limit. |
| June 28 |
THE BALD SOPRANO |
Playwright: Eugene Ionesco
Director: John Thompson |
| July 4 |
THE CLOWN |
Playwright: David Zlochhauer |
| July 11 |
THE VISCOUNT OF BLARNEY |
Playwright: Austin Clark
Director: Robert DahDah |
| July 18 |
ALL WILL FALL |
Playwright: James Eliason
Director: Don Knaub |
| July 25 |
FAT CHANCE |
Playwright: Robert Sealy |
| August 1 |
ON THE BRIDGE |
Playwright: Ross Alexander |
| August 7 |
ELOUISE AND RAMONA |
Playwright: Glen Barret
Director: Ingrid West |
| August 14 |
MACKEREL ON TUESDAY |
Playwright: James Eliason
Director: Donald Knaub |
| September 13 |
WOYZECK |
Playwright: Georg Buchner |
| September 20 |
HURRAH FOR THE BRIDGE |
Playwright: Paul Foster
Director: Sydney Shubert
Composer: Walter Freidman |
| October 4 |
SAMMY |
Playwright: Rick Sevy |
| October 11 |
ROCOCCO JOKER |
Playwright: James Eliason |
| October 18-31 |
|
From October 18-31 the theatre was dark.
There was no money to pay the electric bill. |
| November 1 |
TIME IS A THIEF |
Playwright: R.F. Carroll
Director: Walt Brown |
| November 15 |
SAMMY |
Playwright: Rick Sevy |
| November 18 |
A.I.R. (ARTIST IN RESIDENCE) |
Playwright: Bruce Kessler |
| November 22 |
EUGENIA WORE A WEDDING GOWN |
Playwright: David Mueller
Director: Walter Brown |
| |
|
During this period we invented our
opening ritual: Ellen Stewart took the bell from HURRAH FOR THE
BRIDGE cart, rang it and said,
"Good evening ladies and Gentleman. Welcome to La MaMa,
dedicated to the playwright and all aspects of the theatre. Tonight
we present..." |
| November 29 |
WHO'S AFRAID OF EDWARD ALBEE |
Playwright: David Starkweather |
| December 6 |
THE NEW PLACE |
Playwright: Ross Alexander |
| December 13 |
THE AMALGAMATED AMERICANS |
Playwright: Glen Barrett
Director: Ingrid West |
| December 20 |
SON OF FRICKA |
Playwright:Bruce Kessler
Director: Bruce Kessler |