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About the 2020s
The decade of the 2020s started with ACT being dark for the entire 2020 mainstage season. While closed for the pandemic, there was a change in leadership as Anita Shah moved in as Managing Director. The first play after the pandemic closure was Hotter Than Egypt, written by Core Company member Yussef el Guindi - a world premiere.


productions
1996 icon
Downtown
Cheap (1996)
CHEAP, a hilarious adaptation of Moliere’s classic farce, The Miser. Set in New York’s Little Italy in the 1930s, CHEAP is Written by Tom Topor, critically acclaimed author of the films Nuts and The Accused as Well as the the novels Judgment and The Coelieil.
About the Play
Written By: Tom Topor
Molière - Original Play - The Miser
Fredric Myrow - Original Music
About the Production
World Premiere
Run Dates: 9/6/1996 - 10/20/1996
Program: Program (.pdf)
Directed By: Peggy Shannon
Cast: Bob DeDea - Rudy
Seán G. Griffin - Mortadella
Hugh Hastings - Singer; Malloy
Peter A. Jacobs - Josefina; Brannigan
Charley McQuary - Vinnie
Robert Nadir - Carlo
Marianne Owen - Sensuala
David Pichette - Angie
Stephanie Shine - Lisa
Rebecca Stevenson - Maria
Rick Tutor - Don Avariccio
Music: Scott Warrender - Piano
Behind the Scenes: Kat Allen - Choreographer
Susan Baird Trapnell - Managing Director
Barbara Bush - Costume Designer
John Kingsbury - Stage Manager
R. Michael Miller - Scenic Designer
Rick Paulsen - Lighting Designer
Phil Schermer - Producing Director
Peggy Shannon - Artistic Director
Scott Warrender - Additional Music
The Crimson Thread (1996)
From a rustic cottage in a mid-1800s Irish village to a turn-of-the-century union hall, this warm, evocative drama paints a vivid portrait of immigrant life and strong family ties.
About the Play
Written By: Mary Hanes
About the Production
Run Dates: 9/27/1996 - 11/3/1996
Program: Program (.pdf)
Directed By: John Dillon
Cast: Megan Cole - Bridget McDermott Flynn; Maggie Kennedy
Julie Grant - Kathleen Connelly Wright; Nora Kennedy Fitzpatrick
Liz McCarthy - Eilís McDermott Connelly; Fionnuala Connelly Kennedy
Music: Karen Harp-Reed - Vocals
Fiona Maguire - Vocals
Ellen McClain - Vocals
Behind the Scenes: Susan Baird Trapnell - Managing Director
Deena Burke - Dialect Coach
Eric Chappelle - Original Composition; Sound Designer
Jeffrey K. Hanson - Stage Manager
Constanza Romero - Costume Designer
Phil Schermer - Producing Director
Peggy Shanahan - Artistic Director
Greg Sullivan - Lighting Designer
Scott Weldin - Set Designer
My One Good Nerve (1996)
From the original 19505 production of A Raisin in the Sun to Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, Ruby Dee has delighted audiences with one virtuosic performance after another.

Acclaimed as one of America’s finest actors, she assembles here a collage of thoughts, ideas and impressions from her long and distinguished performing career in a stirring one-woman show.
About the Play
Written By: Ruby Dee
About the Production
World Premiere
Run Dates: 11/8/1996 - 12/15/1996
Program: Program (.pdf)
Directed By: Peggy Shannon
Cast: Ruby Dee - self
Music: Neal Jones - Vocals
Michelle Lang - Vocals
Behind the Scenes: Susan Baird Trapnell - Managing Director
Deena Burke - Dialect Assistance
Gregory A. Falls - Producing Director
Bill Forrester - Set Designer
Sarah Nash Gates - Costume Designer
Velina Hasu Houston - Dramaturg
John Kingsbury - Stage Manager
Steven M. Klein - Sound Designer
Phil Schermer - Producing Director
Peggy Shannon - Artistic Director
Diane Ferry Williams - Lighting Designer