UMBC Department of Theatre
Production History
1980s
12/89 The Bacchae
by Euripides
December 13-15, 1989
Direction Alan Kreizenbeck
12/89 The Way of the World
by William Congreve
Maryland Stage Company
November 29-December 2, 5-9, 1989
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Set Design Richard Montgomery
Costume/Makeup Design Elena Zlotescu
Lighting Design Terry Cobb
Sound Design Mark Behuncik
Dance Choreography Carol Hess
1988-89
7/89 Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare on Wheels
July, August, September, 1989
Direction Sam McCready
Set Design William T. Brown
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
4/89 Salome
by Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Sam McCready
April 19-22m 25-30, May 2-7, 1989
Direction Sam McCready
Set/Costume/Makeup Design Elena Zlotescu
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
* Selected for regional competition, American College Theatre Festival
12/88 Ubu Roi
by Alfred Jarry
October 19-23, 25-30, 1988
Direction Wendy Salkind
Set/Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Paul May (Student)
Sound Design Terry Cobb
11/88 The Balcony
by Jean Genet
Maryland Stage Company
November, 1988
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Set Design William T. Brown
Costume/Makeup Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Terry Cobb
1987-88
7/88 The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare on Wheels
July, August, September, 1988
Direction Sam McCready
Set Design William T. Brown
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Lighting/Sound Design Terry Cobb
5/88 Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
English Version by Jean-Claude van Itallie
Maryland Stage Company
May 5-7, 11-14, 1888
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Set Design William T. Brown
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Terry Cobb
Sound Design Charles Argent (Student)
Dance Choreography Carol Hess
3/88 The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
March 3-6, 9-13, 1988
Direction Walt Witcover
Set Design Eric King (Student)
Costume Design Miriam Goldberg (Student)
Light Design William Simms (Student)
Sound Design Paul May (Student)
12/87 Listen To Me
by Gertrude Stein
December 3-6, 9-13, 1987
Direction Wendy Salkind
Set,Light, Costume Design Terry Cobb
10/87 Spring's Awakening
by Frank Wedekind
October 29-November 1, 4-8, 1987
Direction Sam McCready
Set/Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Terry Cobb
**Selected for both regional & national competition, American
College Theatre Festival
1986-87
7/87 Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare on Wheels
July, August, September, 1987
Direction Sam McCready
Set Design William T. Brown
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
5/87 The Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
Maryland Stage Company
April 29-May 3, May 6-8, 1987
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume/Makeup Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Terry Cobb
Choreography Douglas Hamby
3/87 The Dining Room
by A. R. Gurney, Jr.
March 5-7, 11-14
Direction Walt Witcover
Scene Design Kirk Bensen (Student)
Costume Design Terry Cobb
Light Design Charles Argent (Student)
Make-up R. Darrell Cummings (Student)
12/86 Beauty and the Beast
by Louise Page
December 4-7 and 10-14, 1986
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Set/Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Terry Cobb
Original Score Joanne Riley
10/86 The Importance of Being Oscar
by Micheal Mac Liammóir
Direction Sam McCready
Scene Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Terry Cobb
**Selected for both regional & national competition, American
College Theatre Festival
1985-86
7/86 Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare on Wheels
July, August, September, 1986
Direction Sam McCready
Asst. Direction Ann Ciccolella
Set Design William T. Brown
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
Fight Choreographer Robert Giglio
5/86 No Country for Old Men
Conceived and Directed by Sam McCready
May 2,3,7-10, 1986
Direction Sam McCready
Set/Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
3/86 Top Girls
by Caryl Churchill
March 14, 15, 19-22, 1986
Direction WendySalkind
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
11/85 John, Paul, George, Ringo...& Bert
by Willy Russell
November 8, 9, 12-16, 19-23, 1985
Direction Sam McCready
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Terry Cobb
Sound Design Terry Cobb
Choreography Carol Hess
Musical Direction Clay Welch
1984-85
8/85 A Midsummer Night's Dream, "Shakespeare on Wheels"
by William Shakespeare
July, August, 1985
Direction Sam McCready
Wagon/Set Design William T. Brown
Construction Engineer Terry Cobb
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
5/85 Tartuffe
by Molière
English version by Richard Wilbur
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Set Design William T. Brown
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Terry Cobb
Furniture/Property Deisgn Gavin Holmes
Dance Choreography Carol Hess
4/85 The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe
Adapted by Steven Berkoff
Direction Sam McCready
Set/Properties Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Terry Cobb
Music Andrew Bolton
12/84 Plenty
by David Hare
December 10, 11, 1984
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Set/Decor Design Greg Raphael (student)
Costume Design Cora Ungar (student)
Light Design Scott McCullough (student)
Sound Design Kirk Benson (student)
12/84 The Red Shoes
by Hans Christian Andersen
adapted by Robin Short
December 7-9, 14-16, 1984
Direction William T. Brown
Set Design William T. Brown
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light Design Scott McCullough (student)
10/84 The Boys From Syracuse
by Rodgers and Hart
October 24-27, 30-November 4, 1984
Direction Sam McCready
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Elena Zlotescu
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
Choreography Judith Pannebaker
1983-84
4/84 La Ronde
by Arthur Schnitzler
May 3-5, 9-12, 1984
Direction Wendy Salkind
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Cara Rowe
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
12/83 Pinter 5 plays
The Collection
Revue Sketches
Landscape
by Harold Pinter
Nov. 30, Dec. 1-3, 7-10, 1983
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume, Light, Sound Design Terry Cobb
10/83 Enter Laughing
by Joseph Stein
October 25-29, 1983
Direction William T. Brown
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Light Design Terry Cobb
Costume Design Cara Rowe
1982-83
5/83 The Good Woman of Setzuan
by Bertoldt Brecht
Translated by Eric Bentley
April 28-30, May 1, 3-8, 1983
Direction Katherine Mendeloff
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Cara Rowe
Light Design Terry Cobb
Composer Alice Eve Cohen
2/83 Attachment
by Wendy Salkind
February 9, 1983
Direction Wendy Salkind
Collaborative Direction Katherine Mendeloff
Set/Light Design Terry Cobb
Music/Sound Design William-John Tudor
Costume Design Cara Rowe
12/82 Still Life
by Emily Mann
December 2-5, 8-12, 1982
Direction Wendy Salkind
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Cara Rowe
Light Design Terry Cobb
Hair Design Sheila Dennehy (Student)
11/82 Love Stories: Three one-acts plays about Love and Loss
Attempt at Conversation
by Edward Louis Gold
Canadian Gothic
by Joanna M. Glass
Statements Made After an Arrest Under the Morality Act
by Athol Fugard
November 17-20, 1982
Direction Katherine Mendeloff
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Cara Rowe
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
7/82 Godspell
Conceived by John-Michael Tebelak
Music and New Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
August 3-8, 1982
Stage Direction Gary Leard
Musical Direction Sam Gordon
Set Design William T. Brown
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
1981-82
5/82 Landscape of the Body
by John Guare
April 28-30, May 1, 5-8, 12-15, 1982
Direction Wendy Salkind
Set Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Cara Rowe
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
4/82 Three Moderns
The Balcony by Genet
Maid to Marry by Ionesco
Silence by Pinter
April 22-24, 1982
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Scene Design Gavin Holmes
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
Costume Coordination Cara Rowe
12/81 Andromache
by Racine
December 3-5,9-12, 1981
Direction Xerxes Mehta
Scene/Properties Design Gavin Holmes
Costume Design Cara Rowe
Light Design Terry Cobb
11/81 One Acts
This Property is Condemned by Tennessee Williams
Animal by Oliver Hailey
Night by Harold Pinter
Hopscotch by Israel Horowitz
Direction Wendy Salkind
Set Design Mark McPherson *
Lighting Design Verna Williams *
Sound Design Ann Burns *
* student
1980-81
5/81 Exit the King
by Eugene Ionesco
May 7-9, 14-16, 1981
Direction Wendy Salkind
Set/Costume Design Lorraine Bege
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
12/80 Three by Albee
The American Dream
Box
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
by Edward Albee
December , 1980
Direction Sergei Tschernisch
Set/Costume Design Maura Smolover
Light/Sound Design Terry Cobb
10/80 Strange Bedfellows
by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements
October 30, 31, November 1, 6-8, 1980
Direction Alice Robinson
Set Design William T. Brown
Costume Design Sandra Chen (Student)