Season I
1997-1998
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Translations by Brian Friel
On the Verge by Eric Overmeyer
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Season II
1998-1999
The Field by John B. Keane
Pump Boys and Dinettes by John Foley, et. al.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Season III
1999-2000
The Notebook of Trigorin by Tennessee Williams (Area Premiere)
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
The Derry Boat by Little John Nee (American Premiere)
The King of Mackie Street by Eric Lucas (World Premiere)
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
Fool for Love by Sam Shepard
Season IV
2000-2001
Synge with Yeats: The Living and the Dead (Four Irish One-Acts)
Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge
In the Shadow of the Glen by J. M. Synge
Cathleen Ni Hoolihan by William B. Yeats
Purgatory by William B. Yeats
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
The Shanachie Project (a New Play Festival)
Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
Season V
2001-2002
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Give Me Your Answer, Do! by Brian Friel (with Fountainhead Theatre)
Violet by Jeanine Tesori, Brian Crawley, Doris Betts
Precious Lam' Eric Lucas (World Premiere)
Waiting for the Slow Dance Eric Lucas (World Premiere)
Season VI
2002-2003
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge (with Fountainhead Theatre)
The Hostage by Brendan Behan
A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard (with Fountainhead Theatre)
Buried Child by Sam Shepard (with Fountainhead Theatre)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Season VII
2003-2004
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee (Fountainhead Theatre)
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
An Island of No Land at All by Peter Coy (World Premiere)
Tattoo Sky by Eric Lucas (World Premiere)
Betrayal byHarold Pinter (Fountainhead Theatre)
Season VIII
2004-2005
True West by Sam Shepard
The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge
Side Man by Warren Leight
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
Season IX
2005-2006
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
2 Plays - TBA by Tennessee Williams
Irish Play - TBA
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
Keegan actors, among Washington’s finest, have played virtually every major theatre in the area including Arena Stage, Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre, Kennedy Center, and Ford’s Theatre. Cast members have included television and feature-film actors as well as Helen Hayes recipients.
Mainstage Awards
The Keegan Theatre has received six Helen Hayes nominations. Keegan’s production of Translations, by Brian Friel, one of Ireland’s leading playwrights, garnered a Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Director in 1998. Nominees for the 2001 Helen Hayes Awards included David Jourdan for Outstanding Supporting Actor in Keegan’s Twelve Angry Men, Jenifer Deal for Outstanding Supporting Actress in Keegan’s Dancing at Lughnasa, and Little John Nee for Outstanding Lead Actor (Nonresident Production) in Keegan’s The Derry Boat. Carlos Bustamante received a 2003 nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in Keegan’s Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Keegan Theatre received the Theatre Lobby’s 1999-2000 prestigious Mary Goldwater Award for excellence in theatre and was specifically recognized “for the high quality of their productions."
