Season Chronology
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The New York State Theatre Institute first began producing in September 1976. This chronology records from 1990 to the present. Select productions feature show photography or illustrations; click on the show title for images. Chronology key:
- P: Premiere
- M: Musical
- OP: Originally Premiered by NYSTI
2005-2006 Season
Production |
Credits |
“The Unexpected Guest ” |
By Agatha Christie |
King Island Christmas |
Libretto by Deborah Brevoort
Music by David Friedman
Based on the book by Jean Rogers |
“1776” |
Book by Peter Stone
Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards |
“Inalienable Rights: Denied ” |
By Ed. Lange (P) |
“Number the Stars”
|
By Lois Lowry
Adapted by Dr. Douglas W. Larche |
“The Lark”
|
By Jean Anouilh |
"The Cat, the Sun and the Mirror"
|
Book by Robert Anderson (P, M)
Music and Lyrics by Edward C. Sullivan |
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2004-2005 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Born Yesterday” |
By Garson Kanin |
Jamie Adkins in “Typo” |
Guest Artist Production |
“The Secret Garden ” |
Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman
Music by Lucy Simon
Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
“Man of La Mancha ” |
Book by Dale Wasserman
Music by Mitch Leigh
Lyrics by Joe Darion |
“King of Shadows ”
|
Based on “King of Shadows” by Susan Cooper (P)
Adapted for the Stage by Adrian Mitchell
Music by Will Severin |
“Sherlock's Legacy ”
|
By Ed. Lange (P)
Original Music by Will Severin |
New Play Festival:
"Airborn"
(Staged Reading)
"American Soup"
(Concert Reading)
|
By Rob Ackerman
By Mary Jane Hansen |
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2003-2004 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Born Yesterday” |
By Garson Kanin |
“Miracle on 34th Street” |
By Valentine Davies
Adaptation by Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder, Will Severin and John Vreeke (OP) |
“Fiorello!” |
By Max Sparber and numerous composers (P, M) |
“A Murder is Announced” |
By Agatha Christie |
“Really Rosie”
|
By Maurice Sendak
Music and Lyrics by Carole King (M) |
“Immo + Leo”
|
By Lucas Svensson
(Teater Västmanland - Cultural Exchange Tour) |
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2002-2003 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Golda” |
By Renée Taylor (Guest Artist Benefit Performance) |
“The Killings Tale” |
By W. A. Frankonis (P) |
“The Circle of Christmas”
|
Adapted by W. A. Frankonis
Based on “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens (P) |
“Harvey” |
By Mary Chase |
“Master Class” |
By Terrance McNally |
“The Wizard of Oz”
|
By L. Frank Baum
With music and lyrics of the MGM motion picture by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Background music by Herbert Stothart
Book adaptation by John Kane from the motion picture screenplay
As presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company. (M) |
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2001-2002 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Wait Until Dark”
|
By Frederick Knott |
“Miracle on 34th Street”
|
By Valentine Davies (OP) |
“Ladies of Song”
|
By Max Sparber and numerous composers (P, M) |
“Mary Higgins Clark Mysteries”
|
Adapted by Ed. Lange (P) |
“Magna Carta”
|
By Ed. Lange
Music and Lyrics by George David Weiss and Will Severin (P, M) |
“GINA and the Prince of Mintz”
|
Written and illustrated by Nancy Patz
Book and Lyrics by Charles Kondek
Music by Steve Liebman (P, M) |
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2000-2001 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Cards on the Table” |
By Agatha Christie, adapted by Leslie Darbon |
“Miracle on 34th Street” |
By Valentine Davies (P) |
“Number the Stars” |
By Lois Lowry, adapted by Dr. Douglas W. Larche |
“Incident at Vichy” |
By Arthur Miller |
“A Tale of Cinderella”
|
By W. A. Frankonis
Music by Will Severin and George David Weiss
Lyrics by George David Weiss (M)
(NYSTI New York Statewide Tour) |
“Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse” |
Adapted by Kevin Kling
Based on the books by Kevin Henkes
(Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration On Tour) |
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1999-2000 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Around the World in 80 Days”
|
By Bengt Ahlfors
Based on the novel by Jules Verne
English version by Alan Goodson |
“The Gingerbread Man” |
Book, Music and Lyrics by David Wood
(Whirligig Theatre tour)(M) |
|
Adapted from the Frank Capra film
“It’s a Wonderful Life”
Book and Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Music by Joe Raposo (M) |
“Cirque Éloize: Excentricus” |
Cirque Éloize 2000 Tour |
“Into the West
(Tir Na N-Og)”
|
Adapted by Greg Banks from the film
“Into the West”
Written by Jim Sheridan
Music composed by Thomas Johnson
(Travelling Light Theatre Company production) |
“The Tempest” |
By William Shakespeare |
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1998-1999 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Anne of Green Gables |
By R.N. Sandberg
adapted from the novel by L. M. Montgomery |
“Sherlock's Secret Life” |
By Ed. Lange (OP) |
|
Adapted from the Frank Capra film
“It’s a Wonderful Life”
Book and Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Music by Joe Raposo (M) |
“Dial ‘M’ for Murder” |
By Frederick Knott |
“Pygmalion” |
By George Bernard Shaw |
“The Red Balloon” |
By Albert Lamorisse |
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1997-1998 Season
Production |
Credits |
“The Snow Queen”
|
Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen
Music by Richard Peaslee
Book and Lyrics by Adrian Mitchell
(Troy, London [January 1998]) (OP, M) |
“A Little Princess” |
Based on the story by Francis Hodgson Burnett
Adapted by John Vreeke |
“Dragonwings” |
by Laurence Yep |
“The Elephant Man” |
by Bernard Pomerance |
“Murder at the Vicarage” |
by Agatha Christie |
“The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales” |
by Jon Scieszka |
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1996-1997 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Arsenic and Old Lace” |
by Joseph Kesselring |
“The Snow Queen”
|
Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen
Music by Richard Peaslee
Book and Lyrics by Adrian Mitchell
(Troy, London [January 1998]) (OP, M) |
“Witness for the Prosecution” |
By Agatha Christie |
“Sherlock's Secret Life” |
By Ed. Lange (P) |
“The Canterville Ghost” |
Adapted from Oscar Wilde's story by John Vreeke (P) |
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1995-1996 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Pinocchio” |
Adapted by Sandra Deer |
“A Tale of Cinderella”
|
By W. A. Frankonis
Music by Will Severin and George David Weiss
Lyrics by George David Weiss (OP, M) |
“The Silver Skates” |
Adapted from Mary Mapes Dodge
Book by Lanie Robertson
Music by Byron Janis
Lyrics by George David Weiss (P, M) |
“Cirque Éloize: Excentricus” |
Guest Artist Production |
“Earhart” |
By Rona Waddington (P) |
"Beauty and the Beast" |
Adapted by Ray Bono (OP) |
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1994-1995 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Sign Me A Story, with Linda and Friends” |
By Linda Bove (guest production) |
“The Miracle Worker” |
By William Gibson |
“A Tale of Cinderella” |
By W. A. Frankonis
Music by Will Severin and George David Weiss
Lyrics by George David Weiss (P, M) |
“Great Women of Color” |
By Cheryl Jones (National Black Touring Circuit - guest production) |
“Death of a Salesman” |
By Arthur Miller |
"Ten Little Indians" |
By Agatha Christie |
"Treasure Island" |
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by Ara Watson |
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1993-1994 Season
Production |
Credits |
“The Emperor’s New Clothes” |
By Hans Christian Anderson
Adapted by Timothy Mason |
“Heidi” |
By Johanna Spyri
Adapted by Thomas W. Olson |
“Appointment With Death” |
By Agatha Christie |
“American Enterprise” |
By Jeffrey Sweet (East Coast Premiere) (P) |
“Big River” |
Adapted from Mark Twain
Book by William Hauptman
Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller |
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1992-1993 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Sleeping Beauty” |
Adapted by Richard Shaw in collaboration with the Theatre Institute (OP) |
“To Kill a Mockingbird”
|
By Harper Lee
Dramatized by Christopher Sergel |
“Slow Dance on the Killing Ground” |
By William Hanley |
“The Secret Garden” |
By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted by Pam Sterling |
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1991-1992 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Pinocchio” |
Adapted by Sandra Deer |
“Beauty and the Beast” |
Adapted by Ray Bono (OP) |
“Yours, Anne” |
Written by Enid Futterman
Composed by Michael Cohen (M) |
“Sherlock’s Last Case” |
By Charles Marowitz |
“The Wizard of Oz” |
By L. Frank Baum
With music and lyrics of the MGM motion picture by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Background music by Herbert Stothart
Book adaptation by John Kane from the motion picture screenplay
As presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company. (M) |
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1990-1991 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Spider's Web” |
by Agatha Christie |
“Narnia”
|
A musical based on “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”
by C.S. Lewis
Book by Jules Tasca
Lyrics by Ted Drachman
Music by Thomas Tierney (M) |
“Slow Dance on the Killing Ground” |
By William Hanley |
“Othello” |
By William Shakespeare |
“Vasilisa the Fair” |
Book by Sofia Prokofieva and Irina Tokmakova
Music by Alla Lander
Translated by Sabina Modzhalevskaya and Harlow Robinson
Edited and adapted by Harlow Robinson (P,M) |
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1989-1990 Season
Production |
Credits |
“Knockabout Boy” |
Book and additional lyrics by W. A. Frankonis
Music and Lyrics by George Harris (P,M) |
“Sleeping Beauty” |
Adapted by Richard Shaw in collaboration with the Theatre Institute (OP) |
“Better Days” |
by Richard Dresser |
“Arsenic and Old Lace” |
by Joseph Kesselring |
“The Snow Queen” |
Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen
Music by Richard Peaslee
Book and Lyrics by Adrian Mitchell (P, M) |
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