Harlequin Productions
Harlequin Productions is the award winning body that produces live theatre on campus. Students are the actors and tech staff with professional designers and directors brought in to guide them. Standards are high as Harlequin Productions specializes in new works, providing students the opportunity to create pieces of theatre that have never been seen before while having fun in a positive educational environment! Read More
- Harlequin Productions History
- Harlequin Original Productions
- Awards and Honors
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Antigone | Labeille |
| 1967 | Tartuffe Biedermann and the Firebugs |
Labeille Labeille |
| 1968 | No Exit/The Sandbox Look Back in Anger The Ghost Sonata |
Labeille Labeille Labeille |
| 1969 | Mandragola JB The Chairs/Act Without Words I/Pinter Sketches |
Labeille Labeille Labeille |
| 1970 | Eh? | Labeille |
| 1971 | The Waltz of the Toreadors Lemon Sky |
Labeille Labeille |
| 1972 | Galileo The Imaginary Invalid |
Labeille Labeille |
| 1973 | Black Comedy Loot |
Herbst Labeille |
| 1974 | Man in the moon Marigolds Desire Under the Elms |
Sheaffer Labeille |
| 1975 | The Real Inspector Hound Picnic on the Battlefield |
Labeille Labeille |
| 1976 | Guernica (Student directed Studio production) Waiting for Godot Escurial / An American Dream |
Siracusa Labeille Labeille |
| 1977 | The Jewish Wife (Student directed Studio production) Scapin |
Labeille Labeille |
| 1978 | The Cherry Orchard The House of Blue Leaves |
Labeille Lancia |
| 1979 | A Masque for Mr. Punch The Passion of Dracula (Student Directed One-acts) |
Lancia Hancox-Rose (Student) |
| 1980 | The Private Ear & the Public Eye | Hancox-Rose |
| 1981 | A Flea in Her Ear Hopscotch & Hughie |
Labeille Labeille/ Woods |
| 1982 | Lonestar & Killer’s Head The Brothers Menaechmus |
Siracusa DeMichele |
| 1983 | Getting Out The Salvation Navy Review (6 One-acts) Lemon Pie How to be a Bitch Cops The Candid Twilight Zone Temporary Lucidity Lust, Murder and Ancient Druid Architecture Suicide in Bb |
DeMichele Pennella Pennella Pennella Pennella Panels Freidman DeMichele |
| 1984 | Say GoodNight, Gracie Extremities |
Cole Hicks |
| 1985 | Female Transport Round and Round the Garden |
Nolan Nolan |
| 1986 | Private Wars/ Laundry and Bourbon Norman, Is That You? Let Him Sleep Till It’s Time For His Funeral |
Nolan Nolan Bruzee |
| 1987 | The Glass Menagerie University |
Frame Frame |
| 1988 | The Majestic Kid I’ll Be Back Before Midnight |
Frame Frame |
| 1989 | Black Comedy Three Stages |
Frame Frame/Saurini |
| 1990 | Time Trial Fresh Horses |
Frame Frame |
| 1991 | The Sneeze Love and Sex in the 90’s Sure Thing Warm and Tender Love Sexual Perversity in Chicago |
Frame Mahlstedt Streigel Frame |
| 1992 | The Real Inspector Hound What The Butler Saw |
Frame Frame |
| 1993 | Lysistrata Boy’s Life |
Martin Frame |
| 1994 | The $88,000 Liberty Bell Sweepstakes (Premiere) Baby with the Bathwater |
Frame Frame |
| 1995 | The Death and Sale of Alexander Goland (Premiere) | Frame |
| 1996 | Talking Machines/ Bookends Bullshot Crummond |
Frame Frame |
| 1997 | Frank’s Life Murder by Mistake Eye of the Beholder (Student original) |
Frame Frame Manning |
| 1998 | Diss-Functional Existence (3 orig. one-acts) Puppets Dallying Existence is Futile Otto’s Grotto War Crimes (3- original one-acts) Past Palpable Home Fires Brutes |
Frame Frame |
| 1999 | But Does He Know Botticelli? Eye of the Beholder Lock and Key (Premiere) Life on Mars (Premiere) |
Frame Klink Manning Frame |
| 2000 | Angles of Compassion (Premiere) The Triumph Of The West |
Frame Frame |
| 2001 | The Return to Morality Twisted Love (3 original one-acts) One, Two, Three Nature’s Call Buried Together |
Frame Frame |
| 2002 | When the Bough Breaks VS.- Eight scenes on Relationships |
Frame Frame |
| 2003 | Gianni Schicchi Dying for Love (3 Original one-acts) The Corn Huskers Chuckling in Limbo Undertones |
Frame Frame |
| 2004 | Aquarium The Great Crusade |
Frame Frame |
| 2005 | Call Me Crazy The Will to Get Married (3 absurd one-acts) Dead Lovers Scarlet Shades of Greene The Mail Order Bride |
Frame Frame |
| 2006 | Gender Wars (4 one-acts) Men and Parts Insert Laugh Here Fashion Specifics Elvis of Nazareth Amoralities (4 plays of Misplaced Affections) Stray Dogs Frank Capra Gets His Wings Rain Check Lena’s Secret Garden |
Frame Frame |
| 2007 | Hooks, Lines and Sinkers The Wily Ray Riley Bonjour, Raconteur Runs, Drips and Errors Choices- An Evening of Theatre: Five one-act Plays Face to Face with the Enemy Seventeen Stitches Duty Call The Ledge The Miraculous Day Quartet |
Frame Frame |
| 2008 | Dead Men Don’t Itch (Premiere) Hook-Up 2020: 4 one-act plays Digital Love (Premiere) Cells (Premiere) Male Order (Premiere) It Happened At King’s Island |
Frame Frame |
| 2009 | Falling From Trees Flipped and Twisted Bob Juan (Premiere) Jack, the Ticket Ripper |
Frame Frame |
| 2010 | Knuckles (Premiere) | Frame |
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | A Masque for Mr. Punch (full length) | Romeo Lancia |
| 1983 | Lemon Pie (one-act) How to Be a Bitch (one-act) Cops (one-act) The Candid Twilight Zone (one-act) Temporary Lucidity (one-act) Lust, Murder and Ancient Druid Architecture (one-act) |
Rick Balian Dennis McCarthy Dennis McCarthy Dennis McCarthy Rick Balian Rick Balian |
| 1990 | Time Trial (full length) | Jack Gilhooly |
| 1994 | The $88,000 Liberty Bell Sweepstakes (full length) | Craig Peters |
| 1995 | The Death and Sale of Alexander Goland (full length) | Nikki Harmon |
| 1996 | Talking Machines (one-act) Bookends (one-act) |
Martin Farawell Jon Dorf |
| 1997 | Frank’s Life (full length) Murder By Mistake (full length) Eye of the Beholder (full length) (Premiere) |
Mark Dunn John Kaasik Jason Manning |
| 1998 | Diss-Functional Existence –3 One-acts Puppets Dallying (one-act) Existence is Futile (one-act) Otto’s Grotto (one-act) War Crimes- 3 One-acts Past Palpable (one-act) Home Fires (one-act) Brutes (one-act) |
Judy Klass Jonathan Mayer Bronwyn and James Jameson Dave DeCristopher |
| 1999 | But Does He know Botticelli? (full) Lock and Key (one-act) (Premiere) Life on Mars (full) (Premiere) |
Karen Mueller Hardin Jayson Manning Jayson Manning |
| 2000 | Angles of Compassion (full) The Triumph of the West (full) |
Gabriel Lanci Michael T. Folie |
| 2001 | The Return to Morality Twisted Love- 3 one-acts One, Two Three (one-act) Nature’s Call (one-act) Buried Together (one-act) |
Jamie Pachino David Lohrey Joseph Coyne Joseph Coyne |
| 2002 | When the Bough Breaks (full) VS. Eight scenes of Relationships Perp, Dust, Meeting of the Minds Naked Mole Rats in the World of Darkness 35,000 Feet, Free Advice, Four Minutes How was your day, Dear? |
R. Eugene Jackson Mike Folie Elliot Weiner |
| 2003 | Gianni Schicchi (Premiere) Dying for Love (3 one-acts) The Corn Huskers (Premiere) Chuckling in Limbo Undertones |
John Morogiello Lawerence Schwabacker Troy Tradup Roberto Prestigiacomo |
| 2004 | Aquarium The Great Crusade |
Joe Dennison Doug Bedwell |
| 2005 | Call Me Crazy The Will To Get Married Dead Lovers Scarlet Shades of Greene The Mail-Order Bride |
Paula J. Caplan Steven W. Rodgers |
| 2006 | Gender Wars-(4 one-acts) Men and Parts, Fashion Specifics Insert Laugh Here, Elvis of Nazareth Amoralities (4 plays of Misplaced Affections) Stray Dogs Frank Capra Gets His Wings Rain Check (Premiere) Lena’s Secret Garden |
John Morogiello Jay Huling Marty Seigel Beth Campbell Stemple Vickie Kozel Ken Tesoriere |
| 2007 | Hooks, Lines and Sinkers (3 one-acts) The Wily Ray Riley, Bonjour, Raconteur, and Runs, Drips and Errors Choices- An Evening of Theatre: Five one-act Plays Face to Face with the Enemy Seventeen Stitches (Premiere) Duty Call The Ledge The Miraculous Day Quartet |
Jay Huling Judy Klass Tara Meddaugh Mary Steelsmith Ken Tesoriere Mary Steelsmith |
| 2008 | Dead Men Don’t Itch (full length) (Premiere) Hook-Up 2020 Digital Love (Premiere) Cells (Premiere) Male Order (Premiere) It Happened At King’s Island |
John Arco Jack Gilhooley Jack Gilhooley Jack Gilhooley Jay Huling |
| 2009 | Falling from Trees Flipped and Twisted Bob Juan (Premiere) Jack, the Ticket Ripper (second) |
David Moberg Jay Huling John Morogiello |
| 2010 | Knuckles (Premiere) | Jason Manning |
| Year | Title | Category | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Scapin | Invitation to Perform | NYS–TFA |
| 1987 | University | Creation of an Effective Ensemble | ACTF |
| 1991 | Sure Thing | Invitation to Perform | TANYS |
| 1995 | The Death and Sale of Alexander Goland |
Merit Award for Direction (Frame) Merit Award for Technical Direction |
ACTF ACTF |
| 1996 | Bullshot Crummond | Outstanding Special Effects (Frame/McLean) Set Design and Construction (Fennessy) Outstanding Character Conveyance (Manning, Gaiteri, Sullivan, Estabrook) Invitation to Scene Workshop |
TANYS TANYS TANYS ACTF |
| 1997 | Murder by Mistake | Outstanding Technical Work (Frame, TD; Fennessy, SD; McLean, LD) Invitation to perform at Festival Merit Award- Practical Design and Execution |
TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 1998 | Diss-Functional Existence War Crimes | Merit Award-Contribution to Theatre by producing the Works of New Playwrights Merit Award- Producing (Frame) Merit Award- Set Design (Fennessy) Merit Award- Lighting (McLean) Merit Award- Outstanding Set Design (Fennessy) Merit Award- Outstanding Sound (Thompson) Merit Award- Outstanding Ensemble Work (Brutes) War Crimes - Brutes - Invitation to Perform at Festival |
TANYS ACTF ACTF ACTF TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 1999 | But Does He know Botticelli? Life on Mars Life on Mars |
Outstanding Performance (Carole Estabrook) Outstanding Work that Enhanced the Production (To the Technical/Design staff) Certificate of Merit- (Mary Calkins) - Stage Manager Certificate of Merit- (Leah Miladin) - Costumer Certificate of Merit- (Bob Frame) - Director Certificate of Merit- Ensemble Acting Certificate of Merit in Recognition of Our support of New Plays |
TANYS TANYS ACTF ACTF ACTF ACTF ACTF/PAC |
| 2000 | Angles of Compassion The Triumph of the West |
Excellence in Technical Design and Execution in the Areas of Set, Lighting and Sound to (Bob Frame, Virginia Fennessy, Brad McLean and Rob Thompson) To the Cast for Enriching their Acting Abilities by Undertaking Multiple Roles To the Set Designer, (Virginia Fennessy), for Effectively Capturing the Mood of the Play with Advertising Posters |
TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 2001 | Twisted Love (Buried Together) | Outstanding Creative Interpretation to (Jo-Ellen Gilfus) | TANYS |
| 2002 | Meeting of the Minds Naked Mole Rats in the World of Darkness |
Invitation to Showcase at Festival Invitation to Perform at Festival Festival Performance Award- Jessie Brown |
TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 2003 | Gianni Schicchi Dying for Love (Undertones) |
Excellence in Set Design (Virginia Fennessy) Excellence in Acting (Jim Byrne) Meritorious Directing (Bob Frame) Meritorious Ensemble Work Outstanding Set Design (Virginia Fennessy) Excellence in Poster Design (Larry Kayn) Invitation to perform at Festival Alternate Best Short Production |
TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 2004 | Aquarium The Great Crusade |
Meritorious Acting (Adam Smith) Meritorious Acting (Keri Duckett) Meritorious Set Design (Virginia Fennessy) Meritorious Ensemble Work and Dedication |
TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 2005 | Scarlet Shades of Greene | Invitation to Perform at Festival | TANYS |
| 2006 | Amoralities (Lena’s Secret Garden) Festival Awards: |
Excellence in Acting (Carole Estabrook) Meritorious Acting (Joe Pine) Meritorious Acting (Elizabeth Estabrook ) Invitation to Perform at Festival Festival Favorite (Carole Estabrook) Outstanding Performance (Carole Estabrook) Outstanding Performance (Joe Pine) Mahlstedt Directing Award (Bob Frame) |
TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 2007 | Hooks, Lines and Sinkers Choices - an evening of One-Acts Festival Award: |
Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Work (Joe Pine and Jeff Knight ) Excellence in Ensemble (Miraculous Day Quartet) Meritorious Ensemble (Duty Call) Invitation to Perform at Festival (Miraculous Day Quartet) Outstanding Performance (Courtney Johnston) |
TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 2008 | Dead Men Don’t Itch Hook-up 2020 (It Happened at King’s Island) Festival Award |
Meritorious Acting (Mike DeForrest) Meritorious Directing (Bob Frame) Meritorious Scenic Design (Virginia Fennessy) Meritorious Acting (Zac Darling) Meritorious Ensemble (Kings Island) Invitation to Perform at Festival Outstanding Sound and Special F/X |
TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 2009 | Falling From Trees Flipped and Twisted |
Excellence in Scenic Design (Liz Dapo) Excellence in Lighting Design (Brad McLean) Outstanding Direction (Bob Frame) Meritorious Scenic Design (Virginia Fennessy) Meritorious Acting (Zac Darling) Meritorious Acting (Brie O’Connell) |
TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS TANYS |
| 2010 | Knuckles | Outstanding Direction (Bob Frame ) Outstanding Production Concept and Execution Excellence in Ensemble Work |
TANYS TANYS TANYS |
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