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Oobleck Production History

'83-'87 '88-'89 '90-'94 '95-'99 '00-'05 '05-


Ann Arbor (as Streetlight Theater)

DATE

SHOW

PRINCIPAL PLAYWRIGHT
'83

Wendy's Vegetables of Confusion (one acts)

'84

Joanna's Fine Food (one acts)

'84

King! Cow & His Helpers Mickle Maher

'85

One Play After Another Until They're Done

'85

El Presidente Is Not Himself Tomorrow Danny Thompson

'86

Earth Be Damned Jeff Dorchen

'86

YN Ross Lipman

'87

Godzilla vs. Lent (one acts)

'87

St. Berdoo and the Devil John Shaw

Chicago

DATE

SHOW

PRINCIPAL PLAYWRIGHT
4/88
Godzilla vs. Lent (Short Plays)
  • The Ghost of Electricity
  • Walt Disney's Castle is Burning Down
  • The Imp of the Perverse
  • Graciousness & Profundity from Deepest Space
  • Thumbelina
  • Mom Returns from the Horse Races
  • Curse of the Bohemian


John Shaw
Jeff Dorchen
Jeff Dorchen
Mickle Maher
Helen Michaelson
Bob Jacobson
Dave Buchen
6/88 Three Who Dared: A Play on the Movies David Isaacson
9/88
Cud (Short Plays)
  • The Dogs of Constantinople
  • The Hyena Wears a Face
  • Morsel in the Muck


Todd Toussaint
Lisa Black
Sarah Brown
10/88 The Pope is not a Eunuch Mickle Maher
12/88 The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard Jeff Dorchen
3/89 In Cheap Shoes Robin Harutunian
4/89 Laugh, Red Medusa! Laugh, Laugh ... a period piece Rachel X. Weissman
6/89 Somalia, Etcetera David Isaacson
9/89 A Body Can Be a Worry to Anyone;
or, A Box to Contain our Solutions
Terri Kapsalis & Jane Richlovsky
10/89 Ugly's First World Jeff Dorchen
12/89
Green Thick & Hot (Short Plays)
  • Tomorrow the World
  • His Own Business
  • Technology, Terrorism, Cops
  • The Ungrounding of Molly Bond
  • An Evening with Eugene O'Neill


Dave Buchen
Annette Greiner
David Isaacson
Elliot Jackson
Danny Thompson & Ted deMoniak
1/90 When Will the Rats Come to Chew Through Your Anus? Mickle Maher
2/91 The Spy Threw His Voice: A Plagiarism in Two Acts David Isaacson
5/91 The Mysticeti and the Mandelbrot Set Jeff Dorchen
8/91
Rhinoceros Fest (Short Plays)
Narrenschiff
Birds and the Bees Without the Bees
Readings (from Klaus Kinski)

Wylie Goodman
Terri Kapsalis
Ted deMoniak
9/91
a lot of fish there are (Short Plays)
Remorse
Buck & Town
Somebody Gets Hit in the Head
Mallet
VauDeViLLe WarS: Kierkegaard on the Patio

Lisa Black(adapted from a story by Angela Woodward)
Dave Bompland
Martin Greiner
Ted deMoniak
Danny Thompson & Ted deMoniak
11/91
"Off the Wagon" at Free Street Theater
(Short Plays)
  • Footnote to the Persian Boomerang
  • Tender
  • Girls Who Didn't Like Horses



David Isaacson
Jeff Dorchen
Terri Kapsalis & Wylie Goodman
12/91 Gone Mickle Maher
10/92 Embrace the Serpent by Marilyn Quayle and her Sister and Theater Oobleck Ensemble
11/92

Radio Free Oobleck (live recording w/ audience)

  • Hello, Idaho Neighboor / Lake You-Be-Gone (Weaver family vs. FBI stand off)
  • The Shadow (episode #349: Dr. Benway, The Abortionist)
  • Maalov Zahl, Cheese Merchant of Delta Planet 9
  • L.A.P.D. Sound Effects Squad
  • Billy Brewster, Boy Detective
Danny Thompson,Ted deMoniak & Terri Kapsalis
3/93 The Making of Freud David Isaacson
8/93
Rhinoceros Fest (Short Plays)
  • Danny and his Things in: Yugoslavia: A Scholarly Explanation
  • A big show that is actually not "Ceremony For Broken Hearts" because it was not really possible to do it. Sorry.


Danny Thompson

Ted deMoniak
2/94 Service Sector Dave Boo-Khaloom
3/94 Danny & his Things in: If God Were Too Involved Danny Thompson
8/94 Foot Notes Boot Licks Toe Jams David Isaacson
8/95 Danny & His Things in :
Big Tooth High-Tech Megatron
vs.
the sockpuppet of procrastination
Danny Thompson
9/95 The Spy Was in Stitches:
The Further Adventures of Secret Agent Man
David Isaacson
11/95 Anywhere Else Than Here Today Dave B'ent
2/96 Danny & his Things: In a Box Danny Thompson
8/96 Danny & his Things in: The History of Theater (sic) in America Danny Thompson
9/96 The Campaign by Marilyn Quayle and her Sister and Theater Oobleck Ensemble
2/97 Isak Dinesen's "Babette's Feast" David Isaacson
7/97 Antistasia Check out Dave's POSTERS Dave Barnstraw
2/98 Necessity Necessity Page Danny Thompson
3/99 An Apology For The Course And Outcome Of Certain Events Delivered By Doctor John Faustus On This His Final Evening
Faust Page
Mickle Maher
4/99 Pinochet: A Carnival Dave Bye-Bye
2/98 Necessity (Revival) Danny Thompson
12/99 The Complete Lost Works Of Samuel Beckett As Found In An Envelope (Partially Burned) In A Dustbin In Paris Labelled "Never to be performed. Never. Ever. EVER! Or I'll sue. I'LL SUE FROM THE GRAVE!"
info & article
Greg Allen, Ben Schneider & Danny Thompson
1/00 An Apology... (Revival) Mickle Maher
8/00 The Complete Lost Works... (Revival in Vermont & New York) Greg Allen, Ben Schneider & Danny Thompson
9/00 An Apology... (Revival) Mickle Maher
10/00 The Golden Election by Marilyn Quayle & her Sister and Theater Oobleck Press release - Photos Ensemble
12/00
Moofy Defka! (Short Plays)
  • A Moth
  • The Diabolical Clocks of the Old Regime
  • Winston Churchill: One Night Only
  • Ugly Friend
  • The Man of June 18th
  • Six Seconds Ago


Ewa Boryczko
David Isaacson
Sarah Weidmann
Dan Telfer
Brian Berta
Reed Meschefske
2/01
An Immense World of Delight at Times Most Unlovely and Bullocky (Short Plays)
  • Hello
  • Dead Level
  • #36 Buster Keaton and the Buddha
  • Svejk the Stone Listener
  • The Hunchback Variations



Eric Ziegenhagen, Geoff Buesing
Terri Kapsalis, John Corbett
Blair Thomas, Michael Zerang
Jeff Dorchen, Michael Zerang
Mickle Maher, Colm O'Reilly
6/01 Tedium Mickle Maher
8/01 An Apology... (Revival in Vermont & New York) Mickle Maher
9/01 Tedium and The Hunchback Variations (Revivals) Mickle Maher
10/02 Innocence and Other Vices Dave Bucachon
4/03 Spirits to Enforce
Info...Reviews...Cast
Mickle Maher
5/03
Known Unknowns (Short Plays)
  • The Party
  • Rumsfeld's Attic: On the Verification of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq
  • A Carcass
  • My Life in Law Enforcement
  • WorkWagesWar: Original Rejected Title
  • Scythian Sky Poetry: Oral Epics of Nephology, Vol. 1


Friese Undine

David Isaacson
Baudelaire/Dave Bicharraco
Friese Undine
Dave Bicharraco
Dave Bicharraco
9/03 Medicine Show Jeff Dorchen & David Isaacson
10/03 Known Unknowns (Revival) Various
12/03 Spirits to Enforce (revival) Mickle Maher
9/04 The Passion of the Bush Dave K Barbaridad
2/05 Natural History
Dave Bluestate
Sebastian Paz
3/05 The Hunchback Variations (Revival) Mickle Maher
9/05 The Book of Grendel Dan Telfer
10/05 The Life and Times of Jewboy Cain: Jewboy Rejux Jeff Dorchen
1/06 Letter Purloined David Isaacson
4/06 Natural History (English Edition) Dave Buchen
Sebastian Paz
Chris Schoen
4/06 Rhymes for a Long War Dave Buchen
Sebastian Paz
Chris Schoen
4/06 The Hysterical Alphabet (A-L) Terri Kapsalis
John Corbett
Danny Thompson
3/07 The Strangerer Mickle Maher
11/07 The Hysterical Alphabet Terri Kapsalis
John Corbett
Danny Thompson
11/07 Spukt Dave Buchen
4/08 The Hysterical Alphabet Terri Kapsalis
John Corbett
Danny Thompson
4/08 The Strangerer Mickle Maher

'83-'87 '88-'89 '90-'94 '95-'99 '00-'05 '05-