“Over the years, I've been fortunate enough to have had four plays developed at Geva Theatre Center, and all four of them have gone on to multiple productions around the country. Led by resident dramaturg Marge Betley, the Festival brings incredible actors from New York, offers us playwrights invaluable encouragement and time to nurture a new play, and is tirelessly supported by Geva's administrators and staff. I've been part of many development programs around the country, and none of them are as focused – and effective. Bravo Geva!”

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (multiple plays developed at Geva, Based on a Totally True Story, commissioned and developed by Geva)

Geva Theatre Center World Premieres and Commissions
(Listed alphabetically by title)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

All Is Well in the Kingdom of Nice by Kira Obolensky

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Nextstage, March 2004
• Geva commission

Based on a Totally True Story by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

• World Premiere: Manhattan Theatre Club, Spring 2006
• Subsequent production: Actors Express (Atlanta)
• Published by Dramatists Play Service
• Geva commission

Convenience: Music, Book & Lyrics by Gregg Coffin

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Nextstage, November 2000
• Premiere of Revised Version: Geva Theatre Center Mainstage, May 2002
• Showcased at National Alliance for Musical Theatre Annual Festival of New Musicals
• Subsequent productions: Human Race Theatre (OH), Sacramento Theatre Company (CA), Stages Rep (Houston), Minneapolis Musical Theatre, New Conservatory Theatre Company (San Francisco)
• Published by Dramatists Play Service

Cheat by Julie Jensen

• World Premiere: The Women’s Project (NY)
• Subsequent productions: Key West Theatre Festival, Detroit Repertory Theatre
• Geva commission

Clarissa Street Reunion by Bob Devin Jones

• Geva commission

Five Course Love: Book, Music & Lyrics by Gregg Coffin

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Nextstage, May 2004
• Off-Broadway Transfer, Minetta Lane Theatre, October 2005
• Subsequent productions: Sacramento Theatre Company (CA), Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Actors Playhouse (Coral Gables), Capital Rep Theatre (Albany), Stages Rep (Houston), Red Barn Theatre (Key West), International City Theatre (Long Beach, CA), Busan Summer Musical Festival (South Korea)
• Published by Dramatists Play Service

Garuda’s Wing by Naomi Iizuka

• Geva commission

Good on Paper by Michele Lowe

• Geva commission

A Good Year for the Begonias by Julia Jordan

• Geva commission

The History of Light by Eisa Davis

• In progress; Geva commission

The House in Hydesville by Dan O’Brien

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Mainstage, January 2009
• Development at The Lark (NY) and The Playwrights Center (Minneapolis)
• Geva commission

Iron Kisses by James Still

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Nextstage, March 2006
• Subsequent productions: Portland Stage (ME), Indiana Repertory Theatre, Illusion Theatre (Minneapolis), Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City, MO), Spontaneous Productions (ID)
• Published by Dramatic Publishing

Key West by Dan O’Brien

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Nextstage, 2004

Lost and Foundling by Eric R. Pfeffinger

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Nextstage, January 2007
• Subsequent productions: San Luis Obispo Little Theatre, Imagination Stage (MD)
• Published by Dramatic Publishing

Maggie, A Girl of the Streets (musical): Music and Lyrics by Gregg Coffin; Bookwriter TBA

• In progress; Geva commission

A Marvelous Party, The Noel Coward Celebration devised by David Ira Goldstein, Carl J. Danielsen, Mark Anders and Patricia Wilcox

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Mainstage, September 2005; co-production with Northlight Theatre (Chicago)
• Four 2006 Joseph Jefferson Awards
• Numerous subsequent productions

One Size Fits All by Rickerby Hinds

• Geva commission

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Adapted by Marge Betley and Mark Cuddy

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Mainstage May 2008

Pyretown by John Belluso

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Nextstage, May 2004
• Geva commission
• Subsequent productions: Victory Gardens (Chicago), Sirius Idaho Theatre, Keen Company (NYC), PCPA Theatrefest (CA), Boulevard Ensemble (Milwaukee), City Theatre (Pittsburgh)
• Published by Dramatists Play Service

The Road Home: Re-Membering America by Marc Wolf

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Nextstage, September 2005; co-production with the Huntington Theatre (Boston)

Russian Soul by Kira Obolensky

• World Premiere: Revised version produced at Frank Theatre in Minneapolis
• Geva commission

September Shoes by José Cruz González

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Nextstage, June 2003
• Subsequent productions: Denver Center Theatre, Teatro Paraguas & Santa Fe Playhouse
• Published by Dramatic Publishing

Splitting Infinity by Jamie Pachino

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Mainstage, April 2006
• Subsequent productions: Florida Stage, SPF Festival (NYC), San Jose Rep (CA)

TBA by Lyia Stryk

• In progess; Geva commission

TBA by Tanya Barfield

• In progess; Geva commission

Theophilus North by Matthew Burnett

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Mainstage, April 2003
• Subsequent productions: Keen Company (NYC), People’s Light and Theatre Co. (PA)
• Published by Samuel French, Inc.

The One-Eyed Man Is King by Carter W. Lewis

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center Mainstage, Fall 1999
• Geva commission

Famous Orpheus by Oyamo and Mississippi Charles Bevel

• World Premiere: Geva Theatre Center, Spring 1998
• Directed by Mark Cuddy; choreography by Garth Fagan

Women Who Steal by Carter W. Lewis

• World Premiere: State Theatre in Austin, TX, followed by numerous regional productions
• Geva Theatre Center Nexstage Production, 2000
• Geva commission

For a complete list of playwrights who have participated in our theatre development programs, click here.

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