Frank Theatre is a professional theatre company committed to producing work that stretches the skills of the artists who create the work while simultaneously challenging the everyday perceptions of the audience. In its twenty one year history, the theatre has staged 40 productions: FARMYARD by Franz X. Kroetz, KATZELMACHER by Rainer Fassbinder, TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill, QUARTET by Heiner Muller, SINCERITY FOREVER by Mac Wellman, MIRIAM'S FLOWERS and LUCY LOVES ME by Migdalia Cruz, MEDEA by Beverly Smith-Dawson, ETTA JENKS by Marlane Meyer, MACHINAL by Sophie Treadwell, MAD FOREST by Caryl Churchill, and a developmental workshop of Heiner Muller's DESCRIPTION OF A PICTURE, EXPLOSION OF A MEMORY (adapted by Artistic Director Wendy Knox) followed by a full production the next year, the English language premiere of Maaria Koskiluoma’s TOTTERING HOUSE , Shakespeare’s MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Suzan-Lori Parks’ THE AMERICA PLAY, Kevin Kling’s THE EDUCATION OF WALTER KAUFMANN, Caridad Svich’s ALCHEMY OF DESIRE/DEAD-MAN’S BLUES, Ruth Mackenzie’s music/theatre/dance piece KALEVALA: dream of the salmon maiden (1997, 1999,2001), THE CHEKHOV PROJECT, by Anton Chekhov and Kira Obolensky, AMBIENT LOVE RITES by Daniel Alexander Jones, a restaging of Frank’s premiere work FARMYARD to celebrate the 10th anniversary, THE THREEPENNY OPERA by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, THE TRESTLE AT POPE LICK CREEK by Naomi Wallace, THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULINA by Kira Obolensky, PERFECT PIE by Judith Thompson, THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI by Bertolt Brecht, SELF DEFENSE, or death of some salesmen by Carson Kreitzer, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare, THE LOVE SONG OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER by Carson Kreitzer, and THE CRADLE WILL ROCK by Mark Blitzstein, FU***NG A by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, the premiere of THE WOMEN OF TROY, a company developed musical adaptation of THE TROJAN WOMEN, Sam Shepard’s THE GOD OF HELL, Suzan-Lori Parks’ VENUS, Brecht's MOTHER COURAGE, Jessica Blank and Eric Jensen's THE EXONERATED, Martin McDonagh's THE PILLOWMAN, Bertolt Brecht's PUNTILA AND HIS HIRED MAN MATTI, Caryl Churchill's VINEGAR TOM, Marina Carr's BY THE BOG OF CATS, Judith Thompson's PALACE OF THE END, a company adaptation of Franz Kafka's METAMORPHOSIS, Danai Gurira's ECLIPSED, David Sedaris' SANTALAND DIARIES Kander and Ebb's musical CABARET, Ellen McLaughlin's AJAX IN IRAQ, multiple playwrights contributing to STANDING ON CEREMONY, and a workshop production of Caridad Svich's THE WAY OF WATER
