THE WOOSTER GROUP
Selected Production History 1976-2003
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| 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
| 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
1975
» June: Sakonnet Point at The Performing Garage
» October 10 - November 1: Sakonnet Point at The Performing Garage
1976
» September: Sakonnet Point rehearsals
» October 15 - November 13: Sakonnet Point at The Performing Garage
» November: Rumstick Road evening rehearsals upstairs at The Performing Garage
» December 16: Rumstick Road open rehearsal for invited audience, no set
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1977
» January 27, February 21, March 24: Rumstick Road open rehearsals
» March 25 - April: Rumstick Road opens at The Performing Garage
» June: Rumstick Road at The Performing Garage
» October, November: Nayatt School rehearsals at The Wonderhorse Theatre, NYC
» December 1 - 23: Rumstick Road at The Performing Garage
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1978
» January 27, 28: Rumstick Road at The Wilma Project in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
» January, February, March: Nayatt School rehearsals
» April 21 - June 11: Nayatt School at The Performing Garage
» June 12 - 18: Rumstick Road at The New Theatre Festival in Baltimore, Maryland
» September 19 - October 29: Three Places in Rhode Island (Sakonnet Point, Rumstick Road, Nayatt School) at The Mickery Theatre in Amsterdam.
» December 8 - February 4 (’79): Three Places in Rhode Island at The Performing Garage
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1979
» December 8 (’78) - February 4: Three Places in Rhode Island at The Performing Garage.
» January: Fathers and Sons rehearsals (later became Point Judith)
» February 24 - 28: Rumstick Road at the 99 cent Floating Theatre, University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
» March 9 - 31: Three Places in Rhode Island at The Performing Garage
» July 2 - August 11: Residency/Workshop at Connecticut College
» July, August: By the Sea, a film shoot on the coast near New London, CT (footage incorporated into Point Judith)
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1980
» December 28 - March 2: Point Judith at The Envelope, New York City
» March 21 - April 27: Rumstick Road at The American Place Theatre, New York City
» May 6 - 24: Point Judith at The Mickery Theatre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
» June 14: First reading of "Our Town"
» June 25 - July: Going My Way?, a film shoot in New Jersey (footage incorporated into Route 1 & 9)
» September 10 - February: The Last Act rehearsals (later became Route 1 & 9)
» November: Work on Pigmeat Markham routines begins (incorporated into Route 1 & 9).
The Lesson - video shoot of Clifton Fadiman sequence (footage incorporated into Route 1 & 9)
» November 28 - February 8 (’81): Point Judith at The Performing Garage)
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1981
» November 28 - February 8: Point Judith at The Performing Garage
» February 19 - May 3: The Last Act open rehearsals at The Performing Garage
» April 30 - May 3: Point Judith at the Kaaitheatre Festival, Brussels
» June: "Our Town," a video shoot (sequences incorporated into Route 1 & 9)
» July, August: Hula (a record album interpretation) rehearsals
» September 11 - 27: Hula at The Performing Garage. Wooster Group performance under the alias of "Ray Whitfield and the Johnson."
» October 8: Route 1 & 9 at The Performing Garage
» November, December: Work on the second record album interpretation from Timothy Leary's L.S.D.
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1982
» January 21 - February 5: Hula at The Performing Garage
» January, February: For the Good Times rehearsals
» February 18 - 21: Hula and For the Good Times at Danspace, New York, NY
» February 22 - 26: Route 1 & 9, Hula, and For the Good Times at The Mickery Theatre in Amsterdam
» April: Preparations for retrospective including Nayatt School, Point Judith, and Route 1 & 9
» May 6 - 23: Nayatt School at The Performing Garage
» June 3 -13: Point Judith and Route 1 & 9 at The Performing Garage
» September: Road trip to Salem, Massachusetts
» September, October, November, December: The Crucible readings
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1983
» January 20 - February 13: L.S.D. work-in-progress including excerpts from The Crucible and record interpretation of L.S.D.
» February 28 - March: Preparation for residency collaboration with Globe Theater, Eindhoven, Holland. Work on text with Jim Strahs begins (later called North Atlantic)
» March 28: Wooster Group leaves for Eindhoven
» April, May: North Atlantic rehearsals with Globe Theater
» April 21 -28: Route 1 & 9 in Brussels
» June 7 - 18: North Atlantic in Eindhoven, Holland
» June 29 - July 1: Route 1 & 9 in Zurich
» August, September: L.S.D. (...Just the High Points...) rehearsals resume
» November: North Atlantic work on New York version begins
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1984
» October 13 - January 8: L.S.D. work-in-progress at The Performing Garage
» January: Man in Miami filmed in Miami, Florida (later incorporated into L.S.D.)
» January 13 - March 11: North Atlantic at The Performing Garage
» February 17: Crucible on Acid rehearsal video tape (later incorporated into L.S.D.)
» February 24 - March 31: Hula at The Performing Garage
» March 22 - April 13: L.S.D. with parts 1, 2, and 3 at The Performing Garage
» April 15 - May 13: L.S.D. first performances of all four parts in Boston, Massachusetts
» September 27 - November 25: L.S.D. is shut down under cease-and-desist threat from Arthur Miller's lawyers
» November, December: Michael Kirby rewrites Crucible section of L.S.D. (Part II)
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1985
» January 5 -12: L.S.D. reopens with new version of Part II
» January 26 - 27: L.S.D. at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Work begins on Flaubert's La Tentation de Saint Antoine, a text suggested by Peter Sellars
» February 19 - 25: Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony rehearsals at MIT, Cambridge, MA
» March 18: Miss Universal Happiness rehearsals, a collaboration with The Ontological- Hysteric Theater
» May 14 - June 22: Miss Universal Happiness at The Performing Garage
» June 25 - 30: Route 1 & 9 at the Bastille Theatre, Paris
» August, September, October: St. Antony rehearsals; Channel J. sequence video drafts
» November 4: Wooster Group residency at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
» November, December: Channel J. video shoot. Flaubert Dreams of Travel…, a film shoot with Ken Kobland (later incorporated into St. Antony)
» December 7 - 22: North Atlantic at The Playwrights Theatre, Washington D.C.
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1986
» January 4 - 19: L.S.D. at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
» January 23 - 26: St. Antony open rehearsals at the Kennedy Center concluding the residency
» February 6 - 16: Situations of Confrontation upstairs at The Performing Garage
» March 1 - 15: L.S.D. in Adelaide, Australia
» March: While in Australia, Michael Kirby writes White Homeland Commando for The Wooster Group
» April 28 - May 4: L.S.D. and St. Antony rehearsals filmed for South Bank Show
» May 26 - June 30: St. Antony work-in-progress shown
» August 12 - 18: L.S.D. in Edinburgh
» August 21 - September 6: L.S.D. in London. White Homeland Commando public readings at the Riverside Studios
» September 9 - 14: L.S.D. in Cardiff, Wales
» October 5 - 11: L.S.D. at the Ancienine Belgique, Brussels
» October 15 - 19: L.S.D. in Theatre Am Turm, Frankfurt
» October 28 - November 2: L.S.D. in Milano
» November: Route 1 & 9 rehearsals at The Kitchen, New York, NY. To open November 17
» Ron's seizure - Route 1 & 9 performances postponed
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1987
» December 26 - January 18: Route 1 & 9 opens in The Kitchen, New York, NY
» January 22 - February 10: L.S.D. at The Performing Garage
» February: St. Antony rehearsals resume
» April 1 - 26: St. Antony work-in-progress at The Performing Garage
» May 5 - 10: St. Antony at MIT, Cambridge, MA
» June 4 - 7: L.S.D. at the Montreal Festival
» mid-June - mid-August: Wooster Group residency in North Hampton, sponsored by No Theater
» June 18 - 21: L.S.D. at Smith College, North Hampton
» June 25 - 28: St. Antony at Smith College, North Hampton
» July, August: Wrong Guys video shoot
» August 13 - 14: Wrong Guys at Thornes, North Hampton
» September 6 - 13: L.S.D. at the L.A. Festival. Cubby in L.A. video shoot (later incorporated into St. Antony)
» September 17 - 21: L.S.D. at On the Boards, Seattle
» Late September, October: St. Antony rehearsals resume
» October 8 - November 9: St. Antony work-in-progress at The Performing Garage
» November: Symphony of Rats, second collaboration with The Ontological-Hysteric Theatre
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1988
» January 6 - February 22: Symphony of Rats at The Performing Garage
» January - April: This Will Kill That film project
» May 23 - 28: L.S.D. at The Jerusalem Festival. Cubby in Jerusalem video shoot (later incorporated into St. Antony)
» June 5 - 30: North Atlantic benefit performances at The Performing Garage
» July: St. Antony rehearsals resume
» September: Cubby as Jesus video shoot in Venice (later incorporated into St. Antony)
» September 16 - October 15: Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony (now complete) at The Performing Garage
» November 6: St. Antony run resumes
» December: White Homeland Commando pre-production and rehearsals at The Performing Garage
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1989
» January: White Homeland Commando video shoot
» February 1 - 5: L.S.D. in Toronto
» February, March: Brace Up! rehearsals at The Performing Garage
» April: White Homeland Commando post-production work
» May 15 - 20: St. Antony in Antwerp
» June 1 - 4: St. Antony in Montreal
» June, July: Brace Up! rehearsals resume including Paul Schmidt's translation of Three Sisters
» September 14 - October 29: St. Antony at The Performing Garage
» November 6: St. Antony, Episode One at The New Museum, New York, NY
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1990
» January - April: Brace Up! rehearsals continue at The Performing Garage
» May 10 - 13: St. Antony and Brace Up! work-in-progress at The Performing Garage
» May 21 - 27: St. Antony and Brace Up! work-in-progress in Vienna
» June: Pre-production for Geinin film shoot
» July: 1 - 3: Geinin film shoot at The Performing Garage
» August 30 - September 4: St. Antony at the Temporary Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
» October 4 - 19: L.S.D., St. Antony, and Brace Up! work-in-progress at The Tramway Theater, Glasgow
» November, December: Brace Up! rehearsals at The Performing Garage
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1991
» January 18 - March 9: Brace Up! at The Performing Garage
» March 21 - 24: Brace Up! in Seattle, WA
» April 3 - 6: Brace Up! in Minneapolis, MN
» April : White Homeland Commando rough picture edit
» April 19: Geinin shoot Bathroom at The Performing Garage
» April 24 - 28: Brace Up! in Frankfurt
» May 4 - 9: Brace Up! at the Hebel Theatre, Berlin
» May 14 - 20: Brace Up! in Amsterdam
» May 25 - 29: Brace Up! in Vienna
» June, July: Final picture edit for White Homeland Commando
» September 12 - October 26: Brace Up! at The Performing Garage
» November 6 - 14: Brace Up! in Frankfurt
» November 19 - 27: Brace Up! at the Kaaitheater, Brussels
» December: White Homeland Commando sound edit
» December: Ron rehearses Roy Cohn /Jack Smith at The Performing Garage (under umbrella of Garage Productions)
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1992
» January - March: Work on new piece (later to be called Fish Story)
» January: Roy Cohn/Jack Smith rehearsals at The Performing Garage
» February: White Homeland Commando sound edit
» March 27 - April 25: Brace Up! at The Performing Garage
» May: Brace Up! on tour to Zurich and Lisbon (Ron performs Roy Cohn/Jack Smith at The Performing Garage)
» August, September: The Emperor Jones rehearsals at The Performing Garage
» October 8 - 17: The Emperor Jones (work in progress) at The Performing Garage
» October 28 - November 1: Brace Up! in Glasgow
» November 10 - 14: Brace Up! in Bordeaux, France
» November 19 - 22: The Emperor Jones in Frankfurt
» November, December: Ron at work on the film Philadelphia
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1993
» January 28 - February 6: The Emperor Jones at The Performing Garage
» February, March: Fish Story rehearsals at The Performing Garage. Ron begins extended tour of Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
» April 15 - May 1: The Emperor Jones and Fish Story (work in progress) as double bill at The Performing Garage
» May 16 - 19: The Emperor Jones and Fish Story in Vienna
» May 27 - June 4: The Emperor Jones and Fish Story in Brussels
» June 9 - 13: Brace Up! in Antwerp
» June 18 - 27: Brace Up!, The Emperor Jones and Fish Story (work in progress) at Theatre de Welt Festival in Munich
» July 2 - 6: Brace Up! in London. (Ron plays Vershinin again for these performances)
» August: Maine. Script work on The Black Hole. Ron works on Queer and Alone
» September 7 - 11: The Emperor Jones and Fish Story (work in progress) in Arhus
» September 15 - 19: The Emperor Jones and Fish Story (work in progress) in Stockholm
» October 15 - 23: The Emperor Jones and Fish Story (work in progress) in Frankfurt
» October: Rehearsals begin for remounting Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony
» November 11 - December 5: Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony at The Performing Garage
» December 29: Initial plans made for "Faust Project" with Ron
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1994
» December 29 - January 29: Fish Story at The Performing Garage
» January, February: Ron at Kaaitheater, Brussels working on Garage co-production (called Philoctetes Variations)
» February: Research begins on "Faust Project"
» March 3 - 6: Brace Up! at The Hong Kong Arts Festival
» March: Philoctetes Variations opens in Brussels and closes in four performances due to Ron's ill health
» March 24 - April 9: The Emperor Jones at The Performing Garage. During this run Willem is rehearsed in Ron's role in Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony
» April 16: Ron Vawter dies
» April 29 - May 8: Frank Dell's The Temptation of St. Antony at The Hebbel Theatre, Berlin
» May 13 - 17: Fish Story in Creteil
» June, July: The Hairy Ape rehearsals
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1995
» February: The Hairy Ape at The Performing Garage
» March: The Temptation of St. Antony in San Paulo
» September - October: The Emperor Jones at The Performing Garage
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1996
» January - February: The Hairy Ape at The Performing Garage
» April 21 and 23 - 28: The Visiting Artist Series at The Performing Garage
» April 18 - 30: Fish Story, The Emperor Jones, The Hairy Ape all at The Luna Theatre, Brussels
» May 1 - 4: The Hairy Ape continues at Luna Theatre, Brussels
» Late September- December: House/Lights rehearsals
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1997
» January - February: House/Lights rehearsals continue with one weekend performance in February
» March: showing of Wrong Guys at The Whitney Biennial, New York, NY
» March - May 25: The Hairy Ape at the Selwyn Theatre, New York, NY
» June 4 - 9: The Hairy Ape at The Weiner Feswochen, Vienna
» June 14 - 16: The Hairy Ape at Theatre Am Turm, Frankfurt
» June 22 - 30: The Hairy Ape at The Hebbel Theatre, Berlin
» September: House/Lights rehearsals and performances at The Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio
» October 28 - November 2: House/Lights at Kanonhallen, Copenhagen
» October 31 - November 2: "Life on the Border," The Visiting Artists Series at The Performing Garage
» November 12 - 16: House/Lights at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, lL
» December: House/Lights rehearsals at The Performing Garage
» December: Trisha Brown rehearses and dances with the Group
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1998
» January: House /Lights rehearsals
» March: The Emperor Jones at The Performing Garage
» May 28 - June 1: House/Lights at Kunstfest, Weimar
» June 7 - 16: The Hairy Ape and House/Lights at The Holland Festival, Amsterdam
» June 25 - July 3: The Hairy Ape at The Bavarian State Opera, Munich
» July 11 - 15: The Hairy Ape at The Murgulho No Futuro Festival, Lisbon (Expo 98)
» September: House/Lights rehearsals
» October 3 - 25: House/Lights at The Performing Garage
» October 28 - November 3: House/Lights at Kannanhallen, Copenhagen
» November 20 - 24: The Emperor Jones at The Belfast Festival at Queen's
» December 2 - 6: House/Lights at Desingel, Antwerp
» December 9 - 12: House/Lights at Kaaitheater, Brussels
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1999
» January - March: House/Lights at The Performing Garage
» May - June: North Atlantic rehearsals
» May 27 - 31: House/Lights at The Montreal Festival des Amerique
» July 16: Editing of The Emperor Jones film continues and a showing at The N.Y. Video Festival
» October 14 - November 18: North Atlantic at The Performing Garage
» December 8 - 18: House/Lights at Theatre de la Bastille, Paris
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2000
» January - February: North Atlantic at The Performing Garage
» May 27 - 31: House/Lights at The Bergen International Theatre, Norway
» June 7 - 10: House/Lights at Tramway, Glasgow
» June 23 - 27: North Atlantic at Kaaitheater, Brussels
» November 15 - 19: North Atlantic at On The Boards, Seattle
» November 28 - December 2: North Atlantic at The Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
» December 7 - 10: North Atlantic at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2001
» January, February: Phédre rehearsals
» March 14 - 17: House/Lights at La Rose des Vents, France
» March 21 - 24: House/Lights at Theatre Garonne, France
» March 28 - 31: House/Lights at Le Maillon, France
» June 1 - July 1: Phédre (New Work) at The Performing Garage
» September 6 - 23: Work in Progress of To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) showings at The Performing Garage
» October 19 - November 6: The Hairy Ape at Melbourne Festival, Australia
» November 14 - 17: North Atlantic at the Festival D'Automne, Paris
» November 22 - 26: The Hairy Ape at The Festival D'Automne, Paris
» November 28 - December 7: To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) performed at The Festival D'Automne, Paris
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2002
» February 1 - March 30: To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn
» May 9 - May 23: To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) at Riverside Studios, London International Festival of Theatre
» May 31 - June 5: To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) at International Istanbul Theatre Festival
» June 13 - June 19: To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) at Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
» October: To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) showings at The Performing Garage
» October 15 - 19: To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) at The Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
» October 25 - 31: To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) at On the Boards, Seattle, WA
» November 8 - 17: To You, The Birdie! (Phédre) at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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2003
» February 19 - March 23: Brace Up! limited run at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn
Last update: January 13, 2003