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Strange Cargo: The Doom of the Demeter
written by Timothy Griffin
directed by Ed Rutherford
October 10 - November 23, 2025
Changing Channels
written by John Reeger
directed by Kevin Theis
February 27 - April 12, 2026

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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 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 production from June 3 to July 10, 2016.

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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”.