Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre production history

This production history of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (RMTC) is a chronological list of the Mainstage, Warehouse, and Regional Tour productions that have been staged since RMTC's inception.

The RMTC is Canada's oldest English-language regional theatre. It was founded in 1958 by John Hirsch and Tom Hendry as an amalgamation of the Winnipeg Little Theatre and Theatre 77, and was known as the Manitoba Theatre Centre until receiving its royal designation in 2010.

20th century

1997–1998

1998–1999

Cabaret book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Proposals by Neil Simon
Blessings in Disguise by Douglas Beattie
Billy Bishop Goes to War by John MacLachlan Gray and Eric Peterson
Lady Be Good music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson
Wit by Margaret Edson
Cherry Docs by David Gow
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
The Attic, The Pearls & Three Fine Girls by Jennifer Brewin, Leah Cherniak, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer, & Martha Ross
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, adapted by Kevin Williamson

1999–2000

'Art' by Yasmina Reza
King Lear by William Shakespeare
2 Pianos, 4 Hands by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Wingfield Unbound by Dan Needles
The Overcoat by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling
Patience by Jason Sherman
Closer by Patrick Marber
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry
Ethan Claymore's Christmas by Norm Foster

21st century (2000–)

2000–2001

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Christopher Sergel
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Camelot by Alan Lerner and Frederick Loewe
The Weir by Conor McPherson
The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
Larry's Party by Carol Shields, Richard Ouzonian and Marek Norman
The Gist by John Kriznac
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
A Penny for the Guy by Lanie Robertson
Happy by Ronnie Burkett

2001–2002

The Wave by Olaf Pyttlik, based on a true story by Ron Jones
The School for Wives by Molière
Syncopation by Allan Knee
Vinci by Maureen Hunter
Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones
The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash
The Lost Boys by R. H. Thomson
The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
The Blue Room by David Hare
The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh
Wingfield unbound by Dan Needles

2002–2003

Proof by David Auburn
Dracula by Hamilton Deane
Evita lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry
Over the River and Through the Woods by Joe Dipietro
Richard III by William Shakespeare
The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
Time After Time: The Chet Baker Project by James O'Reilly
Bigger Than Jesus by Rick Miller and Daniel Brooks

2003–2004

Cookin' at the Cookery: The Music & Times of Alberta Hunter
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
My Fair Lady book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
Tuesdays with Morrie by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom
The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
Feelgood by Alistair Beaton
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
I, Claudia by Kirsten Thomson
Mating Dance of the Werewolf by Mark Stein

2004–2005

Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones
Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Trying by Joanna Glass
The Dresser by Ronald Harwood
Mamma Mia! music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, some songs with Stig Anderson, book by Catherine Johnson
Real Live Girl by Damien Atkins
Hosanna by Michel Tremblay
Provenance by Ronnie Burkett
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown

2005–2006

Crowns by Regina Taylor, adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham & Craig Marberry
A Christmas Carol adapted by Bruce McManus, from the novel by Charles Dickens
Guys and Dolls music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
The Innocent Eye Test by Michael Healey
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? by Edward Albee
Cul-de-sac by Daniel MacIvor
Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
Fully Committed by Becky Mode

2006–2007

The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien
Half Life by John Mighton
The Constant Wife by Somerset Maugham
Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick
The Retreat from Moscow by William Nicholson
Summer of My Amazing Luck by Chris Craddock
The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard
What Lies Before Us by Morris Panych

2007–2008

Our Town by Thornton Wilder
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein
Shakespeare's Dog by Rick Chafe
The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien [d]
Dreamgirls by Tom Eyen and Henry Krieger
Hardsell by Rick Miller and Daniel Brooks
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
Rope's End by Douglas Bowie
The Satchmo' Suite by Hans Böggild and Doug Innis

2008–2009

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Medea by Euripides and Robinson Jeffers
Jitters by David French
The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead by Robert Hewett
Doubt, A Parable by John Patrick Shanley
The Boys in the Photograph by Ben Elton
Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad and Linda Gaboriau
The Price by Arthur Miller
Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck
Bleeding Hearts by Kevin Klassen

2009–2010

Strong Poison by Frances Limoncelli
It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play by Philip Grecian
The Drowsy Chaperone by Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin & Don McKellar
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht, Peter Hinton, Paul Dessau, Kurt Weill, and Allen Cole
Educating Rita by Willy Russell
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
5 O'Clock Bells by Pierre Brault
East of Berlin by Hannah Moscovitch
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
Looking Back - West by Robert Lewis Vaughan

2010–2011

Becomes the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in 2010.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman
Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Musical by Paul Blake, Irving Berlin, and David Ives
Noël Coward's Brief Encounter by Emma Rice
The Shunning by Patrick Friesen
Calendar Girls by Tim Firth
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
Jake's Gift by Julia Mackey
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson
After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber
The Drowning Girls by Beth Graham, Daniela Vlaskalic, & Charlie Tomlinson

2011–2012

Grumpy Old Men, The Musical by Dan Remmes, Neil Berg, and Nick Meglin
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
The Fighting Days by Wendy Lill
God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza
Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl
Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
Blind Date by Rebecca Northan

2012–2013

A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin
Miracle on South Division Street by Tom Dudzick
Gone With the Wind by Niki Landau
Ed's Garage by Dan Needles
Daddy Long Legs by Paul Gordon and John Caird
Other People's Money by Jerry Sterner
Red by John Logan
Assassins by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Ride the Cyclone: A Musical by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell

2013–2014

Harvey- by Mary Chase
A Christmas Story- by Philip Grecian, based on the film by Bob Clark
Jane Eyre- by Charlotte Brontë, adapted by Julie Beckman
The Glass Menagerie- by Tennessee Williams
Kim's Convenience- by Ins Choi, co-produced with Soulpepper
Good People- by David Lindsay-Abaire
Venus in Fur- by David Ives
Hirsch- by Alon Nashman and Paul Thompson, co-produced with Theaturtle, Richard Jordan Productions and Elizabeth Bradley Arts Enterprises (in association with The Pleasance)
The Seagull- by Anton Chekhov, translated by David French
The Secret Annex- by Alix Sobler
Miracle on South Division Street- by Tom Dudzick

2014–2015

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily – by Katie Forgette, loosely adapted from the play by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle, and from the writings of Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare
The Heart of Robin Hood – book by David Farr, music by Parsonsfield, lyrics by Parsonsfield and David Farr, co-produced with David Mirvish and Barry & Fran Weissler
Cabaret – book by Joe Masteroff, based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – by Christopher Durang, co-produced with Mirvish Productions
The Woman in Black – adapted by Stephen Mallatratt, from the novel by Susan Hill
Clever Little Lies – by Joe DiPietro
Armstrong's War – by Colleen Murphy
The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith – by Angelo Parra
Private Lives – by Noël Coward
Late Company – by Jordan Tannahill

2015–2016

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – by Jethro Compton, based on the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson
Alice Through the Looking-Glass – by Lewis Carroll, adapted by James Reaney
Billy Elliot The Musical – book by Lee Hall, music and lyrics by Elton John
Chimerica – by Lucy Kirkwood, co-produced with Canadian Stage
Unnecessary Farce – by Paul Slade Smith
BOOM – by Rick Miller, co-produced with Kidoons and WYRD Productions
Seminar – by Theresa Rebeck, co-produced with Mirvish Productions
Wiesenthal – by Tom Dugan, co-produced with Daryl Roth, Karyl Lynn Burns, Catherine Adler, Suzy & Burton Farbman and Anne & Michael Tobes
Things We Do for Love – by Alan Ayckbourn
Myth of the Ostrich – by Matt Murray
The Hound of the Baskervilles – by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by Steven Canny & John Nicholson, originally produced by Prairie Theatre Exchange

2016–2017

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – by Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon, co-produced with Citadel Theatre
The Audience – by Peter Morgan, co-produced with Mirvish Productions
Million Dollar Quartet – by Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux
Black Coffee – by Agatha Christie
Bittergirl: the Musical by Annabel Fitzsimmons, Alison Lawrence & Mary Francis Moore
Sarah Ballenden- by Maureen Hunter
My Name Is Asher Lev – by Aaron Posner, adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok, co-produced with Segal Centre
23.5 Hours – by Carey Crim
Hand to God – by Robert Askins
Kill Me Now – by Brad Fraser, co-produced with Canada's National Arts Centre
Last Train to Nibroc – by Arlene Hutton

2017–2018

Shakespeare in Love – by Lee Hall, adapted from the screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman, co-produced with Citadel Theatre
A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens, adapted by Bruce McManus
Come from Away – by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Canadian regional premiere, by special arrangement with David Mirvish and Junkyard Dog Productions
Once – book by Enda Walsh, music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, based on the film by John Carney, co-produced with The Grand Theatre
The Humans – by Stephen Karam
Morning after Grace – by Carey Crim
Nine Dragons – by Jovanni Sy, co-produced with Gateway Theatre and Vertigo Theatre
Outside Mullingar – by John Patrick Shanley
Di and Viv and Rose – by Amelia Bullmore
Heisenberg – by Simon Stephens

2018–2019

Sense and Sensibility – by Jane Austen, adapted by Ellen Peterson
It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play – based on the film by Frank Capra, adapted by Philip Grecian
Matilda the Musical – by Roald Dahl, adapted by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, co-produced with Arts Club Theatre Company and Citadel Theatre
A Doll's House, Part 2 – by Lucas Hnath, co-produced with Mirvish Productions
Boom X – by Rick Miller, co-produced with Kidoons and WYRD Productions, Theatre Calgary and The 20K Collective
The Cottage – by Jake MacDonald, world premiere
887 – by Robert Lepage
Vietgone – by Qui Nguyen, co-produced with fu-GEN Theatre and Hope and Hell Theatre Co.
A Doll's House – by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Joan Tindale
Made In Italy – by Farren Timoteo, co-produced with Western Canada Theatre
John – by Annie Baker^[1]

2019–2020

The Color Purple - book by Marsha Norman, music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, based on the novel by Alice Walker, co-produced with Citadel Theatre
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley – by Margot Melcon and Lauren Gunderson
As You Like It – by William Shakespeare, adapted by Daryl Cloran, co-produced with Citadel Theatre
The New Canadian Curling Club – by Mark Crawford
A Thousand Splendid Suns – by Ursula Rani Sarma, based on the book by Khaled Hosseini (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
The Legend of Georgia McBride – by Matthew Lopez (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Bang Bang - by Kat Sandler, co-produced with Belfry Theatre
Fun Home – book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori, adapted from the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Every Brilliant Thing – by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, co-produced with Talk Is Free Theatre
Women of the Fur Trade – by Frances Koncan^[2]

2020–2021

All is Bright
The Mountaintop – by Katori Hall
The (Post) Mistress – book, lyrics and music by Tomson Highway
A Piece of Me – by Jordan Sangalang
Ode to RED Auntie – by Waawaate Fobister
The Show – by Liam Zarrillo
Where.Are.You.From. – by Primrose Madayag Knazan

2021–2022

Orlando – by Virginia Woolf, adapted by Sarah Ruhl
The Lifespan of a Fact – by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Calpurnia – by Audrey Dwyer, co-produced with the NAC English Theatre and Black Theatre Workshop
The Rez Sisters – by Tomson Highway
Sea Sick – by Alanna Mitchell, co-produced with The Theatre Centre
The Runner – by Christopher Morris, co-produced with Human Cargo

2022–2023

Network – adapted by Lee Hall, based on the screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky, co-produced with Citadel Theatre
The Three Musketeers – adapted by Catherine Bush, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Into the Woods – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
Trouble in Mind – by Alice Childress, co-produced with Citadel Theatre
The Secret to Good Tea – by Rosanna Deerchild
Burning Mom – by Mieko Ouchi
New – by Pamela Mala Sinha, co-produced with Necessary Angel Theatre Company
Let's Run Away – by Daniel MacIvor
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes – by Hannah Moscovitch
Yaga – by Kat Sandler

2023–2024

Clue – adapted by Sandy Rustin, Hunter Foster and Eric Price, based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, co-produced with the Grand Theatre
The Sound of Music – music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, co-produced with Citadel Theatre
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – lyrics and music by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, book by Douglas McGrath, co-produced with The Segal Centre
The Mountaintop – by Katori Hall
The Lehman Trilogy – by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power
The Comeback – by Trish Cooper and Sam Vint
First Métis Man of Odesa – by Matthew MacKenzie and Mariya Khomutova, co-produced with Puncuate! Theatre
among men – by David Yee, co-produced with Theatre Projects Manitoba
The Piano Teacher – by Dorothy Dittrich
Guilt: A Love Story – by Diane Flacks, co-produced with Tarragon Theatre

References

^ Schmidt, Joff (2018-02-03). "Hit musical Matilda, new made-in-Manitoba plays highlight 2018–19 Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre season". CBC. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ Schmidt, Joff (2019-02-01). "The Bard, the Beatles and Austen-inspired Christmas story coming to RMTC next season". CBC. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

External links

Manitoba Theatre Centre

[1] Schmidt, Joff (2018-02-03). "Hit musical Matilda, new made-in-Manitoba plays highlight 2018–19 Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre season". CBC. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

[2] Schmidt, Joff (2019-02-01). "The Bard, the Beatles and Austen-inspired Christmas story coming to RMTC next season". CBC. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

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