Atholton High School Production History
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Atholton High School Drama Department
Nathan Rosen, director (since the fall of 1997)
6520 Freetown Road, Columbia, Maryland 21044
410-313-7065 Fax 410-313-7078
Major productions directed by Nathan Rosen since Fall, 1997
*World premiere productions
Atholton High School Theatre Productions
| Date | Play Title |
| 2019 | She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen |
| 2019 - Spring | One Night Only: “I Was There” by Sam Guzman, directed by May Lee & Tashiana Lisulo; “King Lear” by William Shakespeare, edited by Zach Garrigus; “Enigma Variations” by David Ives, directed by Zach Garrigus; “Four A.M” by David Mamet, directed by Ezra Silver-Isenstadt; “Game of Tiaras” by Don Zolidis |
| 2019 - Spring | Shrek The Musical |
| 2018 – Fall | It’s A Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play |
| 2018 - Spring | The Addams Family |
| 2017 - Fall | The Tempest by William Shakespeare |
| 2017 - Spring | 13 The Musical |
| 2016 - Fall | Crush by Stephen Gregg |
| 2016 - Spring | Anything Goes |
| 2015 - Fall | The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder |
| 2015 - Spring | Legally Blonde |
| 2014 - Fall | You Can't Take It With You by Hart and Kaufman |
| 2014 - Spring | Curtains |
| 2013 - Fall | Snow Angel by David Lindsay-Abaire |
| 2013 - Spring | The Wedding Singer |
| 2012 - Fall | Dream Girl by Elmer Rice |
| 2012 - Spring | Disney's Beauty and the Beast |
| 2011 - Fall | Love is Awkward by Melissa Stuppy AHS ('09) |
| Present Tense by John McNamara | |
| 2011 - Spring | The Drowsy Chaperone |
| Music and Lyrics | |
| by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison | |
| Book by Bob Marting | |
| and Don McKellar | |
| 2010 - Fall | Noises Off by Michael Frayn |
| Squawk by Brad Plaxen | |
| No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre | |
| 2010 - Spring | How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying book by Abe Burrows and Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, music by Frank Loesser, lyrics by Frank Loesser (Mar. ‘10) |
| 2009 - Fall | “Kids Are Awkward” by Melia Stuppy* (published as “Love Is Awkward” by Melissa Stuppy, spring 2011, playscripts.com) |
| “Competition Piece” by John Wells | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Oct.-Nov '09) | |
| 2009 - Spring | “Miss Civilization” By Richard Harding Davis, Directed by Rachel Millstein |
| “Suppressed Desires” By Susan Glaspell/ Directed by Geneva Polser & Caroline Sellers | |
| “Shakespeare in Hollywood” By Ken Ludwig, Directed by Ellen Bushong & Ben Osheroff | |
| “Next Stop” By Bradley Plaxen*, Directed by Nicole Pierre & Chris Gallant | |
| Footloose Book by Dean Pitchford and David Saint. Based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford. Music and lyrics by Eric Carmen, Michael Gore, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, Tom Snow, Jim Steinman, Bill Wolfer and Dean Pitchford (March 09) | |
| “Cleveland” by Mac Wellman | |
| “Comedy of Errors” by William Shakespeare | |
| 2008 - Fall | Once In A Lifetime by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman (Nov. 08) |
| 2008 - Spring | “Family Ties”* by Danny Romeo, directed by Danny Romeo |
| Seussical Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Co-Conceived by Eric Idle, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Music by Stephen Flaherty (Mar. 08) | |
| 2007 - Fall | The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman (Nov. 07) |
| 2007 - Spring | Merrily We Roll Along (Mar. 07) |
| “King Lear” (Mar. 07) | |
| “Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” (May 07) directed by Joseph Zelenak (AHS ’07) | |
| 2006 - Fall | Harvey by Mary Chase (Nov 06) |
| 2006 - Spring | “WASP” by Steve Martin, directed by Evan Sanderson (AHS ’06) |
| Hello, Dolly! (Mar. 06) | |
| “Hamlet” (Mar. 06) | |
| “The Heidi Chronicles” by Wendy Wasserstein (Feb. 06) | |
| 2005 - Fall | As You Like It |
| 2005 - Spring | Crazy For You |
| “Macbeth” | |
| “The Dining Room” by A. R. Guerney (Feb. 05) | |
| 2004 - Fall | Rumors by Neil Simon (Nov. 04) |
| 2004 - Spring | Fiddler on the Roof (Mar. 04) |
| “Much Ado About Nothing” (Winter 04) | |
| “The Bald Soprano” by Eugene Ionesco (Winter 04) | |
| 2003 - Fall | Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O’Neill (Nov. 9-14, ‘03) |
| 2003 - Spring | One Night Only! (scenes from The Women by Claire Boothe Luce & "Adaptation" by Elaine May) Wed. May 21, 2003 |
| Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine (April 03) | |
| "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" (Winter 03) | |
| 2002 - Fall | The Man Who Came To Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman (Nov. ‘02) |
| 2002 - Spring | One Night Only! (Spring 02) |
| "Twelfth Night" for MHST Shakespeare Celebration (02) | |
| Bye Bye Birdie Book by Michael Stewart Lyrics by Lee Adams Music by Charles Strouse (Spring 02) | |
| Festival, Schmestival (02) scenes, songs, monologues | |
| 2001 - Fall | Antigone by Sophocles |
| 2001 - Spring | One Night Only! (Spring 01) |
| "As You Like It" for Folger Shakespeare Festival (01) | |
| Babes in Arms by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (Spring 01) | |
| "God" by Woody Allen for MHST Festival (01) | |
| Festival, Schmestival (01) | |
| 2000 - Fall | The Crucible by Arthur Miller |
| 2000 - Spring | One Night Only! (Spring 2000) |
| "Romeo & Juliet" for Folger Shakespeare Festival (2000) | |
| The Music Man by Meredith Willson (Spring 2000) | |
| "Romeo & Juliet" for MHST Festival (2000) | |
| 1999 - Fall | Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare |
| 1999 - Spring | Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows |
| "The Marriage Proposal" by Anton Chekhov for MHST Festival (99) | |
| "The Philadelphia" & "Sure Thing" by David Ives for Thespian One Act Festival (99) | |
| 1998 - Fall | Time’s Fool (Fall 98) one act plays: "The Marriage Proposal" & "The Boor" by Anton Chekhov, "The Philadelphia," "Words, Words, Words," "the Universal Language" & "Sure Thing" by David Ives, & sonnets by William Shakespeare |
| 1998 - Spring | The Pajama Game |
| Folger Festival 98 | |
| 1997 - Fall | Stage Door By Edna Ferber & George S. Kaufman, directed by Nathan Rosen, his first show at AHS |
| 1997 - Spring | Once Upon A Mattress directed by Dominic Valentine |
| 1996 - Fall | A Day in the Life directed by Dominic Valentine |
| 1996 - Spring | Anything Goes directed by Cathy Mundy |
| 1995 - Fall | Up The Down Staircase directed by Cathy Mundy |
| 1995 - Spring | The Wiz Directed by Monica Robbins |
| You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Student directors Sara Glazer and Adrian Terry | |
| 1994 - Fall | Dracula Directed by Monica Robbins |
| 1994 - Spring | Fame Directed by Monica Robbins |
| “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Folger & AHS | |
| 1993 - Fall | “Naomi in the Living Room,” “Episode in the Life of an Author,” and Neil Simon's Rumors, directed by Monica Robbins |
| 1993 - Spring | All American by Mel Brooks, directed by Monica Robbins and Mindy Orenstein |
| Album, Student directed by Steven Wang | |
| 1992 - Fall | Night of January 16th, last AHS show directed by E. Clark Beurlen |
| FARCE! For a good time - An Evening of Theatre-Dec. 3 & 4 1992 | |
| “A Marriage Proposal,” “Who Shot Willie?” “Shut and Bar The Door,” “The Other Other Woman” | |
| 1992 - Spring | “The Taming of the Shrew” AHS Shakespeare Troupe, Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Bye Bye Birdie, directed by Robert Jenkins and Sally Livingston, choreographed by Robert Jenkins | |
| 1991 - Fall | Adrift in New York |
| 1991 - Spring | Don’t Drink the Water |
| 1990 - Fall | The Pajama Game |
| 1990 - Spring | Damn Yankees |
| 1989 - Fall | Teach Me How to Cry |
| 1989 - Spring | South Pacific |
| 1988 - Fall | You Can’t Take It With You |
| 1988 - Spring | Guys and Dolls |
| 1987 - Fall | The Mouse That Roared |
| 1987 - Spring | Anything Goes |
| 1986 - Fall | Runaways |
| 1986 - Spring | Carnival |
| 1985 - Fall | The Miracle Worker |
| 1985 - Spring | Flowers for Algernon |
| 1984 - Fall | Story Theatre |
| 1984 - Spring | Once Upon a Matress |
| 1983 - Fall | Adrift in New York |
| 1983 - Spring | Hello, Dolly! |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | |
| 1982 - Fall | Night Watch |
| 1982 - Spring | Carousel |
| 1981 - Fall | Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon |
| 1981 - Spring | Pippin |
| 1980 - Fall | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| 1980 - Spring | Oklahoma! |
| 1979 - Fall | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| 1979 - Spring | Half a Sixpence |
| 1978 - Fall | Meet Me In St. Louis |
| 1978 - Spring | The Sound of Music |
| 1977 - Fall | Don’t Drink the Water |
| 1977 - Spring | Decade |
| 1976 - Fall | Ask Any Girl |
| 1976 - Spring | The Savage Dilemma |
| The Curious Savage | |
| Plain and Fancy | |
| 1975 - Fall | Harvey |
| 1975 - Spring | Story Theatre |
| 1974 - Fall | The Bad Seed |
| 1974 - Spring | The Apple Tree |
| 1973 - Fall | Adrift in New York |
| 1973 - Spring | Cheaper By the Dozen |
| 1972 - Fall | Teach Me How to Cry |
| 1972 - Spring | Carnival, opening show in AHS Auditorium |
| 1971 - Fall | 1984, last show in “gymatorium” |
| 1971 - Spring | Up the Down Staircase |
| 1970 - Fall | The Death and Life of Larry Benson |
| older shows | Flowers for Algernon (69-70) |
| Ask Any Girl (68-69) | |
| Portrait of Jenny (67-68) |
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