HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY
Atlanta's Contemporary Theatre
Atlanta, Southeastern and World Premieres of Contemporary Plays
Chronology of Plays
(*DENOTES A WORLD PREMIERE)
2011
SUPERIOR DONUTS
by Tracy Letts
LEGACY OF LIGHT
by Karen Zacarias
AVENUE Q
Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty
THREE SISTAHS
Book & Lyrics by Thomas W. Jones III
Music by William Hubbard
TREE
by Julie Hébert
THE SANTALAND DIARIES
by David Sedaris
(annual holiday show)
FAMILY SERIES: MADELINE’S CHRISTMAS
by Jennifer Kirkeby and Shirley Mier
2010
SHOOTING STAR
by Steven Dietz
BLACK PEARL SINGS: A Musical Journey
by Frank Higgins
TRUE LOVE LIES
by Brad Fraser
SHAKIN' THE MESS OUTTA MISERY
by Shay Youngblood
NIGHT BLOOMS
by Margaret Baldwin
FAMILY SERIES: AMAZING GRACE
by Shay Youngblood
THE SANTALAND DIARIES
by David Sedaris
(annual holiday show)
FAMILY SERIES: MADELINE’S CHRISTMAS
by Jennifer Kirkeby and Shirley Mier
2009
The 13th of Paris by Mat Smart
And Her Hair Went With Her by Zina Camblin
End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer
A Cool Drink A Water by Thomas W. Jones II
Third by Wendy Wasserstein
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris
(annual holiday show)
FAMILY SERIES: MADELINE’S CHRISTMAS
by Jennifer Kirkeby and Shirley Mier
2008
MAINSTAGE
THE MISSIONARY POSITION by Keith Reddin
IN DARFUR by Winter Miller
THE CLEAN HOUSE by Sarah Ruhl
ALTAR BOYZ by Kevin Del Aguila,
Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris (annual holiday show)
FAMILY SERIES: MADELINE’S CHRISTMAS
by Jennifer Kirkeby and Shirley Mier
NEW SOUTH PLAY FESTIVAL
(10th Annual Festival of New Plays by, for and about the South)
*HALLELUJAH STREET BLUES by Valetta Anderson
NEW SOUTH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL NEW SOUTH PLAY LABS
Square Blues by Shay Youngblood
Night Blooms by Margaret Baldwin
Holly Down in Heaven by Kara Lee Corthron
A Cool Drink A Water by Thomas W. Jones, II
2007
MAINSTAGE
BAD DATES by Theresa Rebeck (remount)
ALMOST MAINE by John Cariani
9 PARTS OF DESIRE by Heather Raffo
THE BLUEST EYE by Toni Morrison,
adapted by Lydia R. Diamond
THE WATER COOLERS: AN OFFICE MUSICAL
by Thomas Michael Allen
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris
(annual holiday show)
NEW SOUTH PLAY FESTIVAL
(9th Annual Festival of New Plays by, for and about the South)
*CHARM SCHOOL by Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee
NEW SOUTH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL NEW SOUTH PLAY LABS
Cool Papa’s Party Thomas W. Jones II,
original music by William Knowles
Blue Water Fishing by Valetta Anderson
The Tallest Girl in the Class by Hilly Hicks Jr.
Night Blooms by Margaret Baldwin
2006
MAINSTAGE
BAD DATES by Theresa Rebeck
PERMANENT COLLECTION by Thomas Gibbons
THREE SISTAHS by Thomas W. Jones II and William Hubbard
THE THING ABOUT MEN by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris (annual holiday show)
NEW SOUTH PLAY FESTIVAL
(8th Annual Festival of New Plays by, for and about the South)
*THE PERFECT PRAYER by Suehyla El Attar
NEW SOUTH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL
NEW SOUTH PLAY LABS:
Workshops/Readings of six new plays
Drip by Christina Anderson
Blue Water Fishing by Valetta Anderson
Brownie Points by Janece Shaffer
Jesus Hates Me by Wayne Lemon
Night Blooms by Margaret Baldwin
Multi-dimensional Happenings at the Stone Mountain Vortex
by Heidi Cline, Clark Taylor and Leigh Campbell-Taylor
Drive By Jesus by Wayne Lemon
2004-2005
MAINSTAGE
CAFÉ PUTENESCA by Michael Osborn and Terrence J. Nolen
STRING OF PEARLS by Michelle Lowe
THE SYRINGA TREE by Pamela Gien
BLUE by Charles Randolph-Wright and Nona Hendrix
THE BIG BANG by Jed Feuer and Boyd Graham
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris (annual holiday show)
NEW SOUTH PLAY FESTIVAL
(7th Annual Festival of New Plays by, for and about the South)
The Perfect Prayer by Suehyla El Attar
For the Girls by Janece Shaffer
Multi-dimensional Happenings at the Stone Mountain Vortex
by Heidi Cline, Clark Taylor and Leigh Campbell-Taylor
2003-2004
MAINSTAGE
THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE by Charles Busch
TIME FLIES by David Ives
THE DRAWER BOY by Michael Healey
TWO QUEENS, ONE CASTLE
by Jevetta Steele and Thomas W. Jones II
NEW SOUTH PLAY FESTIVAL
6th Annual Festival of New Plays by, for, and about the South)
*HER LITTLE HOUSE by Margaret Baldwin
NOTES FROM THE BOTTLETREE by Addae Moon
NEW SOUTH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL NEW SOUTH PLAY LABS:
Workshops/Readings of four new plays
Multi-Dimensional Happenings at the Stone Mountain Vortex
by Heidi Cline
The Perfect Prayer by Suehyla El-Attar
Ax Norman Hazard County by Allison Moore
Sus Manos by Lauren Gunderson
NEW HORIZONS SERIES
Geek Love (adapted from the novel by Katherine Dunn)
by Aileen Loy and Mike Katinsky
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
2002-2003
MAINSTAGE
THE SPITFIRE GRILL
by James Valcq, Lee David Zoltoff, and Fred Alley
I LOVE YOU, YOUR PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts (remount)
WONDER OF THE WORLD by David Lindsay-Abaire
HOMEBODY/KABUL by Tony Kushner
NEW SOUTH PLAY FESTIVAL
(5th Annual Festival of New Plays by, for, and about the South)
*WISHFUL THINKING Janece Shaffer
RUNAWAY HOME by Javon Johnson
NEW SOUTH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL NEW SOUTH PLAY LABS:
Workshops/Readings of eight new plays
Notes from the Bottletree by Addae Moon
Deeds by S.M. Shepard-Massat
The Elvis Connection by Larry Larson & Eddie Levi Lee
Sweet Dream Grandpa by Marcus Gardley
Heartbreak by Rob Nixon
Her Little House by Margaret Baldwin
Leaving Limbo by Valetta Anderson
Pecan Tan by Tanya Barfield
NEW HORIZONS OFF-NIGHT SERIES
First Glance Festival Workshop Performances of:
Urban Fairy Tale by Philip DePoy
Her Little House by Margaret Baldwin
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS
co-produced with Synchronicity and Plain Sight
2001-2002
MAINSTAGE
FLAMING GUNS OF THE PURPLE SAGE by Jane Martin
I LOVE YOU, YOUR PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts (remount)
MADAME MELVILLE by Richard Nelson
BOY GETS GIRL by Rebecca Gilman
NEW SOUTH FOR THE NEW CENTURY PLAY FESTIVAL
(4th Annual Festival of New Plays by, for, and about the South)
*EASY by Phillip DePoy
*NEGRO DANCE LESSON by Regina Porter
NEW SOUTH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL NEW SOUTH PLAY LABS:
Workshops/Readings of eight new plays
Violet Heart by Michael Kinghorn
Kick Me by Hilly Hicks, Jr.
The Mermaid Play by Janece Shaffer
A Survivor’s Guide to the Apocalypse
by Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee
Leave Me in Limbo by Valetta Anderson
Her Little House by Margaret Baldwin
Odyssey by Dan Dietz
Alligators by Sylvia Reed
NEW HORIZONS OFF-NIGHT SERIES
IN THE FIELDS OF ACELDAMA by Naomi Wallace
FISH STORY and BETWEEN THE EYES by Naomi Wallace
(presented with Rogue Planet)
CHASING ANJALI by Princeton South Asian Theatrics
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris
THE 24-HOUR PLAYS co-produced with Synchronicity and Plain Sight
2000-2001
MAINSTAGE
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
by Joe DePietro and Jimmy Roberts
THE BIBLE: THE COMPLETE WORD OF GOD (ABRIDGED)
THREE DAYS OF RAIN
by Richard Greenberg
NEW SOUTH FOR THE NEW CENTURY PLAY FESTIVAL
(3rd Annual Festival of New Plays by, for and about the New South)
*THE GENES OF BEAUTY QUEENS by Janece Shaffer
HAMBONE by Javon Johnson
NEW SOUTH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL NEW SOUTH PLAY LABS:
Workshops/Readings of nine new plays:
Easy by Phillip DePoy
Negro Dance Lesson (formerly Clowns at Night) by Regina Porter
Bahama by Kendra Myers
Sunday Morning 2 Men Cooking by Margaret Baldwin
Goddesses in Distress by Elizabeth Dewberry
The Fair Hope Memorial by Louise Shwartz
The Purple Bird and the Coler Tree by Les Wade
The Practical Order of Things by Kim Brundidge
Faith Healing by Heather Hill
NEW HORIZONS OFF-NIGHT SERIES
THE BIG BORED by Matt Johnson
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris
THE 24-HOUR PLAYS
co-produced with Synchronicity and Plain Sight
1999-2000
MAINSTAGE
THE BATTING CAGE by Joan Ackermann
THE LONESOME WEST by Martin McDonagh
NEW SOUTH FOR THE NEW CENTURY PLAY FESTIVAL
(2nd Annual Festival of New Plays by, for and about the New South)
FOUR JOANS AND A FIRE-EATER by Elizabeth Dewberry
*A HOLE IN THE DARK by Hilly Hicks, Jr.
NEW SOUTH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL NEW SOUTH PLAY LABS:
Workshops/Readings of eight new plays:
The Genes of Beauty Queens by Janece Shaffer
Easy by Phillip DePoy
Clowns at Night by Regina Porter
Violet Heart by Michael Kinghorn
Honey Hush by Shirlene Holmes
Ballad Hunter by Jenny Laird
Stevie's Coming Out Party by Kevin Luttery
I Dream Wild Horses by Melanie Hammet
NEW HORIZONS OFF-NIGHT SERIES
JODIE'S BODY written and performed by Aviva Jane Carlin
THE SKRIKER by Caryl Churchill
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
by Luigi Priandello with Synchronicity Performance Group
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris
THE 24-HOUR PLAYS,
co-produced with Synchronicity and Plain Sight
1998-99
MAINSTAGE
THE ART OF DINING by Tina Howe (15th anniversary remount)
MERE MORTALS by David Ives
QUILLS by Doug Wright
NEW SOUTH FOR THE NEW CENTURY PLAY FESTIVAL
(A Festival of New Plays by, for and about the New South)
UNCLE BENDS: A NEGRO NARRATIVE by Bob Devin Jones
*THE ALGAE EATERS by Steve Murray
NEW SOUTH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST AND SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL NEW SOUTH PLAY LABS:
Workshops/Readings of seven new plays:
Four Joans and A Fire-Eater by Elizabeth Dewberry
Boy Meets Girl by Rebecca Gilman
Hate Machine by Robert Alexander
Hairpeace by Janice Liddell
When Willows Weep in Foxholes by Adrienne Corbin
The Diaries of Adam and Eve by M. Riley Howington
Bahama by Kendra Myers
NEW HORIZONS OFF-NIGHT SERIES
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES written and performed by Eve Ensler
MARISOL by Jose Rivera,
co-produced with Synchronicity Performance Group
THE 24-HOUR PLAYS
co-produced with Synchronicity and Plain Sight
1997-98
MAINSTAGE
THE JOY OF GOING SOMEWHERE DEFINITE by Quincy Long
SKYLIGHT by David Hare
*CUPID'S BONES by Steve Murray
COWGIRLS by Betsy Howie and Mary Murfitt
NEW HORIZONS OFF-NIGHT SERIES
DARKRIDE by Len Jenkin
FIRST STAR BLUES by Allen Rein
LOW LEVEL PANIC by Claire McIntyre
1996-97
THE FOOD CHAIN by Nicky Silver
RACING DEMON by David Hare
THE SCREENED-IN PORCH by Marian X
ABDUCTING HILLARY by Dario Fo
1995-96
A CHEEVER EVENING by A.R. Gurney
ELLEN FOSTER by Aaron Posner
adapted from the novel by Kaye Gibbons
VOIR DIRE by Joe Sutton
*THIS PASSION THING by Steve Murray
1994-95
THE WILD GUYS by Andrew Wreggitt and Rebecca Shaw
ESCAPE FROM HAPPINESS by George F. Walker
TALKING BONES by Shay Youngblood
ALL IN THE TIMING by David Ives
1993-94
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION by John Guare
*MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE HE DIED
...AND HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS - Book
by Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn,
Adapted by Tom Key
LET'S PLAY TWO by Anthony Clarvoe
A...MY NAME IS STILL ALICE, Conceived
by Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd
1992-93
PRELUDE TO A KISS by Craig Lucas
MARVIN'S ROOM by Scott McPherson
THE FILM SOCIETY by Jon Robin Baitz
THE GOOD TIMES ARE KILLING ME by Lynda Barry
1991-92
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES by Wendy Wasserstein
FULL MOON by Reynolds Price
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD by Timberlake Wertenbaker
B-MOVIE, THE PLAY by Tom Wood
1990-91
EASTERN STANDARD by Richard Greenberg
WHAT EVERY COWPOKE KNOWS by Patty Lynch
THE SECRET RAPTURE by David Hare
ANGRY HOUSEWIVES - Book by A.M. Collins, Music by Chad Henry
1989-90
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE by Terrence McNally
BEAUTIFUL CITY by George F. Walker
HEATHEN VALLEY by Romulus Linney
1988-89
LIFE AND LIMB by Keith Reddin
*SHAKIN' THE MESS OUTTA MISERY by Shay Youngblood
SERIOUS MONEY by Caryl Churchill
*RAIN, SOME FISH, NO ELEPHANTS by Y York
1987-88
THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO by Christopher Durang
DEADFALL by Grace McKeaney
AUNT DAN AND LEMON by Wallace Shawn
BECAUSE PRETTY GIRLS AREN'T THAT SMART by Patty Lynch
1986-87
WE WON'T PAY! WE WON'T PAY! by Dario Fo
SEASON'S GREETINGS by Alan Ayckbourn
FEN by Caryl Churchill
TOMORROWLAND by Jeffrey M. Jones
1985-86
THE ART OF DINING by Tina Howe
STANDING ON MY KNEES by John Olive
HOMESTEADERS by Nina Shengold
1984-85
HOTHOUSE by Megan Terry
WAITING FOR THE PARADE by John Murrell
GARDENIA by John Guare
1983-84
BONJOUR, LA, BONJOUR by Michel Tremblay
TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill
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