# Princeton Summer Theater

Princeton Summer Theater was founded in 1968 by a group of Princeton University undergraduates under the name 'Summer Intime' as a high grade summer stock theater company.

## Organizational history

In the 1930s, members of student-run Theater Intime, initiated summer theater at Princeton. From the late 1920s until the 50s students called the summer company the University Players. The University Players operated from Hamilton Murray Theater for years. In 1968, the group became semi-independent from the University under the name "Summer Intime",and in the late 70s it was renamed Princeton Summer Theater. Every summer a new company of Princeton students forms to present a season of four main stage shows and a children's show.
Dedicated to training future leaders of the theater world, Princeton Summer Theater offers students and young professionals experience working in every area of theatre production, from performance, to design, to marketing, to theater management. In recent years the company has also included members from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, Rutgers University and Rider University. Notable alumni include John Lithgow, Bebe Neuwirth, William Hootkins, Geoff Rich, Mark Nelson, Winnie Holzman, Bretaigne Windust and Henry Fonda.
Hamilton Murray Theater was dubbed a "jewel box of a theater" by Stuart Duncan of the "Princeton Packet".
Princeton Summer Theater celebrated its half-centennial along with Theatre Intime's centennial in November 2022, after delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Current season

* 2023
    Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hammill, based on the novel by Jane Austen
    Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy
    Peerless by Jiehae Park

## Past seasons
### University Players

1928
    The Dover Road by A. A. Milne
    Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill
    The Torch-Bearers by George Kelly
    The Jest by Sam Benelli
    In the Next Room by Eleanor Belmont and Harriet Ford
    The New Way by Annie Nathan Meyer
    Is Zat So
    The Thirteenth Chair by Bayard Veiller
1929
    The Devil in the Cheese by Tom Cushing
    The Donovan Affair by Owen Davis (directed by Henry Fonda)
    Outward Bound by Sutton Vane
    The Last Warning by Thomas F. Fallon (directed by Bretaigne Windust '28)
    Merton of the Movies by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly
    Crime by Kent Smith
    The Bad Man by Porter Emerson Browne
    The Czarina by Melchior Lengyel and Ludwig Biro
    The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean (directed by Charles Leatherbee)
1930
    Murray Hill by Leslie Howard
    The Wooden Kimono by Bretaigne Windust
    The Watched Pot by Saki and Charles Maude
    Thunder on the Left by Jean Ferguson Black
    The Makropulos Affair by Karel Čapek
    The Firebrand by Edwin Justus Mayer
    Hell-Bent Fer Heaven by Hatcher Hughes
    The Marquise by Noël Coward
    A Kiss for Cinderella by J.M. Barrie
1931
    Paris Found by Philip Barry
    Interference by Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden
    Mr. Pim Passes By by A. A. Milne
    Coquette by Ann Preston Bridgers and George Abbott
    Her Cardboard Lover by Jacques Deval (Dans sa candeur naïve, translated by Valerie Wyngate and P. G. Wodehouse)
    The Trial of Mary Dugan by Bayard Veiller
    The Guardsman by Ferenc Molnár (original title: Testőr)
    Juno and the Paycock by Seán O'Casey
    The Silent House by John G. Brandon and George Pickett
    The Italian Straw Hat (Un chapeau de paille d'Italie) by Eugène Marin Labiche and Marc Michel
In July 1933 a fire devastated the theater, starting in the basement and burning up the entire stage. It was renovated over the summer.
1948
    No Exit (Huis clos) by Jean-Paul Sartre
    How He Lied to Her Husband by George Bernard Shaw
    The Beautiful People by William Saroyan
    Yes Is for a Very Young Man by Gertrude Stein
1949
    The Vegetable by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Cathleen ni Houlihan by W. B. Yeats
    Purgatory by W. B. Yeats
    The End of the Beginning by Seán O'Casey
    The Streets of New York by Dion Boucicault
In 1951 and 1952, no productions were staged due to the Korean War.
1953
    The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams
    The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw
    The Infernal Machine by Jean Cocteau
    Hello Out There by William Saroyan
    The Apollo of Bellac by Jean Giraudoux
    Red Peppers by Noël Coward
    The Italian Straw Hat (Un chapeau de paille d'Italie) by Eugène Marin Labiche and Marc Michel
    The Tempest by William Shakespeare
1954
    Camino Real by Tennessee Williams
    Right You Are (If you think so) (Così è (se vi pare)) by Luigi Pirandello
    A Penny for a Song by John Whiting (American première)
    Theatre of the Soul by Nikolai Evreinov
    Queens of France by Thornton Wilder
    Village Wooing by George Bernard Shaw
    Ghosts (original Danish title: Gengangere) by Henrik Ibsen
    Show Loves Me Not by Howard Lindsay
    Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll adapted by Mario Siletti
    Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
1956
    Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
    Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas
    Blood Wedding by García Lorca
    The Grass Harp by Truman Capote
    The Father (Swedish: Fadren) by August Strindberg
    Ring Round the Moon by Christopher Fry (adapted from L'Invitation au Château by Jean Anouilh)
    The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thornton Wilder
    Bedtime Story by Seán O'Casey
    As You Like It by William Shakespeare
1957
    A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
    The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
    Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
    The Enchanted by Jean Giraudoux
    The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden (original title: Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín) by García Lorca
    The Tinker's Wedding by J. M. Synge
    The Shadow of a Gunman by Seán O'Casey
    Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
    Lord Byron's Love Letter by Tennessee Williams
1958
    A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
    The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
    Legends of Lovers by Jean Anouilh (original title Eurydice, translated by Kitty Black as Point of Departure and republished as Legend of Lovers)
    The Burnt Flower Bed (L'aiuola bruciata) by Ugo Betti
    An Evening of Tennessee Williams: Auto Da Fé, The Case of the Crushed Petunias, The Unsatisfactory Supper
    Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw
    Purple Dust by Seán O'Casey
    The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare

### Summer Intime

* 1968
    The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams
    Amphitryon 38 by Jean Giraudoux
    The Trial (Le Procès) by André Gide and Jean-Louis Barrault (after the book by Franz Kafka)
    Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
* 1969
    The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
    L'Idiote (or A Shot in the Dark) by Marcel Achard
    Anne of the Thousand Days by Maxwell Anderson
    Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
* 1970
    The Eccentricities of a Nightingale by Tennessee Williams
    The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge
    The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
    Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw
* 1971
    The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash
    Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols
    Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
* 1972
    Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
    Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut
    A Flea in Her Ear (La Puce à l'oreille) by Georges Feydeau
    What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton
* 1973
    The Philanthropist by Christopher Hampton
    The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
    The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar
    Tango by Sławomir Mrożek
    George Washington Crossing the Delaware by Koch
* 1974
    Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
    Luv by Murray Schisgal
    Baby Want a Kiss by James Costigan
    The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
* 1975
    Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad by Arthur Kopit
    Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas
    The Voice of the Turtle by John Van Druten
    U.T.B.U. (Unhealthy To Be Unpleasant) by James Kirkwood, Jr.
* 1976
    Fallen Angels by Noël Coward
    The Imaginary Invalid (Le malade imaginaire) by Molière
    Two for the Seesaw by William Gibson
    Picnic by William Inge
* 1977
    Cox and Box by F. C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan
    Candida by George Bernard Shaw
    The Creation of the World and Other Business by Arthur Miller
    110 in the Shade by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
    Alice Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, Florida Friebus and Eva Le Gallienne
* 1978
    Tartuffe by Molière
    Holiday by Philip Barry
    Match Play by McCleery
    The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
* 1979
    Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon
    Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
    The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
    After the Fall by Arthur Miller

### Princeton Summer Theater

* 1980
    The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw
    The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan
    The Mound Builders by Lanford Wilson
    Night Watch by Lucille Fletcher
In 1981 the theater was dark.
In 1982 and 1983 the summer company was known as Newstage at Intime
* 1982
    Scapino! by Jim Dale and Frank Dunlop (an adaptation of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin)
    The Belle of Amherst by William Luce
    Happy End by Kurt Weill, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and Bertolt Brecht
    The Freedom of the City by Brian Friel
* 1983
    Bus Stop by William Inge
    Talking With... by Jane Martin
    March of the Falsettos by William Finn
    Betrayal by Harold Pinter
* 1984
    Sly Fox by Larry Gelbart
    Angels Fall by Lanford Wilson
    Say Goodnight, Gracie by Rupert Holmes
    Side By Side By Sondheim by Stephen Sondheim
* 1985
    Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
    The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
    A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking by John Ford Noonan
    Starting Here, Starting Now by Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire
In 1986, a company from outside PST occupied The Hamilton Murray Theater.
* 1987
    Noises Off by Michael Frayn
    Don Juan in Hell by George Bernard Shaw
    Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
    A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
The theater was dark in 1988 and 1989.
* 1990
    The Nerd by Larry Shue
    Three Postcards by Craig Lucas
    Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
* 1991
    The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
    Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade
    Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
    Drinking in America by Eric Bogosian
* 1992
    Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott
    Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
    Run for Your Wife by Ray Cooney
* 1993
    Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer
    Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
    The Good Doctor by Neil Simon
* 1994
    Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet
    Private Lives by Noël Coward
    A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
    It's Only a Play
* 1995
    The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
    The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard
    Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
    Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott
* 1996
    The Fantastiks by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
    The Crucible by Arthur Miller
    Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
    Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
* 1997
    Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
    Camelot by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
    The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
    Our Town by Thornton Wilder
* 1998
    Harvey by Mary Chase
    She Loves Me by Joe Masteroff, Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock
    The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
    The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
During 1999 and 2000 extensive renovations carried out to the theater leaving it "dark".
* 2001
    Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
    Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
    The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
* 2002
    Direct from Moscow
    Baby with the Bathwater by Christopher Durang
    A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
    The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
    How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
* 2003
    The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
    You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
    The Star-Spangled Girl by Neil Simon
* 2004
    The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
    Scenes From American Life
    Private Lives by Noël Coward
    Proof by David Auburn
* 2005
    The Voice of the Turtle by John Van Druten
    Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak
    Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott
    Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
* 2006
    Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott
    Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
    Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
    Betrayal by Harold Pinter
* 2007
    Bell, Book and Candle by John Van Druten
    Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon
    10 Little Indians by Agatha Christie
    'Art' by Yasmina Reza
* 2008
    Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
    Bus Stop by William Inge
    An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley
    Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
* 2009
    Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
    The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
    No Time for Comedy by S. N. Behrman
    The Underpants adapted by Steve Martin from Die Hose by Carl Sternheim
* 2010
    The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein
    The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
    Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw
    Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson
* 2011
    Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
    Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
    Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
    A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
* 2012
    A Little Night Music by Hugh Wheeler, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
    Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton
    Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti
    The American Plan by Richard Greenberg
* 2013
    She Loves Me by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock.
    Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
    The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
    Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies
Princeton Summer Theater took a hiatus during the 2014 summer in order to make renovations to the theater.
* 2015
    Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman
    Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
    The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard, paired with "The Actor's Nightmare" by Christopher Durang
    Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
* 2016
    Assassins by John Weidman, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
    God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
    Fool for Love by Sam Shepard
* 2017
    Pippin by Roger O. Hirson, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
    The Crucible by Arthur Miller
    Spider's Web by Agatha Christie
    Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
* 2018
    Tick, Tick... Boom! by Jonathan Larson
    Uncommon Women and Others by Wendy Wasserstein
    The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman
    The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel
* 2019
    Falsettos music and lyrics by William Finn and book by James Lapine
    Deathtrap (play) by Ira Levin
    A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
    Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
* 2020
    Due to the pandemic of covid-19, the original season was unable to proceed as planned. Instead, the PST board curated a series of virtual events, including a virtual production of the show Night Vision by Dominique Morisseau and directed by Chamari White-Mink. The season also included a virtual production of a new children's play, A Curious Tea Party by Annika Bennett.
Princeton Summer Theater took a hiatus in 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic.
* 2022
    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, adapted by Simon Levy
    The Fox on the Fairway by Ken Ludwig
    Detroit '67 by Dominique Morisseau

## Company name timeline

| Company Name | Years |
| University Players | 1928 - 1967 |
| Summer Intime | 1968 - 1980 |
| Princeton Summer Theater | 1981 |
| Newstage at Intime | 1982 - 1983 |
| Princeton Summer Theater | 1984 to present |