| Date/ Opened |
Show Name |
Details |
| January 1 |
MISS NEFERTITI REGRETS |
Playwright: Tom Eyen
Director: Tom Eyen
Composer: Ilene Berson & Tom Eyen |
| January 9 |
RUTH YORCK (reading) |
Playwright: Ruth Yorck
Director: Walter Brown |
| January 11 |
SOON JACK NOVEMBER |
Playwright: Sharon Thie
Director: John Coe |
| January 26 |
BACKDROP
& TEN POUNDS OF GROUND |
Playwright: Susan Sherman
Director: Susan Sherman & Peter Levin |
| February 2 |
WHO PUT THE BLOOD ON MY LONG STEMMED ROSE
& ENACTMENT |
Playwright: Mary Mitchell
Director: Ed Setrakian & Jordan Charney
Composer: Gary Friedman & Noah Howard |
| February 9 |
LULLABY FOR A DYING MAN |
Playwright: Ruth Landshoff Yorck
Director: Walter Leyden Brown
This was our first "Ruth Yorck Memorial Show." Ruth died of a
heart attack in the lobby of the Broadway Theatre during a matinee of Peter
Brook's production of Marat/Sade. She died in Ellen Stewart's arms crying
out, "OMM!" Ellen ran into the theatre shouting for a doctor.
The audience thought she was part of the play. Ruth was related to the
Fischer Verlag publishing house in Frankfurt, Germany. She was responsible
for our first publications of plays in Germany, and, in fact, the world.
The first La MaMa play published was HURRAH FOR THE BRIDGE by Paul Foster. |
| February 10 |
THE MAGICIANS
& THE REUNION |
Playwright: Merrill Williams & Michael Mathais
Director: James E. Dwyer & Walter Sanchez |
| February 10 |
MACBEE |
Playwright: George Harris
Director: George Harris
Composer: Walter Harris |
| February 16 |
THE DUMB DANCER |
Playwright: Asif Currimbhoy
Director: Ned Bobkoff
Composer: Harold Schram |
| February 23 |
THE MAGIC REALISTS |
Playwright: Megan Terry
Director: Tom Bissinger |
| March 2 |
LOVE ME OR I'LL KILL YOU |
Playwright: Daniel Haben Clark
Director: Phoebe Wray |
| March 9 - 17 |
BIRDBATH,
WAR,
THIS IS THE RILL SPEAKING,
CHICAGO,
THE RECLUSE
& THANK YOU MISS VICTORIA |
Tom O' Horgan and the La MaMa and the La MaMa
Troupe returned from their long stay in Europe and now presented on the
La MaMa Stage the plays they presented in Europe.
Ted Mann then produced these six plays at the Martinique Theatre. |
| March 9 |
BIRDBATH
& WAR |
Playwright: Leonard
Melfi & Jean Claude Van Itallie
Director: Tom O'Horgan
Composer: Tom O'Horgan
Ted Mann produced this at the Martinique Theatre |
| March 13 |
THIS IS THE RILL SPEAKING
& CHICAGO |
Playwright: Lanford Wilson & Sam Shepard
Director: Tom O'Horgan
Composer: Tom O'Horgan
Ted Mann produced this at the Martinique Theatre |
| March 17 |
THE RECLUSE
& THANK YOU MISS VICTORIA |
Playwright: Paul Foster & William Hoffman
Director: Tom O'Horgan
Composer: Tom O'Horgan
Ted Mann produced this at the Martinique Theatre |
| March 23 |
THE NEXT THING |
Company: The Open Theatre
Playwright: Michael Smith
Director: Jacques Levy |
| March 30 |
THE TRIAL OF JUDITH MALINA AND JULIAN BECK |
Company: The Open Theatre
Director: Tom Bissinger |
| April 5 |
MISS NEFERTITI REGRETS |
Playwright: Tom Eyen
Director: Tom Eyen
Composer: Ilene Berson & Tom Eyen |
| April 20 |
THE FAMILY JOKE |
Playwright: David Starkweather
Director: Joseph Hamer |
| April 27 |
THREE CLOWNS
& COMINGS AND GOINGS |
Company: The Open Theatre
Playwright: Megan Terry & Bertolt Brecht
Director: Peter Feldman & Joe Chaiken |
| May 4 |
THE HUNGRY ONES |
Playwright: Asif Currimbhoy
Director: John A. Coe |
| May 11 |
NERO'S GAME,
THE VICTIM
& AFTER DINNER |
Playwright: Louis Galterio, Peter Luce &
Louis Galterio
Director: Peter Simon |
| May 18 |
VIET ROCK |
Playwright: Megan Terry
Director: Peter Feldman, Joe Chaikin, Megan Terry |
| May 21 |
THERE IS A METHOD TO THEIR MADNESS |
Company: The Eldorado Players
Playwright: George Harris |
| May 25 |
VIET ROCK |
Playwright: Megan Terry
Director: Peter Feldman, Joe Chaikin, Megan Terry |
| June 1 |
OPEN SEASON ON BUTTERFLIES |
Playwright: Louis Ackerman
Director: Jeffrey Bennett |
| June 6 |
THUNDERBIRDS |
Company: American Indian Dance Company
Director: Louis Mafsic |
| June 9 |
OPEN SEASON ON BUTTERFLIES |
Playwright: Louis Ackerman
Director: Jeffrey Bennett |
| June 15 |
DISCIPLE OF THE INSANE
& PUMP: A HAPPENING |
Playwright: Kai Cheng & Joseph Schlichter
Director: James Albright & Joseph Schlichter |
| June 29 |
POTSY |
Playwright: Lee Baxendahl
Director: John Chace |
| July 6 |
WINDOW |
Playwright: Jean Reavy
Director: Tom O'Horgan |
| July 13 |
THE RIMERS OF ELDRITCH |
Playwright: Lanford Wilson
Director: Lanford Wilson
This play then moved to the Cherry Lane Theatre |
| July 27 |
THE MADONNA IN THE ORCHARD |
Playwright: Paul Foster
Director: Tom O'Horgan
Composer: Tom O'Horgan |
| August 3 |
PICNIC ON THE BATTLEFIELD |
Playwright: Fernando Arrabal
Director: Glen Nielsen |
| August 10 |
WHY TUESDAY NEVER HAS A BLUE MONDAY |
Playwright: Robert Heide
Director: Ron Link
Composer: Elliot Kaplan |
| August 17 |
ISLAND INFINITY: A TRIBUTE TO FEDERICO GARCIA
LORCA ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH |
Playwright: Nelly Vivas
Director: Nelly Vivas
Composer: Robert J. Sacker |
| August 24 |
AND THAT'S HOW THE RENT GETS PAID |
Playwright: Jeff Weiss
Director: Ricardo Martinez |
| August 31 |
THERE'S THE WRONG NUMBER OF TEETH |
Playwright: Saul Paul Sirago
Director: Saul Paul Sirago |
| September 7 |
MEDITATIONS & FLASHBACK |
Playwright: Michael Goldman
Director: Ron Link |
| September 14 |
AND THAT'S HOW THE RENT GETS PAID |
Playwright: Jeff Weiss
Director: Ricardo Martinez |
| September 21 |
SOMETIMES JAM TODAY
(Moved to the Bowery Lane Theatre) |
Playwright: Story Talbot
Director: Edward Setrakian |
| September 28 |
MOTHER WAS SOBER
AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN
& THE RESSURRECTION OF
PHILLIP JEROME MICHAEL |
Playwright: Edward Setrakian
Director: Edward Setrakian |
| October 5 |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY & HOT FISH (with: The La MaMa
Troupe) |
Playwright: Robert Hart
Director: Tom O'Horgan |
| October 12 - November 9 |
|
From October 12 until November 9, La MaMa was
dark. Equity demanded we pay actors a full salary which was impossible
to do. This resulted in the Actor's Equity " Coffeehouse Code",
and we paid actors $30.00 each per week. |
| October |
La MaMa Europen Tour #2 |
The La MaMa Troupe, under the direction of Tom
O' Horgan, made their second European tour. The plays were CHICAGO by Sam
Shepard, THIS IS THE RILL SPEAKING by Lanford Wilson, AMERICA HURRAH by
Jean Claude Van Itallie, and TATOO PARLOR by Tom Le Bar. They played in
Stockhom, Zagreb and Nottingham. The players were: Kevin O' Connor, Victora
Lipari, Marie-Claire Charba, Jaque Lynn Colton, Marilyn Roberts, Katena
Mandas, Tom O' Horgan and Paul Foster. They filmed BOXIGANGA in Denmark
and returned to New York in early December. |
| November 9 |
THE CONTESTANTS |
Playwright: Bruce Kessler
Director: Wilson Lehr |
| December 7 |
GIVE MY REGARDS OF OFF OFF BROADWAY |
Playwright: Tom Eyen
Director: Ron Link
Composer: Walter Harris |
| December 12 |
LOS MIMOS EXPERIMENTALES
(with: Los Grillos Company - Peru) |
Playwright: Sara Elotilde Joffre |
| December 21 |
THE HESSIAN CORPORAL
(with: the La MaMa Troupe) |
Playwright: Paul Foster
Director: Tom O'Horgan
Composer: Tom O'Horgan |
| December 26 |
LOS MIMOS EXPERIMENTALES
(with: Los Grillos Company - Peru) |
Playwright: Sara Elotilde Joffree |
| December |
THE HESSIAN CORPORAL
(with: the La MaMa Troupe) |
Playwright: Paul Foster
Director: Tom O'Horgan
Composer: Tom O'Horgan |