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The Virginian

The Virginian

written by L.C. BERNADINE & SPENCER HUFFMAN

from the Book by Owen Wister

directed by Terry McCabe

October 7 - February 20, 2022​

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SEASON 41

SEASON 41

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SEASON 40

SEASON 40

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SEASON 39

SEASON 39

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SEASON 38

SEASON 38

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SEASON 37

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SEASON 36

SEASON 36

Promotion poster for the play adaptation of Mark Twain's 'The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.' Features a black and white photograph of a young woman with voluminous hair, earrings, in a slightly open shirt. Text includes event dates from January 8 to F

Promotion poster for the play adaptation of Mark Twain's 'The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.' Features a black and white photograph of a young woman with voluminous hair, earrings, in a slightly open shirt. Text includes event dates from January 8 to February 21, 2016, and mentions the venue 'City Lit' with the tagline 'Literature + Theater.'

The play poster for 'The Seven-Per-Cent Solution' features two men in period costumes on a dark stage, positioned on opposite sides of a wooden table with papers. The man on the left looks surprised or cautious, crouching and holding onto the table.

The play poster for 'The Seven-Per-Cent Solution' features two men in period costumes on a dark stage, positioned on opposite sides of a wooden table with papers. The man on the left looks surprised or cautious, crouching and holding onto the table. The man on the right, wearing a bowler hat, has an animated expression. The poster includes details about the play's dates, writers, director, and ticket information.

Poster for the play "Hauptmann" by John Logan, showing a wooden chair with restraints in a museum display, with information about Bruno Richard Hauptmann's execution in 1936, and quotes praising the play, and details for the City Lit Theater producti

Poster for the play "Hauptmann" by John Logan, showing a wooden chair with restraints in a museum display, with information about Bruno Richard Hauptmann's execution in 1936, and quotes praising the play, and details for the City Lit Theater production from June 3 to July 10, 2016.

SEASON 35

SEASON 35

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SEASON 34

SEASON 34

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SEASON 33
Poster for the play 'The Cricket on the Hearth' featuring an elderly man playing a musical instrument and a young woman sitting nearby, with text about the production dates.
Poster for 'Peyton Place' adaptation, premiering February 22 to March 30, 2013, featuring a stylized illustration of a smiling woman with vintage hairstyle on a pink background.
Black and white poster for the play 'Comrades Mine' by Maureen Gallagher, directed by Anna C. Bahow, showing three men in historical military uniforms.
A black and white illustration of a sinister figure with a large hat, holding a guitar and surrounded by musical notes, resembling a Halloween-themed character.
SEASON 32
Movie poster for Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' featuring a woman with dark hair and makeup, with text about the play's schedule and details.
Poster for the opera 'Opus 1861: The Civil War in Symphony,' highlighting its world premiere, dates April 13 to May 13, 2012, with ticket sales contact number.
Promotional poster for Shirley Jackson's play 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' with a black cat silhouette on a purple background.
Poster for the play 'State Street,' a world premiere musical comedy, directed by Sheldon Platinum, running from May 25 to June 24, 2012, with a pink background and white text, featuring a line drawing of two women dancing under an umbrella.
SEASON 31
A promotional poster for the play 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame, featuring a tranquil scene with tall grass and a calm body of water, with text details about the production dates and venue.
Poster for the play 'Volpone' by Ben Jonson, displaying a purple background with a black tree, two flying birds, a dog silhouette, and the title details.
Poster for the Civil War project titled 'The Copperhead,' showing two copper coins and event details from April 8 to May 15, 2011.
Poster for the play 'The Sign of the Four' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring a silhouette of a street lamp and city skyline at sunset with the date May 27 - July 3, 2011.
SEASON 30
Promotional poster for William Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Susan Hart, showing a bloody handprint and a single bloodstained bullet. Dates are January 15 to February 21, 2010.
Promotional poster for Jack Finney's 'The Body Snatchers,' featuring a close-up of a human eye with a bright blue iris, set against a black background with orange and white text detailing the play's show dates.
Vintage poster for the musical comedy 'Oh, Boy!' with a woman in a red dress holding a conductor's baton, playing a piano, dated May 21 - June 27, 2010.
A person wearing a white shirt, black vest, and black hat, smiling and standing outdoors with a bright sky and cityscape in the background.
SEASON 29
Close-up of a vintage portable telephone with a rotary dial and handset.
Cover of a playbill for Kenneth Graham's 'The Wind in the Willows,' performed from November 27, 2009, to January 3, 2010, featuring a green background with black grass in silhouette.
Poster for the play 'Scoundrel Time' featuring the Statue of Liberty holding a book in her left hand and a torch in her right hand, set against a blue background with yellow and white text about performance dates and director.
Playbill cover for Harold Pinter's 'Old Times' and Noel Coward's 'Private Lives' with black and white photos of actors on playing cards, hand holding one card.
SEASON 28
Poster for the city lit musical 'Christmas' by Terry McCabe, running from November 24 to December 30, featuring a group of performers in festive costumes with a Christmas theme.
Poster for William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed by Jay Paul Skelton, showing a silhouette of a person with a shadow, against a blue gradient background.
Partial view of a person with gray hair in front of a poster for Glen Berger's 'Underneath the Lintel' play, scheduled from March 6 to April 20, 2008, at 8:00 PM.
The poster features a balance scale with two baskets hanging from each side. One basket contains a pig, and the other contains a turkey. Over the scale, there is a title for a play called 'Pudd'nhead Wilson' by Mark Twain, with show dates from May 2
SEASON 27
Poster for a Christmas-themed city art revue titled 'Christmas as We Grow Older', featuring a woman looking out a window decorated with colorful Christmas lights, with details about the premiere date from November 17 to December 24, 2006.
Poster for the play "The Juniper Tree" premiering in Chicago. Features a large juniper tree with a bird, and text about the production dates from February 23 to April 7, 2007.
Poster for the premiere of the adaptation of 'Gidget' featuring a silhouette of a woman with a surfboard against an orange background
A black silhouette of a cat sitting with tail curled around its body, facing left.

Older Seasons: 1981-2006

2005-2006: Season 26

  • Seascape by Edward Albee; Directed by Terry McCabe

  • Somebody Foreign by Douglas Post; Directed by Terry McCabe

  • Holmes & Watson by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Adapted and Directed by Terry McCabe

2004-2005: Season 25

  • The Doctor in Spite of Himself and The Pretentious Young Ladies by Moliere; Adapted and Directed by Page Hearn

  • Dr Knock, or the Triumph of Medical Science by Jules Romain; Adapted and Directed by Richard Hesler

  • Pigs Have Wings by P.G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Page Hearn; Directed by Martha Adrienne

2003-2004: Season 24

  • The Play’s the Thing by Ferenc Molnar

  • The Belle of Amherst by William Luce; Directed by Martha Adrienne

  • The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Directed by Page Hearn

2002-2003: Season 23

  • She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith; Directed by Terry McCabe

  • Cocktail Time by P.G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Page Hearn; Directed by Kevin Theis

  • Tartuffe by Moliere; Directed by Kevin Theis

  • An Ecstasy of Dragonflies by Page Hearn; Directed by Rob Chambers

2001-2002: Season 22

  • Uncle Fred in the Springtime by P.G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Page Hearn; Directed by Kevin Theis

  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; Directed by Kevin Theis

  • Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn; Directed by Terry McCabe

2000-2001: Season 21

  • The Turn of the Screw by Henry James; Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher; Directed by Ann Shanahan

  • La Vagabonde by Colette; Adapted by Kelly Nespor; Directed by Ann Shanahan

  • Jeeves and the Mating Season by P.G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Page Hearn; Directed by Kevin Theis

1999-2000: Season 20

  • 20/20 Hindsight: 20 years, 20 Stories various authors; Directed by Mark Richard & Arnold Aprill

  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; Adapted by Kelly Nespor; Directed by Cecile Keenan

1998-1999: Season 19

  • Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Mark Richard; Directed by Sandra Grand

1997-1998: Season 18

  • Jeeves in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Mark Richard; Directed by Pauline Brailsford.

  • Sleight of Heart conceived by Sandra Grand and Will Tremonte; Directed by Marc Silvia; Performed by Will Tremonte.

  • The Horn by John Clellon Holmes; Adapted by Mark Richard: Directed by Ron OJ Parson.

  • 1996-1997: Season 17

1996-1997: Season 17

  • Thank You, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Mark Richard; Directed by Sandra Grand.

Jeff Nomination for Best Actor—Mark Richard
Jeff Nomination for Best Supporting Actor—Page Hearn
Jeff Nomination for Best Adaptation/New Work—Mark Richard

  • Tea with Saki: Sinful Sweets and Wicked Wit by H.H. Munro (a.k.a. Saki): Adapted and Directed by Kelly Nespor and Mark Richard

  • The King; Adapted by Mark Richard; Directed by Steve Scott

  • Can't Quit You, Baby by Ellen Douglas; Adapted by Mark Richard; Directed by Sandra Grand.

    1995 - 1996

1995-1996: Season 16

  • Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P.G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Mark Richard; Directed by Sandra Grand.

  • Playboy Stories: 40 Years of Fiction in the Flesh by Charles Beaumont, Shirley Jackson, John Irving, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and Ursula K. LeGuin; Adapted by Andrea J. Dymond, Mark Richard, and Marc Silvia; Directed by Andrea J. Dymond and Marc Silvia.

  • Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair; Adapted by Michael A. Shepperd; Directed by Andrea J. Dymond

1994-1995: Season 15

  • The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Mark Richard; Directed by Mark Hardiman.

  • Palpable Fiction; Guests: Charles Johnson, Martha Bergland, and Annabel Thomas; Lecture/performance series conceived and directed by Mark Richard.

  • Faith and the Good Thing by Charles Johnson; Adapted by Keli Garrett; Directed by Frank Pullen.

1993-1994: Season 14

  • The White Paper by Jean Cocteau; Adapted and directed by Marc Silvia and Jerome Stauduhar.

  • Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse; Adapted by Mark Richard; Directed by Patrick Trettenero.

  • Oh, Art! Oh, Memory! A Tribute to Laurie Colwin by Laurie Colwin; Adapted and directed by Kathryn Gallagher and Tina Thuerwachter.

1992-1993: Season 13

  • Womandingo by Sterling Houston; Conceived and directed by Arnold Aprill.

  • Discourses on Black Identity by Various Authors; Adapted and directed by members of City Lit's Collective of African American Theater Artists; Adapted by Mark Richard; Directed by Steve Scott.

1991-1992: Season 12

  • Meridian by Alice Walker; Adapted by Keli Garrett; Directed by Andrea J. Dymond and Arnold Aprill.

    Jeff Citation: Supporting Actress.

  • Claiming the Cat's Eye and Other Stories by Barbara Kensey; Adapted and directed by Glenda Starr Kelley.

  • All The Rage by Boccaccio, Jo Carson, Michelle Citron, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, and Mona Simpson; Adapted and directed by members of City Lit’s Women's Project.

  • A Farm Under a Lake by Martha Bergland; Adapted and directed by Kelly Thompson and Mark Richard.

1990-1991: Season 11

  • The Last Pennant Before Armageddon by W. P. Kinsella; Adapted by Paul Barosse, Tom Mula, and Arnold Aprill; Directed by Arnold Aprill.

  • Raymond Carver—The Hero's Journey from poetry and prose by Raymond Carver and Tess Gallagher; Adapted and Directed by Mark Richard.

    Jeff Citations for Adaptation and Principal Actor.

  • Second Son by Robert Ferro; Adapted and directed by Michael Salvador

1989-1990: Season 10

  • Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip Jose Farmer; Adapted and directed by Arnold Aprill.

  • The Castle by Franz Kafka; Adapted and directed by Mark Richard.

1988-1989: Season 9

  • Edith and Anton by Edith Wharton and Anton Chekhov; Adapted and directed by Mark Richard and Arnold Aprill.

  • My Oedipus Complex by James Stephens and Frank O'Connor; Adapted and directed by Mark Richard.

  • The American by Henry James; Adapted and directed by Michael Salvador.

  • The Good Times are Killing Me by Lynda Barry; Adapted and directed by Arnold Aprill.

    Jeff Citations for Direction, Adaptation, Ensemble, Production, Musical Direction, Principal Actress, Supporting Actress, Scenic Design.

1987-1988: Season 8

  • No Apologies by Andrew Holleran, Graham Jackson, Armistead Maupin, and Felice Picano; Adapted and Directed by Michael Salvador.

  • Awakenings by Oliver Sacks; Adapted and directed by Arnold Aprill.

  • The Beasts and the Children by H.H. Munro (a.k.a. Saki); Adapted and Directed by Mark Richard.

  • Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse; ; Adapted and directed by Michael Salvador

  • An Evening of Wimsey and Murder by Dorothy L. Sayers; Adapted and Directed by Page Hearn.

1986-1987: Season 7

  • Tea, Bertie, and Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse: Adapted and dDrected by Michael Salvador.

  • Diggory's Rag and Other Appalachian Tales by Annabel Thomas; Adapted and Directed by Arnold Aprill.

  • Jeff Citations for Direction, Lighting, Musical Direction.

  • Irish Coffee bv Frank O'Connor and James Stephens; Adapted and Directed by Mark Richard and Matt McDonald.

  • Medley by Toni Cade Bambara; Adapted and Directed by Arnold Aprill.

1985-1986: Season 6

  • A Tale of Two Cities (Remount of 1984 production at Hefner Hall)

  • Tea and... by P. G. Wodehouse; Adapted and Directed by Michael Salvador.

  • Girls Meet God by Barbara Barg and Annabel Thomas; Adapted and directed by Arnold Aprill.

  • Chaos Doesn't run the Whole Show from the fiction of Saul Bellow; Adapted and directed by Arnold Aprill.

1984 - 1985: Season 5

  • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens; Adapted and Directed by Arnold Aprill.

    Jeff Citations for Adaptation and Direction.

  • Women's Voices in Literature Series by Edith Wharton, Toni Cade Bambara, Barbara Barg, Annabel Thomas; Adapted and Directed by Arnold Aprill.

1983-1984: Season 4

  • Ibsen in Italy by Felix Leon; Directed by Arnold Aprill.

  • Black Performers—A Mini Series by various authors; Adapted and Directed by Arnold Aprill.

  • How I Became a Holy Mother/Desecration by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; Adapted and Directed by Arnold Aprill.

1982 - 1983: Season 3

  • An October Mini-Fest by various authors; Adapted and Directed by Arnold Aprill.

  • A Solo Song For Doc by James Alan McPherson; Adapted and Directed by Tom Mula and Arnold Aprill.

1981-1982: Season 2

  • Big Blond and the Constant Reader by Dorothy Parker; Adapted and Directed by Arnold Aprill.

1980-1981: Inaugural season (1)

Kick-Off Benefit

  • Featuring “Whv I Live at the P.O.” bv Eudora Welty and “First Confession”.