Theater of the First Amendment

Performance History

1990-1991 Season
Indian Love Call by Paul D’Andrea
Conversations with Georgia O’Keefe by Constance Congdon
One-Third of a Nation adapted by OyamO from original Federal Theater Project script by Arthur Arents

1991-1992 Season
Spiele ’36 by Steve Carter
The Einstein Project by Paul D’Andrea and Jon Klein
Live Wire, a presentation of radio scripts from the Federal Theatre Project Radio Division (also broadcast on NPR)

1992-1993 Season
Halcyon Days by Steven Dietz
The Last Living Newspaper by Dale Worsley
In Living Colors by OyamO and Dianne McIntyre, music by Olu Dara
Rushmore by Anna Theresa Cascio

1993-1994 Season
Cellophane Xerox by Frederick Gaines
Carrier by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller
Dream of a Common Language by Heather McDonald

1994-1995 Season
John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen
Faulkner’s Bicycle by Heather McDonald
The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay by Paul D’Andrea

1995-1996 Season
The Living by Anthony Clarvoe
Boomtown by Stephen Dietz
I Could Stop on a Dime and Get Ten Cents Change by Dianne McIntyre, music by Kysia Bostic

1996-1997 Season
Sweet Ike by Frederick Gaines
Betty the Yeti by Jon Klein
Things That Break by Sherry Kramer

1997-1998 Season
tigertigertiger by Mac Wellman
Crystal by Anna Theresa Cascio
Blues Rooms by Dianne McIntyre and Olu Dara

1998-1999 Season
Mating Cries by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller
Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Grimm Tales by Carol Ann Duffy, original music by David Maddox

1999-2000 Season
The Memorandum by Vaclav Havel
The Sins of Sor Juana by Karen Zacarias
Sing Down the Moon by Mary Hall Surface, music by David Maddox

2000-2001 Season
The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen
First Light: Theater at the Moment of Discovery, New plays festival
Perseus Bayou, by Mary Hall Surface and David Maddox

2001-2002 Season
Bee-Luther-Hatchee by Thomas Gibbons
Nathan the Wise by Paul D’Andrea
Mississippi Pinocchio by Mary Hall Surface and David Maddox

2002-2003 Season
Sing Down the Moon (revival) by Mary Hall Surface, music by David Maddox
Perseus Bayou (revival), by Mary Hall Surface and David Maddox
First Light: Celebrating Heroes, New plays festival

2003-2004 Season
Words at Night: Stories from Life (Staged Readings)
First Light: New Play Festival
The Odyssey of Telemaca (world premiere) by Mary Hall Surface, music by David Maddox

2004-2005 Season
Concert Reading of Nathan the Wise by Paul D’andrea after G.E. Lessing
Open the Door, Virginia! (world premiere) by Dianne McIntyre
5th Annual First Light Festival of New Plays

2005-2006 Season
Three Hotels by Jon Robin Baitz
Lift: Icarus and Me (world premiere) by Mary Hall Surface, music by David Maddox
6th Annual First Light Festival of New Plays

2006-2007 Season
Words at Night: Readings of Literary Works by Mason authors
7th Annual First Light Festival of New Plays

2007-2008 Season
Mariela in the Desert by Karen Zacarías
Two-Bit Taj Mahal by Paul D'Andrea (world premiere)
1st Annual Mason Festival of the Arts
8th Annual First Light Discovery Program

2008-2009 Season
2nd Annual Mason Summer Festival
9th Annual First Light Discovery Program
Notes of Change by Amani Mansour (winner Fairfax Co. high school playwriting competition)
Infinity by Andrew Hawkins (winner GMU playwriting competition)
Still Beating Hearts by Ann Stingle (winner GMU playwriting competition)
The Bay of Fundy by Sherry Kramer
Refugee Blues by Wendy L. Anderson (screenplay)
24, 7, 365 by Jennifer L. Nelson
The Generations Playwriting Project

2009-2010 Season
Special Events and Staged Readings
24, 7, 365 by Jennifer L. Nelson, Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival
Mortal Terror by Robert Brustein, The English Channel by Robert Brustein, A Lesson Before Dying by Romulus Linney based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines. All part of the 2009-2010 Fall for the Book.
The Warrior by Jack Gilhooley, School of Visual Arts, New York
The Rivers and Ravines by Heather McDonald, theSPACE, Fairfax, VA
TFA Celebrates 20 Years: Only the Beginning, theSPACE, Fairfax, VA, featuring plays by Dianne McIntyre, Karen Zacarķas, Mary Hall Surface and David Maddox, Paul D'Andrea, Heather McDonald, and Jennifer L. Nelson.
10th Annual First Light Discovery Program
The Electric Baby by Stefanie Zadravec
STAY by Heather McDonald and Susan Shields
A Godless Man by John Xander Yi (winner GMU playwriting competition)
Ice Man by Liz Long (winner GMU playwriting competition)
The Generations Playwriting Project