Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train

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”.