History
Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company:
The Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre was founded by a small group of dedicated volunteers with the express purpose of bringing quality live theatre to the Staten Island community while providing a creative outlet for local area performing, directing and designing talent. For 34 years, the company has been run by a volunteer Board of Directors and an unpaid staff. During that time, the company has produced or presented over 178 theatrical events, including classic drama (24 productions of the namesake’s work), contemporary drama and comedy, musical theatre, staged readings and the premier of 15 new works.
For over 25 years, the company was in residence in its exclusive performance space in the Nurse’s Residence on the grounds of the Seaview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in the center of Staten Island. Each year, the company presented 5-7 complete productions, which were well received by both audiences and critics alike. The company has been the springboard for talent that has gone on to Broadway, national tours and regional theatre success. It has also attracted the talent of recognized television, film and stage performers like Patty McCormack who appeared in a revival of The Bad Seed, the stage production that became a classic film for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
In 2006, The Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre was forced to leave its long time home to make way for much needed senior citizen assisted living facilities on the hospital campus. The Board of Directors is actively working to find a new, mid island facility to house the organization and has garnered support from many public officials to help reach that goal.
In the interim, the company, which is now being guided by actor, designer and director Wayne Miller, has embarked on a “site specific” series of performances which have been well received. Recently, the company produced Inherit The Wind in the Third County Courthouse at Historic Richmondtown, The production was hailed by the Staten Island Advance as one of the top 10 theatrical events of 2008. In that style, the Company will mount To Kill a Mockingbird, a stage version of Harper Lee's classic novel in the same venue.
The company is in the midst of an ambitious season of The Laramie Project, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Diary of Anne Frank.
The Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre has received funding from: The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of New York, The New York State Council on the Arts, The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island, and numerous private donors.
In it's 35 year history, SIST has produced 190 shows, ranging from the classic works of the company's namesake to modern dramas and comedies, musical theatre and other "site-specific" productions, chosen to provide an environmental theatrical experience. Here is a complete list of the company's productions:
SI Shakespearean Theatre Production History
June 1975 A Midsummer Nights Dream
February 1976 Twelfth Night
May 1976 The Tempest
October 1976 Romeo and Juliet
December 1976 A Christmas Carol
March 1977 Arsenic and Old Lace
June 1977 The Taming of The Shrew
October 1977 Hamlet
November 1977 The Fantastics
April 1978 Carnival
June 1978 The Matchmaker
November 1978 Picnic
March 1979 Guys and Dolls
November 1979 Funny Girl
February 1980 Saint Joan
April 1980 The Last of the Red Hot Lovers
June 1980 Play It Again Sam
January 1982 The Fantastics
June 1982 The Sunshine Boys
December 1982 Here's Cinderella
August 1983 Man of LaMancha
November 1983 Abie's Babies Burlesque
January 1984 Kiss Me Kate
March 1984 Richard III
July 1984 I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On The Road
October 1984 Harvey
November 1984 Bus Stop
February 1985 Some Enchanted Evening
April 1985 Twelve Angry Men
June 1985 A Midsummer Night Dream
August 1985 Arsenic and Old Lace
September 1985 Edgar
November 1985 The Dresser
January 1986 Side By Side By Sondheim
March 1986 Peter Pan
April 1986 Arrests
April 1986 Romeo and Juliet
May 1986 Shadows of the Leaves
June 1986 Amadeus
July 1986 Tap Dancing Across The Univers
August 1986 True West
October 1986 Torch Song Trilogy
November 1986 Room Service
December 1986 The Masque of Beauty and The Beast
January 1987 Pop Goes The Weasel
February 1987 Equus
March 1987 Agnes OF God
April 1987 The Tempest
April 1987 Elvis, The Last 5 Minutes
May 1987 Branches Among The Stars
May 1987 Will
June 1987 Company
July 1987 In The Good Old Summertime
October 1987 South Pacific
December 1987 A Christmas Carol
January 1988 Deadly Relations
February 1988 Sisters
March 1988 Arms and The Man
May 1988 The Normal Heart
July 1988 As You Like It
August 1988 Sisters (RE-STAGING)
October 1988 The Miracle Worker
December 1988 A Christmas Carol
February 1989 All My Sons
April 1989 Othello
June 1989 Pack of Lies
July 1989 Beyond Therapy
September 1989 The Wizard of Oz
October 1989 The Diary of Anne Frank
December 1989 Cinderella
February 1990 Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
March 1990 Godspell
May 1990 Painting Churches
July 1990 Educating Rita
September 1990 Les Liaisons Dangereuses
November 1990 Shirley Valentine
December 1990 Henry IV Part 1
January 1991 The Children's Hour
March 1991 Its Only a Play
April 1991 Macbeth
June 1991 The Boys Next Door
July 1991 Frankie and Johnnie in the Claire de Lune
September 1991 Steel Magnolias
November 1991 Dancing Attendance
November 1991 A Walk In The Woods
December 1991 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
January 1992 Talking Heads
February 1992 The Man Who Came To Dinner
March 1992 Hamlet
May 1992 The Foreigner
June 1992 Vanities
July 1992 84 Charing Cross Road
September 1992 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
November 1992 Extremities
December 1992 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
January 1993 The Heidi Chronicles
March 1993 The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
April 1993 Much Ado About Shakespeare
June 1993 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
September 1993 Prelude To A Kiss
November 1993 Nuts
December 1993 And The World Goes Round
February 1994 Lend Me A Tenor
May 1994 Six Degrees of Separation
July 1994 Much Ado About Nothing
September 1994 Stepping Out
November 1994 Breaking The Code
January 1995 Same Time, Next Year
March 1995 Shadowlands
May 1995 Eastern Standard
June 1995 Judgement Day
June 1995 Twelfth Night
July 1995 The Supporting cast
November 1995 The Sisters Rosensweig
January 1996 Love Letters
March 1996 Dancing at Lughnasa
April 1996 Jeffrey
June 1996 Lips Together, Teeth Apart
September 1996 Pack Of Lies
November 1996 Breaking Legs
January 1997 The Winter's Tale
March 1997 The Woman In Black
April 1997 Love! Valour! Compassion!
June 1997 Laughter on the 23rd Floor
September 1997 I Ought To Be In Pictures
November 1997 Marvin's Room
January 1998 An Inspector Calls
February 1998 Rodgers & Hart: A Musical Celebration
March 1998 Broken Glass
June 1998 Nunsense
September 1998 An American Daughter
November 1998 Master Class
December 1998 Little Women
March 1999 The Nerd
April 1999 King Lear
June 1999 The Bad Seed
July 1999 Dames At Sea
September 1999 Wait Until Dark
November 1999 As You Like It
January 2000 The Gingerbread Lady
March 2000 The Beauty Queen of Leenane
April 2000 The Last Night of Ballyhoo
June 2000 What The Butler Saw
July 2000 Into The Woods
September 2000 The Prisoner of Second Ave
November 2000 The Weir
January 2001 Little Shop Of Horrors
March 2001 Gross Indecencies: The 3 Trials of Oscar Wilde
April 2001 The Comedy of Errors
June 2001 Side Man
July 2001 An Evening With Tony
September 2001 Wit
November 2001 God's Favorite
January 2002 Crimes of the Heart
March 2002 Real Love
May 2002 M Butterfly
June 2002 Epic Proportions
October 2002 The Lion in Winter
January 2003 Plaza Suite
March 2003 The Sum of Us
June 2003 Dinner With Friends
July 2003 Sweeney Todd in Concert
September 2003 Butterflies Are Free
November 2003 The Fifth of July
March 2004 The Night of the Iguana
June 2004 A Midsummer's Night Dream
July 2004 Music of the Night: A Review of Andrew Lloyd Webber
October 2004 And Then There Were None
November 2004 Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
January 2005 California Suite
March 2005 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
June 2005 Cabaret
October 2005 Romeo and Juliet
November 2005 Lend Me A Tenor
May 2007 Champage
May 2007 Sessions
May 2007 The Three Wives of Henry Simpson
September 2007 Over The River and Through The Woods
November 2007 Do You Always Meet Women This Way?
November 2007 Child's Play
November 2007 What Happened to The Bears?
November 2007 Going In Another Direction
November 2007 How Late Are You?
November 2007 Cheese Doodle Fingers
March 2008 Inherit The Wnd
May 2008 Break Point
May 2008 Getting Into The Habit
May 2008 Moving Day
June 2009 The Laramie Project
July 2009 A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum
December 2009 Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
April 2010 To Kill a Mockingbird
June 2010 The Diary of Anne Frank
Sept 2010 Yankee Tavern
Dec 2010 Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
Feb 2011 Doubt
April 2011 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds
Oct 2011 Ladies at the Alamo
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