Play Archives (by year)

See List of Plays Sorted Alphabetically by Title

What's a theatre without the hard work of the many talented people who came before?
Here is a list of previous Tara productions, some with links to cast pages.
If you have any information about past Tara plays, such as cast details or photos, please e-mail us.

Festival abbreviations: EODL = Eastern Ontario Drama League
EO One Act Festival = Eastern Ontario One Act Festival
AIITF = Acting Irish International Theatre Festival

Play	Author	Production Date(s)
Translations	Brian Friel	Feb. 14 – March 3 2012 [View production cast and detail]
Patrick Pearse Motel	Hugh Leonard	August 2011 [View production cast and detail]
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme	Frank McGuinness	March-April 2011 [View production cast and detail]
The Ballymore Reel	Greg Finnegan	April 2009 [View production cast and detail]
April Bright	Dermot Bolger	February 2009 [View production cast and detail] [Two awards and five other nominations in EODL full length play festival 2009]
Lovers ("WInners" and "Losers")	Brian Friel	October 2008 ['Losers" won Best Actor, Best Director, People's Choice Award, and one other nomination, EODL One-Act Festival, 2008] [View production cast and detail]
Venus of Dublin	Marianne Ackerman	March-April 2008 [Capital Critics Circle nominated for Best Actor] [View production cast and detail]
Smash	Jeffery Hatcher (based on G. Bernard Shaw)	January 2008 [Capital Critics Circle Best Actor award, three other nominations] [View production cast and detail]
Two One Act Comedies: "Pizzazz" "The Lost Letters of a Victorian Lady"	Hugh Leonard (Pizzazz) Michelle Read (Letters)	October, November 2007 [Best Leading Actor, Best Female Supporting Actor, Best Male Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble Acting, Adjudicator Award for Script Interpretation, People's Choice Award; plus seven additional nominations, including best production, EODL One-Act Festival, 2007] [View production cast and detail]
Love in the Title	Hugh Leonard	May-June 2007 [nominated for Capital Critics Circle Best Director award] [View production cast and detail]
Making History	Brian Friel	March 2007 [Adjudicator Award for live music, EODL Spring Festival] [View production cast and detail]
Waiting for Godot	Samuel Beckett	November 2006 [View production cast and detail]
John Bull's Other Island	George Bernard Shaw	May 2006 [View production cast and detail]
Cripple of Inishmaan, The	Martin McDonagh	March 2006 [View production cast and detail]
Invisible Man, The	Jennifer Johnston	October-Novermber 2005 [Best Actor, Best Visual Play, Adjudicator Award for Best First Director; also nominated for best production, EODL One-Act Festival, 2005] [View production cast and detail]
The Salvage Shop	Jim Nolan	April-May 2005 [View production cast and detail]
Red Roses and Petrol	Joseph O'Connor	March 2005 [Best Actor in a Major Role, EODL Spring Festival, 2005, three additional nominations] [View production cast and detail]
James Joyce's The Dead	Richard Nelson & Shaun Davey	Nov-Dec 2004 [View production cast and detail]
O'Flaherty V.C.	George Bernard Shaw	Sept-Oct 2004 [Best supporting female actor award, adjudicator award for an excellent performance, and seven other nominations, including second place for best production, EODL One-Act Festival, 2004] [View production cast and detail]
Life, A	Hugh Leonard	April-May 2004 [View production cast and detail]
Amphibians	Billy Roche	March 2004 [View production cast and detail]
School for Scandal, The	Richard Sheridan	October 2003 [View production cast and detail]
Nightingale and Not The Lark, The	Jennifer Johnston	September 2003 [View production cast and detail]
Bold Girls	Rona Munro	May 2003 [View production cast and detail ]
Blackwater Angel	Jim Nolan	February 2003 [Award for Acting Excellence and six other nominations at EODL Festival] [View production cast and detail]
Ideal Husband, An	Oscar Wilde	November 2002 [View production cast and detail]
Riders to the Sea	J.M. Synge	September 2002
Sive	J. B. Keane	May 2002 [AIITF 2002 host Ottawa: two best supporting actor nominations] [View production cast and detail]
Happy Birthday, Dear Alice	Bernard Farrell	February 2002 [View production cast and detail]
Give Me Your Answer, Do!	Brian Friel	November 2001 [View production cast and detail]
Kathleen ni Houlihan	W. B. Yeats	September 2001 [Best supporting male actor and best student actor EODL One-Act Festival, 2001] [View production cast and detail]
Poker Session	Hugh Leonard	May 2001 [View production cast and detail]
Philadelphia Here I Come	Brian Friel	February 2001 [View production cast and detail]
Plow and the Stars, The	Sean O'Casey	November 2000 [View production cast and detail]
Land of Heart's Desire, The	W. B. Yeats	September 2000 [View production cast and detail]
Broken Jug, The	John Banville [after von Kleist]	May 2000 [View production cast and detail]
Touch of the Poet, A	Eugene O'Neill	February 2000 [View production cast and detail]
Frugal Comforts	Eamon Kelly	October 1999 [View production cast and detail]
Workhouse Ward, The	Lady Gregory	September 1999
Little Like Paradise, A	Niall Williams	May 1999
Stella by Starlight	Bernard Farrell	February 1999
Asylum! Asylum!	Donal O'Kelly	October 1998
In the Shadow of the Glen	J. M. Synge	September 1998
Rat in the Skull	Ron Hutchinson	May 1998 [AIITF 1998: Best production]
She Stoops to Conquer	Oliver Goldsmith	February 1998
Suburb of Babylon	Hugh Leonard	October 1997
Big Maggie	J. B. Keane	May 1997
Whistle in the Dark, A	Tom Murphy	February 1997
Wayward Saint, The	P. V. Carroll	October 1996
Dancing at Lughnasa	Brian Friel	May 1996
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me	Frank McGuinness	February 1996 [Best production EODL, 1996]
Moll	J. B. Keane	October 1995
Sea Marks	Gardner McKay	April 1995
Millionairess, The	G. B. Shaw	February 1995 [Best Production EODL, 1995; Best Production, Theatre Ontario, 1995]
Vital Signs (a series of monologues)	Jane Martin	November 1994 [Best Production, EO One Act Festival, 1994]
Field, The	J. B. Keane	October 1994
Da	Hugh Leonard	May 1994
Tea in a China Cup	Christina Reid	February 1994
Living Quarters	Brian Friel	November 1993
Augustus Does His Bit	G. B. Shaw	September 1993
They Got What They Wanted	Louis D'Alton	May 1993
Sharon's Grave	J. B. Keane	February 1993 [Best Production, EODL, 1993; Best Director, Theatre Ontario Festival, 1993]
London Vertigo, The	Brian Friel	October 1992
How She Lied to Her Husband	G. B. Shaw	September 1992
All the Way Back	Bernard Farrell	April 1992
Translations	Brian Friel	February 1992 [Best Production, EODL, 1992]
Pizzazz	Hugh Leonard	October 1991
Bedtime Story	Sean O'Casey	October 1991 [Best Production, EO One Act Festival, 1991]
Life, A	Hugh Leonard	April 1991
Loves of Cass Maguire, The	Brian Friel	February 1991 [Best Production, EODL, 1991]
Lovers: Losers	Brian Friel	October 1990 [Best Production, EO One Act Festival, 1991]
Dear Liar	Jerome Kilty	September 1990
Freedom of the City,	Brian Friel	March 1990 [Best Production EODL 1990; Best Production, Theatre Ontario Festival 1990; Best Production, Theatre Canada 1990; NCR Critics Award for best amateur or professional production of the 1989-90 season; Award of Merit, Dundalk Maytime Festival, Ireland, 1991]
Spreading the News	Lady Gregory	November 1989
Words Upon the Windowpane	W.B. Yeats	November 1989
Riders to the Sea	J.M. Synge	November 1989 [Best production, EO One Act Festival, 1989]
Time Was	Hugh Leonard	April 1989
Lovers	Brian Friel	February 1989
Say Cheese	Bernard Farrell	November 1988
Thirst	Myles na Gopaleen	September 1988
Year of the Hiker, The	J. B. Keane	May 1988
Well of the Saints, The	J. M. Synge	March 1988
Seagull, The	Anton Chekov as adapted by Thomas Kilroy	November 1987
Conspirators, The	P. V. Carroll	September 1987
Communication Cord, The	Brian Friel	April 1987
Juno and the Paycock	Sean O'Casey	March 1987 [Best production EODL, 1987]
Patrick Pearse Hotel, The	Hugh Leonard	November 1986
Shadow of a Gunman, The	Sean O'Casey	April 1986
Dreaming of the Bones	W. B. Yeats	April 1986
Loves of Cass Maguire, The	Brian Friel	March 1986
Playboy of the Western World	J. M. Synge	November 1985
When the Moon Has Set	J.M. Synge	November 1985 [Best production, EO One Act Festival, 1985]
Pot of Broth, The	W. B. Yeats	September 1985
Philadelphia Here I Come	Brian Friel	April 1985
Anyone Could Rob a Bank	Tom Coffey	February 1985
Moll	J. B. Keane	November 1984
Devil a Saint Would Be, The	Louis D'Alton	May 1984
Drums Under the Window	Sean O'Casey	March 1984
Is Life Worth Living?	Lennox Robinson	November 1983
Money Doesn't Matter, The	Louis D'Alton	May 1983
Professor Tim	George Shields	March 1983
Wayward Saint, The	P. V. Carroll	November 1982
Highest House in the Mountain, The	J. B. Keane	May 1982
Mountain Flood	Jack Cunningham	March 1982
Lost Years, The	James Cheasty	November 1981
Lover's Meeting	Louis D'Alton	May 1981
Sharon's Grave	J. B. Keane	March 1981
Is the Priest at Home?	Joseph Tomelty	November 1980
Japeppy and Me	Tom L. Bonvie	June 1980
Shadow and Substance	P. V. Carroll	March 1980
Sive	J. B. Keane	November 1979
Tinker's Wedding, The	J. M. Synge	June 1979
In the Shadow of the Glen	J. M. Synge	June 1979
Wise Have Not Spoken, The	P. V. Carroll	November 1978
They Got What They Wanted	Louis D'Alton	March 1978
Well of the Saints, The	J. M. Synge	March 1978
End of Mrs. Oblong, The	Seamus Deburca	November 1977
In the Shadow of the Glen	J. M. Synge	June 1977
Playboy of the Western World	J. M. Synge	March 1977
Jacob's Wake	Michael Cook	November 1976
Juno and the Paycock	Sean O'Casey	March 1976