Theatre Department
Previous Faculty Productions
Faculty Directed/Designed Productions: Reed College Theatre Department: 1978-2008.
| Academic Year | Title | Author | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 1978 | The Firebugs | Frisch | Clinton |
| Spring 1979 | The Miser | Moliere | Clinton |
| Fall 1979 | Picnic | Inge | Clinton |
| Spring 1980 | Romeo and Juliet | Shakespeare | Bernhard |
| Fall 1980 | Buried Child | Shepard | Bernhard |
| Spring 1981 | The Philanderer | Shaw | Clinton |
| Fall 1981 | Eccentricities of a Nightingale | Williams | Clinton |
| Spring 1982 | The Birthday Party | Pinter | Mason |
| Fall 1982 | The Sea | Bond | Bernhard |
| Spring 1983 | The Empire Builders | Vian | Clinton |
| Fall 1983 | The Rivals | Sheridan | Clinton |
| Spring 1984 | Three Penny Opera | Brecht/Weill | Bernhard |
| Fall 1984 | Leonce and Lena | Büchner | Mason |
| Spring 1985 | The Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare | Salmon |
| Fall 1985 | Museum | Howe | Worley |
| Spring 1986 | Shaw on Marriage | Shaw | Salmon |
| Fall 1986 | Fashion | Mowatt | Clinton |
| Spring 1987 | The Collection and Play | Pinter and Beckett | Worley |
| Academic Year | Title | Author | Director |
| Fall 1987 | The Marriage of Bette and Boo | Durang | Clinton |
| Spring 1988 | I, Too, Speak of the Rose | Emilio Carballido | Worley |
| Fall 1988 | House of Blue Leaves | Guare | Worley |
| Spring 1989 | The Glass Menagerie | Williams | Clinton |
| Fall 1989 | Tragedy of Tragedies | Fielding | Clinton |
| Spring 1990 | End of the World with Symposium to Follow | Kopit | Worley |
| Fall 1990 | Twelfth Night | Shakespeare | Worley |
| Spring 1991 | Le Bourgeois Avant- Garde | Ludlam | Clinton |
| Fall 1991 | Tales of the Lost Formicans | Congdon | Weeks |
| Spring 1992 | Crimes of the Heart | Henley | Worley |
| Fall 1992 | Timber | Federal Theatre Project (Seattle) | Worley |
| Spring 1993 | The Empire Builders | Vian | Clinton |
| Fall 1993 | The Illusion | Corneille | Clinton |
| Spring 1994 | On the Verge | Overmyer | Worley |
| Fall 1994 | As You Like It | Shakespeare | Worley |
| Spring 1995 | La Bêtte | Hirson | Clinton |
| Fall 1995 | Durang Durang | Durang | Clinton |
| Spring 1996 | The Cherry Orchard | Chekhov | Worley |
| Academic Year | Title | Author | Director |
| Fall 1996 | Beggars’ Opera | Gay | Worley |
| Spring 1997 | Bald Soprano | Ionesco | Clinton |
| Fall 1997 | After-Pieces (Crononhotonthologus and Polly Honeycomb) | Clinton | |
| Spring 1998 | Spring Awakening | Wedekind | Simek |
| Fall 1998 | Velcro! | Ives | Worley |
| Spring 1999 | Amerika | from Kafka | Simek |
| Fall 1999 | American Notes | Jenkin | Clinton |
| Spring 2000 | Happy End | Brecht/Weill | Worley |
| Fall 2000 | The Imaginary Invalid | Moliere | Worley |
| Spring 2001 | The Relapse | Vanbrugh (Adapted by Craig Clinton) | Clinton |
| Fall 2001 | Rich and Famous | Guare | Clinton |
| Spring 2002 | Much Ado About Nothing | Shakespeare | Worley |
| Fall 2002 | Hands Around | Schnitzler | Worley |
| Spring 2003 | The Bad Seed | Anderson (adapt.) | Clinton |
| Fall 2003 | Boy Gets Girls | Gilman | Clinton |
| Spring 2004 | Ubu Roi | Jarry | Evans |
| Fall 2004 | Macbeth | Shakespeare | Evans |
| Spring 2005 | Arcadia | Stoppard | Worley |
| Fall 2005 | Tartuffe | Moliere | Worley |
| Spring 2006 | Red Burning Light | Fornes | Clinton |
| Fall 2006 | Bar of a Tokyo Hotel | Williams | Clinton |
| Spring 2007 | I Have Loved Strangers | Washburn | Worley |
| Fall 2007 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern | Stoppard | Worley |
| Spring 2008 | Marriage of Bette and Boo | Durang | Clinton |
| Fall 2008 | A Bright Room Called Day 4 X Tenn |
Kushner Williams |
Worley Crosser |
| Spring 2009 | Double Inconstancy | Marivaux | Icenogle |
Set and Lighting Designers
Warner Blake: Set and Light Designer: Academic Year 1978/1979 (and designer of stage and seating configuration of the present Main Stage)
Dennis Miller: Set and Light Designer: Fall 1979 through Spring 1981
Russell Guinn: Set and Light Designer: Fall 1981 through Spring 1988
Max Muller: Set and Light Designer: Fall 1988 through Spring 2006
Kristeen Crosser: Set and Lighting Designer beginning Fall 2006
Costume Design
Cara Carr: Costume Designer: (began service at Reed in 1979, constructing The Miser. Designed and constructed virtually every faculty directed production through Spring 2005, and also designed I Have Loved Strangers in 2007. Designed and constructed costumes for Reed’s Summer Theatre in 1975 (The Rivals) and 1976 (Edward II, Arsenic and Old Lace and Androcles and the Lion). Costume work for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival: 1977-78 season.
Natalie Leavenworth: costume designer for the academic year 2005-2006 and for fall 2006.
Darrin Pufall: costume designer beginning fall 2007.
