*Denotes a World Premiere
2022 Season
Mainstage
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan
The Light by Loy Webb
Roe by Lisa Loomer
Square Blues* by Shay Youngblood
Designing Women 2020: The Big Split by Linda Bloodworth Thomason
Y’allmark Christmas: An Improvised Holiday Movie • a co-production with Dad’s Garage created by Topher Payne and Amber Nash
2020 Season
Mainstage
Once music & lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova • book by Enda Walsh
2019 Season
Mainstage
The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe
Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau
The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter
Sweet Water Taste by Gloria Bond Clunie
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens
The New South Play Festival
Waffle Palace Christmas by Larry Larson & Eddie Levi Lee *
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
2018 Season
Mainstage
The Ballad of Klook and Vinette book by Ché Walker • music & lyrics by Anoushka Lucas & Omar Lyefook
Disney’s Freaky Friday music & lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey • book by Bridget Carpenter
Citizens Market by Cori Thomas
How Black Mothers Say I Love You by Trey Anthony
Nomad Motel by Carla Ching
The New South Play Festival
Waffle Palace Christmas by Larry Larson & Eddie Levi Lee *
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
2017 Season
Mainstage
Constellations by Nick Payne
Nobody Loves You book & lyrics by Itamar Moses • music & lyrics by Gaby Alter
How to Use a Knife by Will Snider
Blackberry Daze by Ruth P. Watson & Thomas W. Jones II
Project Dawn by Karen Hartman
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
2016 Season
Mainstage
The Toxic Avenger book & lyrics by Joe DiPietro • music & lyrics by David Bryan
Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason
The City of Conversation by Anthony Giardina
‘Da Kink in My Hair by Trey Anthony
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
The New South Play Festival
Freed Spirits by Daryl Lisa Fazio *
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
2015 Season
Mainstage
The Waffle Palace by Larry Larson & Eddie Levi Lee
Grand Concourse by Heidi Schreck
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang
Avenue Q Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx, Book by Jeff Whitty
Uprising by Gabrielle Fulton *
Informed Consent by Deborah Zoe Laufer
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
2014 Season
Mainstage
The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarías
Elemeno Pea by Molly Smith Metzler
Cowgirls by Mary Murfitt & Betsy Howie
Right On by Darren Canady *
Detroit by Lisa D’Amour
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
2013 Season
Mainstage
The Waffle Palace by Larry Larson & Eddie Levi Lee *
The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarías
every tongue confess by Marcus Gardley
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
15th Annual New South Play Festival
Third Country by Suehyla El-Attar *
2012 Season
Mainstage
Avenue Q, Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx, Book by Jeff Whitty
Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
14th Annual New South Play Festival
The Waffle Palace by Larry Larson & Eddie Levi Lee *
Sheddin’ by Thomas W. Jones II *
New South Play Labs
Uprising by Gabrielle Fulton
Blue Angels Weekend by Lee Nowell
2011 Season
Mainstage
Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts
Legacy of Light by Karen Zacarías
Avenue Q, Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx, Book by Jeff Whitty
Three Sistahs, Book & Lyrics by Thomas W. Jones II, Music by William Hubbard
Tree by Julie Hérbert
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
New South Play Labs
The Waffle Palace by Larry Larson & Eddie Levi Lee
Sheddin’ by Thomas W. Jones II
2010 Season
Mainstage
Shooting Star by Steven Dietz
Black Pearl Sings by Frank Higgins
True Love Lies by Brad Fraser
Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery by Shay Youngblood
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Family Series
Amazing Grace by Shay Youngblood
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
12th Annual New South Play Festival
Night Blooms by Margaret Baldwin *
2009 Season
Mainstage
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
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
2008 Season
Mainstage
The Missionary Position by Keith Reddin
In Darfur by Winter Miller
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
Altar Boyz, Book by Kevin Del Aguila, Music & Lyrics by Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Family Series
Madeline’s Christmas, Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby, Music by Shirley Mier
10th Annual New South Play Festival
Hallelujah Street Blues by Valetta Anderson *
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 Season
Mainstage
Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck
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
9th Annual New South Play Festival
Charm School by Larry Larson & Eddie Levi Lee *
New South Play Labs
Cool Papa’s Party by 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 Season
Mainstage
Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck
Permanent Collection by Thomas Gibbons
Three Sistahs, Book & Lyrics by Thomas W. Jones II, Music by William Hubbard
The Thing About Men by Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
8th Annual New South Play Festival
The Perfect Prayer by Suehyla El-Attar *
New South Play Labs
Drip by Christina Anderson
Blue Water Fishing by Valetta Anderson
Brownie Points by Janece Shaffer
Jesus Hates Me by Margaret Baldwin
Multi-dimensional Happenings at the Stone Mountain Vortex by Heidi Cline, Clark Taylor & Leigh Campbell-Taylor
Drive By Jesus by Wayne Lemon
2004-2005 Season
Mainstage
Café Putenesca by Michael Osborn & Terrence J. Nolen
String of Pearls by Michelle Lowe
The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien
Blue by Charles Randolph-Wright & Nona Hendrix
The Big Bang by Jed Feuer & Boyd Graham
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
7th Annual New South Play Festival
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 & Leigh Campbell-Taylor
2003-2004 Season
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 & Thomas W. Jones II
6th Annual New South Play Festival
Her Little House by Margaret Baldwin *
Notes from the Bottletree by Addae Moon
New South Play Labs
Multi-dimensional Happenings at the Stone Mountain Vortex by Heidi Cline, Clark Taylor & Leigh Campbell-Taylor
The Perfect Prayer by Suehyla El-Attar
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 & Mike Katinsky
The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
2002-2003 Season
Mainstage
The Spitfire Grill by James Valcq, Lee David Zoltoff & Fred Alley
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts
Wonder of the World by David Lindsay-Abaire
Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner
5th Annual New South Play Festival
Wishful Thinking by Janece Shaffer *
Runaway Home by Javon Johnson
New South Play Labs
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
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 Season
Mainstage
Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage by Jane Martin
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts
Madame Melville by Richard Nelson
Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman
4th Annual New South Play Festival
Easy by Phillip DePoy *
Negro Dance Lesson by Regina Porter *
New South Play Labs
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 & 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 Season
Mainstage
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts
The Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged) by Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg
3rd Annual New South Play Festival
The Genes of Beauty Queens by Janece Shaffer *
Hambone by Javon Johnson
New South Play Labs
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 Season
Mainstage
The Batting Cage by Joan Ackermann
The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh
2nd Annual New South Play Festival
Four Joans and A Fire-Eater by Elizabeth Dewberry
A Hole in the Dark by Hilly Hicks, Jr. *
New South Play Labs
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
1998-1999 Season
Mainstage
The Art of Dining by Tina Howe
Mere Mortals by David Ives
Quills by Doug Wright
New South Play Festival
Uncle Bends: A Negro Narrative by Bob Devin Jones
The Algae Eaters by Steve Murray *
New South Play Labs
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
1997-1998 Season
Mainstage
The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite by Quincy Long
Skylight by David Hare
Cupid’s Bones by Steve Murray *
Cowgirls by Betsy Howie & Mary Murfitt
New Horizons Off-Night Series
Darkride by Len Jenkin
First Star Blues by Allen Rein
Low Level Panic by Claire McIntyre
1996-1997 Season
Mainstage
The Food Chain by Nicky Silver
Racing Demon by David Hare
The Screened-In Porch by Marian X
Abducting Hilary by Dario Fo
1995-1996 Season
Mainstage
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 *
1994-1995 Season
Mainstage
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
1993-1994 Season
Mainstage
Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare
Many Things have Happened Since He Died…And Here are the Highlights*, Book by Elizabeth DewberryVaughn, 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
1992-1993 Season
Mainstage
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
1991-1992 Season
Mainstage
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
1990-1991 Season
Mainstage
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
1989-1990 Season
Mainstage
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally
Beautiful City by George F. Walker
Heathen Valley by Romulus Linney
1988-1989 Season
Mainstage
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 *
1987-1988 Season
Mainstage
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
1986-1987 Season
Mainstage
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
1985-1986 Season
Mainstage
the Art of Dining by Tina Howe
Standing on My Knees by John Olive
Homesteaders by Nina Shengold
1984-1985 Season
Mainstage
Hothouse by Megan Terry
Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell
Gardenia by John Guare
1983-1984 Season
Mainstage
Bonjour, La, Bonjour by Michel Tremblay
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill