Past Productions

2012     2011     2010     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004     2003     2002     2001

 

2012

Fred Melamed as Vanya and Stephen Hamilton as Astrov in Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA. Photo by Gary Mamay.

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov

 

LUV by Murray Schisgal

Directed by Lonny Price

 

Staged Reading: THE GLINT by Matt Hoverman

Starring Richard Benjamin, John Ratzenberger, and Jean Smart

 

Staged Reading: COLUMBUS AND AMSTERDAM by Eugene Pack

Starring Edie Falco, Kyra Sedgwick, Chris Bauer, Scott Adsit, and Dayle Reyfel

 

Staged Reading: THE PAINTING PLAYS

Starring Blythe Danner, Harris Yulin, Tovah Feldshuh, and Melissa Errico

 

JOE SENT ME presented by The Jacobson Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd

 

CABARET STARS

Melissa Errico

 

Linda Eder

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Patti Lupone. Photo by Joan Marcus.

An Evening with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin

 

Taylor 2: Paul Taylor Dance Company

 

Film screenings of Gimme Shelter and The Love We Make with Director Albert Maysles

 

Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo Duo

 

The Randy Brecker Band

 

Stirring the Pot: Conversations with Culinary Celebrities – Marcus Samuelsson

 

Sundays with Luminaries: Gloria Vanderbilt, Rosamond Bernier

 

The Doo-Wop Project

Starring Broadway cast members of JERSEY BOYS

 

Salomé Chamber Orchestra

Featuring Rufus Wainwright

 

Celebrity Autobiography

Featuring Alec Baldwin, Christie Brinkley, Illeana Douglas, and Jerry O’Connell

 

Hamptons International Film Festival

Featuring Meryl Streep, Richard Gere, and Nathan Lane

 

2011
PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

Staged Reading: THE GIFT OF THE GORGON by Peter Shaffer

Starring Alec Baldwin and Melissa Errico

 

CABARET STARS

Barbara Cook

 

Ann Hampton Callaway

 

Liz Callaway

 

Cheyenne Jackson

 

Colin Quinn and Jerry Seinfeld on Opening Night of LONG STORY SHORT. Photo by Barry Gordin.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Colin Quinn: LONG STORY SHORT

 

Steve Martin performing with the Steep Canyon Rangers

 

Eve Ensler’s THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

Starring Brook Shields, Blythe Danner, and Julie White

 

SummerDocs presented in association with Hamptons International Film Festival

Hosted by Alec Baldwin and James Lipton

 

The Eroica Trio

 

Tennessee at 100

Starring Eli Wallach, Harris Yulin, and Mercedes Ruehl

 

An Evening with Dick Cavett

 

Martha Graham Dance Company

 

Film screening of THIS IS SPINAL TAP with star Michael McKeon interviewed by Bob Balaban

 

Celebrity Autobiography

Featuring Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Joy Behar, Tovah Feldshuh, Mario Cantone, Scott Adsit, Eugene Pack, and Dayle Reyfel

 

Stirring the Pot: Conversations with Culinary Celebrities – Ina Garten, Bobby Flay

 

National Theatre Live in HD

 

2010

Sam Underwood and Alec Baldwin in the Opening Night production of EQUUS. Photo by Gary Mamay.

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

EQUUS by Peter Shaffer

Starring Alec Baldwin

Directed by Tony Walton

 

DEAR EDWINA

 

Staged Reading: MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE by Geraldine Aron

Starring Blythe Danner

 

Staged Reading: The Movici Strad

Starring Maria Tucci

 

GREASE presented by Springs Community Theater Company

 

In 2010, Guild Hall began screening live broadcasts of The Metropolitan Opera in HD.

CABARET STARS

Christine Ebersole

 

Karen Akers

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Ailey II: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

 

Livingston Taylor in Concert

 

The Met: Live in HD

 

SummerDocs presented in association with Hamptons International Film Festival

Hosted by Alec Baldwin with Guest Stars Carl Bernstein and Billy Joel

 

 

2009

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams

Starring Amy Irving directed by Harris Yulin

 

Staged Reading: VISITING MR. GREEN

Starring Eli Wallach

 

Staged Reading: EMMETT, DOWN IN MY HEART

Starring Danny Glover and Kathleen Chalfant

 

The Naked Stage Marathon

 

ANYTHING GOES presented by Springs Community Theater Company

 

RUTHLESS: THE MUSICAL presented by The Jacobson Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd

 

CABARET STARS

Marilyn Maye

 

Robert Wilson’s Kool: Dancing in My Mind. Photo by Pasha Antonov.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Liza Minnelli

 

SummerDocs presented in association with Hamptons International Film Festival

Hosted by Alec Baldwin

 

Comedian Mike Birbiglia

 

Robert Wilson’s Kool: Dancing in My Mind

 

Rosanne Cash

 

Mandy Patinkin

 

2008 (Renovations: Off-site Programming)

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH

Presented in association with MUDasMAN Productions

 

LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE by Nora and Delia Ephron

Starring Linda Lavin and Kathy Najimy

 

Staged Reading: CHER MITRE starring Kathleen Chalfant and Harris Yulin

 

CABARET STARS

Melissa Errico

 

Billy Stritch

 

Christine Ebersole

Christine Ebersole

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Comedienne Judy Gold

 

2007 (Renovations: Off-site Programming)

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE by Steve Martin

 

Staged Reading: OLEANNA by David Mamet

Starring Wallace Shawn

 

Staged Reading: ENTER LAUGHING, The Play

Starring Anne Jackson and Cady Huffman

Directed by Louis J. Stanlan

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Jazz greats John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey

 

Armitage Gone! Dance

 

Gen Hashimoto in Jennifer Muller’s ISLAND. Photo by Carol Rosegg.

Jennifer Muller/The Works

 

2006

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

PERSEPHONE directed by Robert Wilson

 

THE PRICE by Arthur Miller

Starring Alec Baldwin, Harris Yulin, and Eli Wallach

 

ART by Yasmina Reza

 

SOUTH PACIFIC presented by Springs Community Theater Company

 

THE LAWLESS SUN by Stephen F. Kelleher

Presented by Skymaker Productions

 

Staged Reading: TIME WILL TELL

Starring Cynthia Nixon and Judith Ivey

 

Staged Reading: THE ROYAL FAMILY

Starring Marian Seldes and Mercedes Ruehl

Directed by Tony Walton

 

CABARET STARS

Maude Maggart

 

Julie Wilson

 

Andre Marcovicci

 

Peter Cincotti

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Film screening of JAWS with Director Steven Spielberg and Star Roy Scheider

 

Film screening of GREY GARDENS with Director Albert Maysles

 

Yerba Buena  in Concert

 

Film screening of ALL THAT JAZZ with Designer Tony Walton and Star Roy Scheider

 

Film tribute to Cliff Robertson

 

The Night of 75 Stars: A Birthday Salute to the John Drew Theater’s 75th Anniversary

 

A tribute to performance artist Spalding Gray

Starring Richard Gere, Carey Lowell, Anne Jackson, and Eli Wallach

 

THE PUSHCART PEDDLERS

Starring Judd Hirsch, Estelle Parsons, and Louis J. Stanlan

 

Comedians Bill Burr, John Pinette, and Richard Jeni

 

Jazz pianist Bill Charlap

 

Wynton Marsalis Quintet

 

2005

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

HAMLET by William Shakespeare

 

MOBY DICK REHEARSED by Orson Welles

Starring Peter Boyle

Directed by Tony Walton

 

Staged Reading: IN PERSONS

Starring Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach

 

Staged Reading: WOMEN ON FIRE by Irene O’Garden

Starring Judith Ivey

 

Staged Reading: OUTCLAUSE

Starring Wendie Malick

 

Staged Reading: DON JUAN IN HELL by George Bernard Shaw

Starring Edward Asner, Harris Yulin, Dianne Wiest, and Paul Hecht

 

CABARET STARS

KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Jazz legend Barbara Carroll

 

The Paul Winter Concert

 

2004

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov

 

The Naked Stage Marathon

 

Only Kingdom: A Concert Staging of a New Musical by Judith Shubow Steir

 

Green Gables: A Concert Staging of a New Musical

 

Staged Reading: GOLF WITH ALAN SHEPARD

Starring Charles Durning, Jack Klugman, Peter Boyle and Len Cariou

 

RED HERRING by Michael Hollinger

Presented by Spindletop Productions

 

Staged Reading: VIVA LA VIDA!

Starring Mercedes Ruehl

 

Staged Reading: LOVE LETTERS

Starring Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach

 

CABARET STARS

Anna Bergman

 

Steve Ross with Klea Blackhurst

 

Mary Cleere Haran

 

The Hamptons Cabaret Connection

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Journalist Don Hewitt, Creator and Executive Producer of 60 Minutes

 

A Conversation with Russell Simmons

 

G.E. Smith and Edie Brickell

 

Performance artist Lypsinka

 

A Tribute to Lukas Foss

 

Ghould Hall

 

Hamptons International Film Festival

 

2003

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

AGNES OF GOD by John Pielmeier

Presented by River Theatre Company

 

DRACULA by Steven Dietz

Presented by Spindletop Productions

 

THE EXONERATED Long Island Premiere

Starring Mia Farrow and Billy Dee Williams

Directed by Bob Balaban

 

Squonk Opera

 

JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare

 

SUMMER AND SMOKE by Tennessee Williams

Presented by Hampton Theatre Company

 

CABARET STARS

Kristin Chenoweth

 

Christine Andreas

 

KT Sullivan and Eric Comstock

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Alan Alda with Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival

 

Kid rocker Dan Zanes

 

Comedians Mario Cantone and Joy Behar

 

Jazz violinist Regina Carter

 

Hamptons International Film Festival

 

2002

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

MACBETH by William Shakespeare

 

OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck

Presented by Hampton Theatre Company

 

ONE THOUSAND AVANT-GARDE PLAYS by Kenneth Koch

Presented by Odd Fellows Playhouse

 

DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER by Marc Camoletti

Presented by Spindletop Productions

 

WHAT I DID FOR LOVE by Joe Pintauro World Premiere

 

CABARET STARS

Andrea Marcovicci

 

Jane Monheit and Peter Cincotti

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Jazz artist Earl Klugh

 

Performance artist Laurie Anderson

 

The Festival of Women’s Voices

 

Composer Philip Glass

 

Ghould Hall

 

Hamptons International Film Festival

 

2001

PLAYS & STAGED READINGS

MANHATTAN CASANOVA by Jenny Lyn Bader

Starring Mercedes Ruehl

 

ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare

 

CABARET STARS

Karen Akers

 

Jane Olivor

 

Mandy Patinkin

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Comedian Robert Klein

 

Art Garfunkel

 

Performance Artist Spalding Gray

 

Cartoonist Al Hirschfeld with the film screening of The Line King

 

Authors George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, and Dominick Dunne

 

Jimmy Buffett

Benefit for Hayground School

 

Hamptons International Film Festival

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