1997 |
Aug. 20 |
The Vagabond Players Theatre Company is founded in Santa
Monica, California. |
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Nov. 12 |
First Production (“The Monkey’s Paw,” by W.W. Jacobs, and “Bridal
Terrorism,” by Bill Rosenfield) premieres at The Eclectic Theater in North Hollywood. |
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Nov. 16 |
Company performs a concert reading of the radio play spoof, “Poor, Pitiful Pamela
Pureparts’ Pernicious Perils,” by Michael R. Fife, at the Brentwood Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. |
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1998 |
6-May |
Second Production (Jason Katim’s “The Man Who Couldn’t Dance,”
Kitty Burns’ “Identity Crisis,” and Bill Feeney’s “Catered Affair”) opens at The Eclectic. |
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27-May |
Benefit performance of Second Production for United Cerebral Palsy/The Spastic Children’s
Foundation (“UCP/SCF”). |
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1-Jul |
Third Production (Frederick Stroppel’s “Package Deal” and “A
Chance Meeting,” and Lanford Wilson’s “Ikke, Ikke, Nye, Nye, Nye”) premieres at The Gene Bua Acting
For Life Theater in Burbank. |
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22-Jul |
Benefit performance of Third Production for UCP/SCF. |
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Aug. 23 |
Company performs a staged reading of an original political play, “Right Lies”
by Paul Guay, Marcus Cootsana, and Craig Lachman. |
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Sept. 23 |
Fourth Production (Chris DiGiovanni’s “Love Falls,” “The Mother,
the Therapist, and Broccoli” by Debbie Korkunis, and “The Usual” by Barbara Lindsay) opens at the Bua. |
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Oct. 18 |
Company performs a staged reading of “Poor, Pitiful Pamela Pureparts’ Pernicious
Perils” at the Felicia Mahood Senior Center in West L.A. |
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Oct. 21 |
Benefit performance of Fourth Production for UCP/SCF. |
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Dec. 2 |
Fifth Production (Michele Palermo’s “Labor Pains,” Marsha Susan Meyers’
“Hit By a Bus,” and Gillian Plowman’s “Philip and Rowena”) opens at the Gene Bua. |
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1999 |
Jan. 6 |
Benefit performance of Fifth Production on behalf of UCP/SCF. |
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Jan. 16 |
Company performs a concert reading of “A Slice of the Blarney,” by Kitty
Burns, at the Gene Bua Theatre. |
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3-Mar |
Sixth Production of plays (“Tourist Trap,” by Alice Lunsford, “Dancing
Around the Moment,” by David Copper, and “Pray, Pray, Pray,” by Maria S. Hama) premieres at the Gene Bua
Theater. |
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24-Mar |
Benefit performance of Sixth Production on behalf of UCP/SCF. |
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20-May |
Company performs a concert reading of “Poor, Pitiful Pamela Pureparts’ Pernicious
Perils,” at the Felicia Mahood Senior Center in West Los Angeles. |
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2-Jun |
Seventh Production of plays (“Bye Bye Blues,” by James Saunders, and “The
Devil on This Earth,” by Janet Kenney, opens at the Gene Bua Theater. |
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23-Jun |
Benefit performance of Seventh Production on behalf of UCP/SCF. |
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11-Aug |
Eighth Production (“Return to Sender,” by Jennifer Klein, “Reunion,”
by William Borden, and “The Three Great Loves of Christopher J. Tomaski,” by Pat Gabridge) opens at the Bua. |
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1-Sep |
Benefit performance of Eighth Production on behalf of the Motion Picture & Television
Fund Foundation (“MPTF”). |
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10-Oct |
Company performs a concert reading of “A Live Woman in the Mines,” an 1857
play by Alonzo Delano, at the Brentwood Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. |
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27-Oct |
Ninth Production, of Kitty Burns’ “A Slice of the Blarney,” premieres
at the Gene Bua AFL Theater. |
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17-Nov |
Benefit performance of Ninth Production on behalf of the MPTF. |
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2000 |
14-Jan |
Tenth Production, the world premiere of “Right Lies,” by Paul Guay, Marcus
Cootsona, and Craig Lachman, opens at the Gene Bua Acting for Life Theater. |
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28-Apr |
Eleventh Production, six original one-act plays by Stephen Patrick, premieres at The
Gardner Stages in Hollywood under the umbrella title, “ 6 ”. |
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2001 |
9-Mar |
Twelfth Production, the West Coast premieres of Patrick Gabridge’s “The Whittling
Place” and Sharyn Shipley’s “Mother’s Day in the Holding Tank,” opens at Allen Fawcett’s
Close-Up Theater. |
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8-Aug |
Thirteenth Production, “Elvis Orders a Mai Tai,” by Emilio Iasiello, and
“Absent Light,” by Michael Moss, curtain rises at the Close-Up Theater. |
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7-Nov |
Fourteenth Production of Joseph L. Lauinger’s “The Box,” Victor M.
San Miguel’s “Banter & Vows,” and J. Boyer’s “Three Plays and a Bed,” opens at the
Close-Up. |
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2002 |
14-Jun |
Fifteenth Production, the world premiere of “Nighthawks,” by Stephen Patrick,
and “The Art of Self Defense,” by Trish Johnson, debuts at the Whitmore-Lindley Theater. |
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2003 |
30-May |
Sixteenth Production, the L.A. revival of Clifford Odets’ classic, “The Country
Girl,” bows at the Open Stage West Theater. |
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10-Oct |
Seventeenth Production, “Misperceptions,” an evening of three one-act plays
(Judy-Anne Goldman’s “Vanity Fare,” and reprises of Frederick Stroppel’s “A Chance Meeting,”
and Sharyn Shipley’s “Mother’s Day in the Holding Tank”), opens at the Open Stage Theater. |
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2004 |
7-May |
Eighteenth Production, "Right Lies" by Paul Guay, Marcus Cootsona, and Craig Lachman,
opens at The Stella Adler Theatre |
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12-Nov |
Ninteenth Production, the world premier of "That Other Woman" by Robert Hecker opens
at Open Stage West |
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2005 |
8-Apr |
Twentieth Production, " Bobby Gould in Hell" by David Mamet and "Banter & Vows" by
Victor San Miguel opens at Open Stage West |
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15-Jul |
Twenty First Production "Don't Dress For Dinner"
a farce by Marc Camoletti, adped by Robin Hawdon opens at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre |
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12-Nov |
Twenty Second Production, "The Good Doctor" by Neil Simon opens at The Raven Playhouse |
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2006 |
17-Mar |
Twenty Third Production, "Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley opens at The Raven Playhouse |
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11-Aug |
Twenty Fourth Production, " Bridal Terrorism" by Bill Rosenfield and "The Balcony Scene"
by Wil Calhoun opens at The Raven Playhouse |
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27-Oct |
Twenty Fifth Production, "Somewhere In Between" by Craig Pospisil opens at The Raven Playhouse |
2007
23-Mar Twenty-sixth Prodution, "The Shadow Box" by Michael Cristofer at The Raven Playhouse.
8-Jun Twenty-seventh Production. "An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein" by Shel
Silverstein at The Raven Playhouse. 8-Jun Twenty-eigth Production. "Sister Mary Ignatious
Explains It All For You and The Actors Nightmare" by Christopher Durang at The Raven Playhouse.
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