Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Rattlestick Theater is a non-profit off-Broadway theater based in the West Village, New York.

The theater in 2024

History

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Founded in 1994 by Gary Bonasorte and David van Asselt, its productions include Diana Oh's {mylingerieplay}, Dael Orlandersmith's Until the Flood, Samuel D. Hunter's The Few and Lewiston/Clarkston, Jesse Eisenberg's The Revisionist, Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer and Cellar, Lucy Thurber's The Hilltown Plays, Adam Rapp's The Hallway Trilogy, and Martyna Majok's Ironbound.[1]

Rattlestick's production history by year includes:

Season Productions
1995-1996 Reinventing Daddy by Gary Bonasorte, A Trip to the Beach by David Van Asselt, Carpool by Laura Hembree
1996-1997 Volunteer Man by Dan Clancy, Winning by David Van Asselt, Message to Michael by Tim Pinckney, Heart of Man by Jennifer Christman
1997-1998 Hello and Goodbye by Athol Fugard, A Pirate’s Lullaby by Jessica Litwak, And the Pursuit of Happiness by James Edwin Parker, Whale Music by Anthony Minghella
1998-1999 Ascendancy by Gary Bonasorte, The Weatherbox by Travis Baker, Starstruck by Eric Bernat, Stuck by Jessica Goldber
1999-2000 Vick’s Boy by Ben Bettenbender, The Messenger by David Van Asselt, Sex and Violence by Travis Baker
2000-2001 Saved or Destroyed by Harry Kondoleon, Killers and Other Family by Lucy Thurber, See Bob Run by Daniel MacIvor, Down South by Doug Field
2001-2002 Neil’s Garden by Geoffrey Hassman, Finder’s Fee by Wesley Moore, My Special Friend by Phillip Courtney
2002-2003 Faster by Adam Rapp, Bliss by Ben Bettenbender, The Last Sunday in June by Jonathan Tolins, St. Crispin’s Day by Matt Pepper
2003-2004 Where We’re Born by Lucy Thurber, Five Flights by Adam Bock, Boise by David Folwell
2004-2005 Finer Noble Gases by Adam Rapp, God Hates the Irish by Sean Cunningham & Michael Friedman, Miss Julie by Craig Lucas
2005-2006 The Pavilion by Craig Wright, Acts of Mercy by Michael John Garces, Cagelove by Christopher Denham
2006-2007 It Goes Without Saying by Bill Bowers, Dark Matters by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stay by Lucy Thurber
2007-2008 American Sligo by Adam Rapp, Rag and Bone by Noah Haidle, War by Lans Noren, Steven and Idi by David Grimm
2008-2009 Lady by Craig Wright, Corpus Christi by Terrence McNally, Geometry of Fire by Stephen Belber, The Gingerbread House by Mark Schultz, That Pretty Pretty by Sheila Callaghan
2009-2010 Killers and Other Family by Lucy Thurber, Post No Bills by Manda Alvarado, Blind by Craig Wright, The Aliens by Annie Baker
2010-2011 Underneathmybed by Florencia Lozano, The Hallway Trilogy by Adam Rapp, Carson McCullers Talks About Love by Suzanne Vega, Little Doc by Dan Klores
2011-2012 The Wood by Dan Klores, Asuncion by Jesse Eisenberg, Horsedreams by Dael Orlandersmith, Yosemite by Daniel Talbott, Massacre (Sing to Your Children) by Jose Rivera, 3C by David Adjmi
2012-2013 Through the Yellow Hour by Adam Rapp, A Summer Day by Jon Fosse, The Revisionist by Jesse Eisenberg, Buyer & Cellar by Jonathan Tolins, Basilica by Mando Alvarado, Charles Ives Take Me Home by Jessica Dickey, The Hilltown Plays by LucyThurber
2013-2014 How to Make Friends and then Kill Them by Halley Feiffer, One Night by Charles Fuller, The Correspondent by Ken Urban, Ode to Joy by Craig Lucas, The Few by Samuel D. Hunter, A Fable by David Van Asselt
2014-2015 The Long Shrift by Robert Boswell, Pitbulls by Keith Josef Adkins, Shesh Yak by Laith Nakli, Everything You Touch by Sheila Calaghan, The Undeniable Sound of Right Now by Laura Eason, New Country by Mark Roberts, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait by Daniel Talbott, The Twentieth-Century Way by Tom Jacobson
2015-2016 Hamlet in Bed by Michael Laurence, The Bachelors by Caroline V. McGraw, Ironbound by Martyna Majok, Cal in Camo by William Francis Hoffman
2016-2017 My Name is Gideon: I’m Probably Going to Die Eventually by Gideon Irving, Orange Julius by Basil Kreimendahl, Nibbler by Ken Urban, Seven Spots in the Sun by Martín Zimmerman
2017-2018 {my lingerie play} 2017: THE CONCERT AND CALL TO ARMS!!!!!!!!! The Final Installment by Diana Oh, Until the Flood by Dael Orlandersmith, Draw the Circle by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
2018-2019 Lewiston/Clarkston by Samuel D. Hunter, The Convent by Jessica Dickey, Lockdown by Cori Thomas
2019-2020 Novenas for a Lost Hospital by Cusi Cram, The Siblings Play by Ren Dara Santiago
2021-2022 Ni Mi Madre by Arturo Luís Soria, In the Southern Breeze by Mansa Ra, Addressless by Jonathan Payne

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