Theatre Productions Date Title of Play Playwright Location Director Copies April, 1927 The Pillars of Society Henrik Ibsen Borghild Bue 1 1928 Norse Play: Geografi og Kjaerlighed (Geography and Love) Bjornstjerne Bjornson Old Main Borghild E. Bue 1 May, 1928 A Doll’s Henrik Old Main Borghild Bue February, 1929 Annual One Act Play Contest: A Soldier’s Service/The Old Refrain/The Lost Chord/The Quest Concordia Zeta Phi/Nu Sigma Ro/Lambda Delta Sigma/Alpha Kappa Chi 1 April, 1929 The at Solhaug Henrik Ibsen Old Main Bue December, 1929 The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare Old Main Bue 2 February, 1930 The Ghost Bird: A Mystery Comedy Neil E. Shaffner Moorhead High School Bue 1 March, 1930 The Enchanted April Kane Campbell Old Main Borghild Bue 1 February, 1931 En Fallit (in Norwegian) Bjorstjerne Bjornson High School Bue 1 December, 1932 The Pillars of Society Henrik Ibsen Old Main Bue May, 1933 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan Moorhead High School Norma Gooden Ostby 1 November, 1933 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde Moorhead High School Norma Gooden Ostby 1 May, 1934 Suns Up Lulu Vollmer Old Main November, 1934 The Melting Pot Israel Zangwill Concordia Gooden Ostby 1 May, 1935 As You Like It Shakespeare Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1 November, 1936 The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare Concordia Gooden Ostby 2 April, 1937 The Inter-Society Original One Act Play Contest: Secret Concordia Nu Sigma Rho & Delta Rho/ Lambda Delta Sigma & Alpha 1
Patty/Mercy Epsilon Sigma/ Alpha Zeta Phi & Athenian/ Alpah Kapp Chi & Mondamin April, 1937 The Valiant One Rachel Crothers Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1 November, 1937 Servant in the House Charles Rann Kennedy Concordia Ostby 2 May, 1938 Twelfth Night Shakespeare Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 2 November, 1938 Who Did It? Concordia Gooden Ostby 1 November, 1938 The Good Hope Herman Heijermans Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1 December, 1939 The Fool Channing Pollock Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1 February, 1939 The Genius Business E.H. Strachau Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1 March, 1940 The New Poor Cosmo Hamilton Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1 May, 1940 The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 3 November, 1941 Giants in the (part of the Golden Jubilee) Thomas Job, from the novel by O.E. Rolvaag Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1 February, 1942 American Passport Dana Thomas Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1 May, 1942 The Comedy of Errors Shakespeare Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 2 December, 1942 The Rivals Richard Brindsley Sheridan Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1 March, 1943 Where the Dear Antelope Play John William Rogers Concordia Gooden Ostby 2 May, 1943 Mrs. Miniver Christopher Sergel, from the Concordia Norma Gooden Ostby 1
June, 1955 My Three Angels Sam & Bella Spewack Chapel Mrs. Vincent Murphy, Summer Theatre 2 July, 1955 The Silver Cord Sidney Howard Chapel D. Spencer, Summer Theatre 2 July, 1955 Candida George Bernard Shaw Chapel, Detroit Lakes H.S. V. Murphy, Summer Theatre 1 July, 1955 Medea Robinson Jeffers Chapel D. Spencer, Summer Theatre 1 October, 1955 The Playboy of the Western World J.M. Synge Old Main Spencer 2 November, 1955 John Gabriel Borkman Henrik Old Main Haugen, student directed 2 February, 1956 The Taming of the Shakespeare Old Main Spencer 1 1956 The Crucible Arthur Miller Old Main, Memorial Spencer 4 July, 1956 Antigone Old Main D. Spencer, Summer Theatre 1 July, 1956 The Beautiful People William Saroyan Old Main D. Spencer, Summer Theatre 1 September, 1956 Othello Shakespeare Old Main A.S. Summer Theatre 2 October, 1956 Arsenic and Old Lace Keseling Old Main A.S. Beach 2 December, 1956 Uncle Vanya Anton Chekov, adapted and translated by Galantiere Old Main Spencer 3 February, 1957 Arms and the Man Bernard Shaw Old Main D. Spencer, touring production 2,1 (road April, 1957 The Confidential T.S. Elliot Old Main Beach 1 May, 1957 Millions Eugene O’Neill Old Main D. Spencer, Summer Theatre 1 June, 1957 Squaring the Circle Valentine Kataev Old Main D. Spencer, Summer Theatre 1 July, 1957 An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestley Fjelstad D. Spencer, Summer Theatre 1 July, 1957 The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Old Main D. Spencer, Summer Theatre 2 August, 1957 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde Old Main D. Spencer, Summer Theatre 3, 1 (Sept.) P12669E P22443 October, 1957 Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Old Main Beach 2 performance
September, 1967 A Phoenix Too Frequent (production title “Greeks and Other People”)/ Born Yesterday/ The Detour (staged with “A Phoenix…”) Christopher Fry/ Garson Martin Walser Old Main Haugen/ Bordner/ Haugen 1 P12704 P12550 P09864 P09865 P09866 P12548 P12551 P12552 P12554 P12558 P12695 P12694 October, 1967 Measure for Measure Shakespeare Old Main Haugen 2 December, 1967 Andorra Max Frisch Old Main Bordner 4 P09837E P12619 P05079E 1968 Threepenny Opera Kurt Well, Bertnold Brecht, Marc Blitzstein Bordner 2 P09834E P09835E P09836E P09841E January, 1968 The Rivals W.B. Sheridan Old Main Haugen, toured in Minneapolis P09861E P12676 March, 1968 Finian’s Rainbow Harburg & Saidy Memorial Thimgan, Student Productions Musical April, 1968 The Fischbeck Tapsetry Hausmann Old Main Bordner P12699 October, 1968 As You Like It Shakespeare Old Main Haugen P12522 P12614 P12616E P12697 P12698 November, 1968 The Fantasticks Schmidt & Jones Old Main B. Dunton, J. Dunton music director 1 January, 1969 The Promise Alexei Arbuzov Old Main Haugen 1 March, 1969 The Family Reunion T.S. Elliot Old Main Haugen 1 1969 Guys and Dolls Damon Runyon Memorial Hoverson, Student Productions Musical 2 June, 1969 Slow Dance on the Killing Ground/The Boys from Syracuse William Hanley/ Roger E. Hart Circle Theatre R. Dunton/J. Dunton 1 P12683 P12684 October, 1969 Celebration Jones & Schmidt FFCT Dunton, 1st production on FFCT stage 2 November, 1969 Luther John Osborne FFCT Haugen 1
December, 1969 Turber Carnival Thurber (and others) Lab 300 Dunton Feburary, 1970 Comedy Peter Shaffer Lab 300 Haugen 1 P12701 1970 Stop the World, I Want to Get Off Bricusse & Newley FFCT Hoverson, Student Productions Musical 1 P12545 October, 1970 The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare FFCT Haugen 2 December, 1970 Tango Slawomir Mrozek FFCT Bordner February, 1971 An Enemy of the People Henrik (premier of Fjelde translation) FFCT Haugen 2 March, 1971 La Malade Imaginaire Moliere Gail Walstom 1 March, 1971 The Wizard of Oz Frank L. Baum Memorial Student Productions Musical, student directed 5 October, 1971 Blithe Spirit Noel Coward FFCT Bordner 1 P12681 Feburary, 1972 Indians Arthur Kopit FFCT Haugen, in cooperation with AIM and other Indian groups September, 1972 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht FFCT Haugen 2 December, 1972 The Madwoman of Chaillot Jean Giraudoux FFCT Helen Cermak February, 1973 Ghosts Henrik Ibsen C.O. Haugen 2 1973 The Man of La Mancha Dale Wasserman (tranls. by Fjelde) FFCT Haugen 1 November, 1973 The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Lawrence & Lee FFCT Cermak 1 December, 1973 Twelfth Night Shakespeare FFCT Haugen 1 February, 1974 The Lady’s Not for Burning Christopher Fry FFCT Haugen 1 1974 Earnest in Love Oscar Wilde (musical adaptation of Wilde’s play) FFCT Haugen 1 P11207 P11208 P11209 P12515 P12516 October, 1974 Macbeth Shakespeare FFCT Haugen 1 P12513 P09862 November, 1974 Corruption in the Palace of… Ugo Betti FFCT Haugen 1
1984 The Three Penny Opera Bretcht & Weill FFCT Haugen 2 October, 1984 Pippin: His Life and Times Hirson & Schwitz FFCT Cermak 2 P24507 P30861 P13290 P13432 January, 1985 As You Like It Shakespeare FFCT Haugen 1 February, 1985 Children of a Lesser God Medoff Lab 300 Reitan, student directed P24504 P24505 1985 Dark of the Moon Richardson Lab 300 Cermak; student directed evening of one act plays October, 1985 Grease Jacobs & FFCT Jim Cermak 2 P25031 P25032 P25033 P25034 P25035 P25036 P25037 P08547 P12316E January, 1986 An Evening with the Bard Jim & Helen Cermak FFCT Gordon Lell 1 P25022 P25023 P25024 P25025 P25026 P25027 P25028 P25029 P25030 1986 The Skin of Our Teeth Wilder FFCT Helen Cermak P25013 P25014 P25015 P25016 P25017 P25018 P25019 P25020 P25021 September, 1986 The Cave Dwellers William Saroyan FFCT Helen Cermak 3 October, 1986 The Last Wine: A Tribute to Tennessee Williams Tennessee Williams FFCT, Lab Theatre H. Hanson, Student Production January, 1987 The Wind is a Color Helen Cermak FFCT Helen Cermak 1 P25569 P25570 P25571 P25572 P25573
Feburary, 2007 Details Cannot Body Wants Chin Woo Ping Frida Nilsen Lounge Steve Soler, alternative senior thesis project 1 March, 2007 Jack and Jill Jane Martin Lab Theatre Lydia Bolder, senior thesis project 1 and April, 2007 A Comedy of Errors Shakespeare Jim Cermak 1 October 2007 The Elephant Man Bernard Pomeranke FFCT Wintersteen 1 November 2007 Two Gentleman of Verona (The Rock Musical) John Guare, Mel Shapiro, & Galt MacDermot FFCT Jim Cermak 3 January 2008 [sic] Melissa Jean Gibson Lab Theatre K. Marit Geston, senior thesis project February 2008 Quilters Molly Newman & Barbara Damashek FFCT Helen Cermak 1 March 2008 The Boys Next Door Tom Griffin Lab Theatre Andrea Graham, senior thesis project April 2008 The of the Iguana Tennessee Williams FFCT AJ Cermak 3 October 2008 The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek Naromi Wallace FFCT David Wintersteen 1 November 2008 Cabaret John Kander, Fred Ebb, & Joe Masteroff FFCT Jim Cermak 1 February 2009 The Heidi Chronicles Wasserstein FFCT Jon Leiseth March 2009 Wait Until Dark Frederick Lab Theatre Jessie Bystrom, senior thesis project April 2009 The Madwomen of Chaillot Jean Giraudoux FFCT David Wintersteen October 2009 Slasher Allison Moore FFCT David Wintersteen 1 November 2009 Godspell Schwartz & Tebelek FFCT Jim Cermak 7-8 Dec. 2009 Directing Scenes Festival Lab Theatre Beginning Directing Class January 2010 Elegies: A Song Cycle William Finn FFCT Jon Leiseth February 2010 Eurydice Sarah Ruhl FFCT Jon Leiseth March 2010 Twelfth Night Shakespeare FFCT Jim Cermak 2 2010 One Act Play Festival Lab Theatre Advanced Directing Class October, 2010 What the Butler Saw Joe FFCT David Wintersteen
November, 2010 Return to the Forbidden Planet Bob Carlton FFCT Jen Thomas December, 2010 Directing Scenes Festival February, 2011 Ah, Wilderness Eugene O’Neill FFCT David Wintersteen March, 2011 [constructed] Hannah Holman 2 March, 2011 Story Theater Paul Sills FFCT Jim Cermak 2 April, 2011 One Act Play Festival FFCT Advanced Directing Class October, 2011 The Foreigner Larry Shue FFCT Jim Cermak October, 2011 Melancholy Play Sarah Ruhl Lab Theatre Rachel Brady November, 2011 Grease Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey FFCT Jennifer Thomas December, 2011 Directing Scenes Festival Lab Theatre Beginning Directing Class February, 2012 Cyrano Adp. Jo Roets from play by Edmond Rostand Lab Theatre David Wintersteen April, 2012 Camino Real Tennessee Williams FFCT Jim Cermak October 2012 44 Plays for 44 Presidents Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Chloe Johnston and Karen Weinberg FFCT David Wintersteen November 2012 Into the Woods Book by James Lapine; Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim FFCT Jennifer Thomas February 2013 Boeing Boeing Marc Camoletti; trans. By Beverly Cross and Francis Evans Christian Boy April 2013 Vinegar Tom Caryl Churchill FFCT Jennifer Thomas October 2013 The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde Lab Theatre Christian Boy November 2013 Urinetown Book by Greg Music & lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis FFCT Jennifer Thomas February 2014 The Long Christmas Ride Home Paula Vogel Lab Theatre David Wintersteen April 2014 Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare FFCT Jennifer Thomas