THE PROVINCETOWN REPERTORY THEATRE

In 1995, Artistic Director Ken Hoyt and Joan and Anton Schiffenhaus founded The Provincetown Repertory Theatre. They wanted to provide the Cape Cod community with exciting and challenging theatre performed by an Equity company.

Their goal was to produce works historically linked to Provincetown, new plays, and contemporary classics to entertain and engage Cape Cod audiences. Paula Vogel’s The Mineola Twins and the musical Amphigorgorey, based on Cape resident Edward Gorey’s book of the same name are but two examples. Both Vogel and Gorey had their world premieres at The REP before heading off to New York City productions, establishing Provincetown as an important place for the development of new American work by great American writers.

From presenting the plays of contemporary playwrights Joe Pintauro, Edward Albee and Terrence McNally, to engaging the award-winning director Jose Quintero to direct the plays of Eugene O’Neill, The REP was a shining example of regional theater. Ken Hoyt chose a season that balanced the importance of new work with revisiting such classics as Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie and Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour. More recently, under the leadership of Norris Church Mailer and David Fortuna, Terrence McNally applauded The REP’s 2003 production of his play Master Class by saying it was, “a world class production.”

Lynda Sturner took the helm as Artistic Director for the opening of the REP’s inaugural season in the new Provincetown Theater. Lynda brought The Direct Line Play to Provincetown, a master work that combined the talents of the worlds most established and cutting edge playwrights. In Lynda’s, two years as Artistic Director, she brought the Hartford Stage production of The Mystery of Irma Vep to Provincetown and the world premiere musical, Dusty, based on the life of Dusty Springfield. Both productions played to sold out houses and garnered The REP national recognition.

In October of 2005, The Provincetown Theatre Company and The Provincetown Repertory Theatre began discussions to consolidate staff and merge resources. In January of 2006, The Provincetown Repertory Theatre and The Provincetown Theatre Company became the New Provincetown Players and set off to produce a year-round theatrical season at the Provincetown Theater. Guy Wolf was named as Producing Artistic Director.

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