Past Productions

The Human Race Theatre Company

We are very thankful and indebted to the hundreds of theatre artists who have contributed to this history.  Artists from Dayton, from around the state, the tri-state, and around the world have made The Human Race their artistic home – either temporary or permanent.  Their incredible work and devotion is reflected in this list ranging back to our beginning – 1986.  We thank them and let them know they are always welcome.

MTW = Musical Theatre Workshop
YSS = Youth Summer Stock
IST = In-School Tour
FR = Fundraiser
MHNPW = Marsha Hanna New Play Workshop
FONW = Festival of New Works

2020-2021

• Now and Then 
• The Revolutionists
• Looped
• Airness
• Who’s Holiday
• Everything That’s Beautiful

Other Works and Events

• Garden Politics (reading)
• 26 Pebbles  (streaming of 2017 World Premiere production)

2019-2020

• Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill @ the Loft
• The Cake @ the Loft
• Elisabeth von Trapp & Friends @ the Loft
• GLORIA: A Life
• The Revolutionists – Postponed due to Covid Closures
• Looped – Postponed due to COVID closures

Other Works and Events

• If All The Sky Were Paper (reading)
• Elizabeth von Trapp & Friends (concert)
• My Von Trapp Dream  (workshop)
• The Submission (reading)
• Look Into My Eyes (reading)

2018-2019

Season

• Banned From Baseball @ the Loft
• An Act of God @ the Loft
• Around the World in 80 Days @ the Loft
• Sylvia @ the Loft
• Lizzie @ theLoft

Other Works and Events

• Sweat @ the Loft
• Americana Christmas @ the Loft
• Hand to God @ the Loft
• Fallen Angels @ the Loft

2017-2018

Season

• Legendale @ the Loft
• The House @ the Loft
• Sex with Strangers @ the Loft
• Brighton Beach Memoirs @ the Loft
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• A Christmas Story @ the Victoria Theatre
• Broadway’s Rebecca Luker: One Night Only, featuring Rebecca Luker @ the Loft
• Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End @ The Philips Creativity Center

2016-2017

Season

• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ the Loft
• Hail Mary! @ the Loft
• The Santaland Diaries @ the Loft
• 26 Pebbles @ the Loft
• On Golden Pond @ the Loft
• Family Ties @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Thurgood @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Legendale – MTW @ the Loft
• Broadway and Beyond, featuring Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley @ the Loft
• If the Shoe Fits – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Shuffle Off this Mortal Coil – IST

2015-2016

Season

• The Full Monty: The Broadway Musical @ the Loft
• Steel Magnolias @ the Loft
• The Santaland Diaries @ the Loft
• The Glass Menagerie @ the Loft
• One Slight Hitch @ the Loft
• Master Class @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Have You Ever Played, Dayton? – FONW @ The Philips Creativity Center
• The Day After Epiphany – FONW @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Central Park Tango – FONW @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Some Self-Evident Truths – FONW @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Mann…and Wife – FONW @ the Loft
• The Adventures of Rose Red – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Poetry in Motion – IST
• Lewis Black in Concert: A Benefit to The Human Race (Theatre Company) – FR @ the Victoria Theatre
• A Mardi Gras Celebration! – FR

2014-2015

Season

• Miracle on South Division Street @ the Loft
• Mame @ the Loft
• Family Shots @ the Loft (World Premiere)
• Taking Shakespeare @ the Loft (Regional Premiere)
• Crowns @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike @ the Victoria Theatre
• Molly Sweeney: A Musical – MTW @ the Loft
• 2014 Songwriter Showcase – MTW @ the Loft
• Snow Queen – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center
• #othello – IST
• A Mardi Gras Celebration! – FR

2013-2014

Season

• Becky’s New Car @ the Loft
• Fiddler on the Roof @ the Loft
• Torch Song Trilogy @ the Loft
• Other Desert Cities @ the Loft
• Play It by Heart @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play @ the Victoria Theatre
• My von Trapp Life – MHNPW @ The Philips Creativity Center
• The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes – MTW @ the Loft
• Guarding Gold Street – MTW @ the Loft
• The Wizard of Oz – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Historical! – IST
• A Mardi Gras Celebration! – FR

2012-2013

Season

• Managing Maxine @ the Loft
• Under a Red Moon @ the Loft (World Premiere)
• Oliver! @ the Loft
• Lombardi @ the Loft
• Race @ the Loft
• Avenue Q @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Next to Normal @ the Victoria Theatre
• Gingerbread Children – MHNPW @ the Loft
• Dani Girl – MTW @ the Loft
• Red-Blooded, All-American Man – MTW @ the Loft
• 35MM: Musical Exhibition – MTW @ the Loft
• Portales, NM – YSS @ the Loft
• A Dickens of a Time – IST
• Blues, Brews and More! – FR

2011-2012

Season

• God of Carnage @ the Loft
• Caroline, or Change @ the Loft
• Red @ the Loft
• Gem of the Ocean @ the Loft
• Band Geeks! @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical @ the Victoria Theatre (World Premiere)
• Love Makes the World Go ‘Round – MTW @ the Loft
• Play It Cool – MTW @ the Loft
• Carried Away: A New Musical – YSS @ the Loft
• King Midas and the Touch of Gold – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Change – IST
• Celebration X3: Wine, Women and Song – FR
• Celebration X3: Twenty-Five Seasons of Joy – FR
• Celebration X3: A Night to Remember – FR

2010-2011

Season

• August: Osage County @ Wright State University
• The 39 Steps @ the Loft
• 8-Track: The Sounds of the ’70s @ the Loft
• Twelfth Night @ the Loft
• Permanent Collection @ the Loft
• right next to me @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• The Drowsy Chaperone @ the Victoria Theatre
• Play It by Heart – MTW @ The Loft
• Tenderly – MTW @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Dust in the Sunlight: A Musical in Pieces/Lovewell – YSS @ the Loft
• The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Belch, Bottom & the Boys – IST

2009-2010

Season

• Lend Me a Tenor @ the Loft
• Man of La Mancha @ the Loft
• A Christmas Carol @ the Loft
• The Vertical Hour @ the Loft
• Rounding Third @ the Loft
• Ordinary Days @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Moonlight & Magnolias @ the Victoria Theatre
• Divine Decadence – FR @ Gilly’s
• The Trimble Wars – MTW @ The Philips Creativity Center
• right next to me – MTW @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Super-Powerless: An Action-Packed Musical/Lovewell – YSS @ the Loft
• The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Lazzi Faire – IST

2008-2009

Season

• Over the Tavern @ the Loft
• Ears on a Beatle @ the Loft
• A Christmas Carol @ the Loft
• Brother Wolf @ the Loft
• Doubt: A Parable @ the Loft
• Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Wait Until Dark @ the Victoria Theatre
• New Year’s Eve with the Rubi Girls – FR @ the Loft
• Tinyard Hill – MTW @ the Loft
• “The Black Crook” Project – MTW @ the Loft
• A Novel Insight: A Musical Bestseller/Lovewell – YSS @ the Loft
• The Jungle Book – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Charlotte’s Web – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center
• Myth-Connected – IST

2007-2008

Season

• Snapshots @ the Loft
• The Sunset Limited @ the Loft
• A Tuna Christmas @ the Loft
• Romeo and Juliet @ the Loft
• Rabbit Hole @ the Loft
• Five Course Love @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Shenandoah @ the Victoria Theatre
• Dayton’s Divine Ms. P.: Katie Pees’ One-Woman Show – FR @ the Loft
• Will Power – IST
• The Secret Garden – YSS @ the Loft
• Stuart Little – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center

2006-2007

Season

• Moonlight & Magnolias @ the Loft
• Big River @ the Loft
• I Am My Own Wife @ the Loft
• Harold & Maude: An Intimate Musical @ the Loft
• Painting Churches @ the Loft
• Take Me Out @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Tuesdays with Morrie @ the Victoria Theatre
• The Ambition Bird – MTW @ the Loft
• Voice of the City – MTW @ the Loft
• Be ’Twixt and Be Twain – IST
• Romeo and Winifred – YSS @ the Loft
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – YSS @ The Philips Creativity Center

2005-2006

Season

• The Nerd @ the Loft
• Copenhagen @ the Loft
• Seussical @ the Loft
• The Tempest @ the Loft
• A Delicate Balance @ the Loft
• Toxic Audio @ the Loft

Other Works and Events!

• Alone Together @ the Victoria Theatre
• Vanishing Point – MTW @ the Loft
• Nefertiti – MTW @ the Loft
• The Tempest – IST
• Still Life with Iris – YSS @ the Loft
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – YSS @ the Loft
• The Scarecrow Diaries – FR @ the Loft

2004-2005

Season

• Was @ the Loft (World Premiere)
• Crimes of the Heart @ the Loft
• The Drawer Boy @ the Loft
• Every Good Boy Deserved Favour @ the Schuster Center With the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
• The Retreat from Moscow @ the Loft
• The Underpants @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Green Gables @ the Victoria
• Animal Farm – IST
• Squeeze Box – FR @ the Loft
• The Wizard of Oz – YSS @ the Loft

2003-2004

Season

• The Dazzle @ the Loft
• The Spitfire Grill @ the Loft
• Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune @ the Loft
• Convenience @ the Loft & the Sacramento Theatre Company, Sacramento, CA
• Of Mice and Men @ the Loft
• Getting to Know You @ the Loft (World Premiere)

Other Works and Events

• The Odd Couple @ the Victoria
• Fetching Water – MTW @ the Loft
• 24 Hours – MTW @ the Loft
• John Steinbeck: American’s Noble Knight – IST
• Alice in Wonderland – YSS @ the Loft

2002-2003

Season

• Dirty Blonde @ the Loft
• Bat Boy @ the Loft
• The Wonder Bread Years @ the Loft
• Death of a Salesman @ the Loft
• Proof @ the Loft
• Jitney @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Green Gables – MTW @ the Loft
• Over the River and Through the Woods @ the Victoria
• Wild Blue @ the Mathile in the Schuster Center (World Premiere)
• Moby Dick! The Musical – MTW @ the Loft
• Antigone – IST
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – YSS @ the Loft

2001-2002

Season

• Over the River and Through the Woods @ the Loft
• Spinning into Butter @ the Loft
• A Grand Night for Singing @ the Loft
• Macbeth @ the Loft
• Seascape @ the Loft
• Anton in Show Business @ the Loft
• I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• I Hate Hamlet @ the Victoria
• Pacific Overtures featuring George Takei – MTW @ the Loft
• Convenience – MTW @ the Loft
• Macabaret – MTW @ Thomato’s Restaurant
• Scratch – IST
• Many Moons – YSS @ the Loft

2000-2001

Season

• The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron @ the Loft
• Art @ the Loft
• Wit @ the Loft
• The Trip to Bountiful @ the Loft
• Resident Alien @ the Loft
• Higher Ground @ the Loft
• Forever Plaid @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Steel Magnolias @ the Victoria
• West Side Story @ the Victoria, featuring the Dayton Ballet
• Guys and Dolls @ the Fraze, a concert with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
• Goblin Market – MTW @ the Loft
• King Island Christmas – MTW @ the Loft
• Prometheus Dreams – MTW @ the Loft
• Nevermore – IST
• Romeo and Juliet – IST
• The Little Prince – YSS @ the Loft

1999-2000

Season

• A Little Night Music @ the Loft
• How I Learned to Drive @ the Loft
• The Last Night of Ballyhoo @ the Loft
• Three Days of Rain @ the Loft
• The Mineola Twins @ the Loft
• Beautiful Thing @ the Loft & the Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis

Other Works and Events

• Noises Off @ the Victoria
• Weird Romance – MTW @ the Loft
• Six Wives – MTW @ the Loft
• Hereafter – MTW @ the Loft
• Romeo and Juliet – IST
• The Phantom Tollbooth – YSS @ the Loft

1998-1999

Season

• Picasso at the Lapin Agile @ the Loft
• Sisters @ the Loft
• All My Sons @ the Loft
• Mother Russia @ the Loft, Chicago’s Theatre Building, and the Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis
• The Beauty Queen of Leenane @ the Loft
• Children of Eden @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• On Golden Pond @ the Victoria
• Adventures in Time – a radio serial @ the Renaissance Auditorium, The Dayton Art Institute
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream – IST
• Ramona Quimby – YSS @ the Loft
• Swing Fling – FR @ the Loft

1997-1998

Season

• Angels in America, Part II: Perestroika @ the Loft
• Zombies from the Beyond @ the Loft
• Taking Sides @ the Loft & the Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis
• Stonewall Jackson’s House @ the Loft
• Late Night Catechism @ the Loft
• After-Play @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• To Kill a Mockingbird @ the Victoria
• Having Our Say @ the Victoria
• Macbeth – IST
• The Last Song of John Profitt – HRTC presents Rhythm In Shoes @ the Loft

1996-1997

Season

• And That’s My Story @ the Loft (World Premiere)
• The Fantasticks @ the Loft
• Mrs. Coney @ the Loft
• A Tuna Christmas @ the Loft
• Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil @ the Loft
• Sylvia @ the Loft
• Angels in America, Part I: Millennium Approaches @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Quilters @ the Victoria
• Puttin’ on the Dog – FR @ the Loft
• Celebration Performance – IST

1995-1996

Season

• All in the Timing @ the Loft
• The Sisters Rosenweig @ the Loft
• Scotland Road @ the Loft
• The Gifts of the Magi @ the Loft & Fitton Center, Hamilton
• True West @ the Loft
• Three Tall Women @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ the Victoria
• The Rocky Horrow Show @ the Fraze Pavilion
• Proud Voices @ the Dayton Convention Center
• Casual Concerts @ the Victoria with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
• Mardi Gras Musical Revue – FR @ the Loft
• When I Think of Home – IST
• Patient A @ the Boll Theatre, University of Dayton

1994-1995

Season

• The Good Times Are Killing Me @ the Loft
• Keely and Du @ the Loft
• Oak and Ivy @ the Loft
• The Gifts of the Magi @ the Loft
• Cloud 9 @ the Loft
• Beau Jest @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• The Mystery of Edwin Drood @ the Victoria
• Silence & I @ the Loft
• Mardi Gras with Phyllis Diller – FR @ the Loft
• The Proposal – IST

1993-1994

Season

• Arsenic and Old Lace @ the Loft
• Closer Than Ever @ the Loft
• Speed-the-Plow @ the Loft
• Dancing at Lughnasa @ the Loft
• Marvin’s Room @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• A Christmas Carol @ the Victoria
• Beehive @ the Victoria
• Where the Grass Is Greener – IST
• An Evening with Ben Vereen – FR @ the Loft

1992-1993

Season

• Prelude to a Kiss @ the Loft
• From the Mississippi Delta @ the Loft
• The Elephant Man @ the Loft
• The Speed of Darkness @ the Loft
• Homeward Bound @ the Loft

Other Works and Events!

• A Christmas Carol @ the Victoria
• Beehive @ the Fraze Pavilion

1991-1992

Season

• Other People’s Money @ the Loft
• The Mystery of Irma Vep @ the Loft
• Falsettoland @ the Loft
• Bus Stop @ the Loft
• On the Verge @ the Loft

Other Works and Events

• A Christmas Carol @ the Victoria
• Romance*Romance @ the Victoria
• How Johnny Learned to Fail – IST

1990-1991

Season

• A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine @ the Muse Space
• A Shayna Maidel @ the Muse Space
• Lyrics from the Hearthside with Joseph Mydell @ the Muse Space
• The Road to Mecca @ the Muse Space

Other Works and Events

• The Boys Next Door @ the Victoria
• Come A-Waltzing with Me with Zoe Caldwell @ the Victoria
• Little Shop of Horrors @ the Victoria
• Tintypes – IST
• Three Legends – IST Elementary

1989-1990

Season

• Tar2f @ the Muse Space
• Godspell @ the Muse Space
• Fences @ the Muse Space
• The Real Thing @ the Muse Space
• An exchange with Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati
  • Darkside – An ETC production
  • Six Women with Brain Death – A HRTC production both @ the Muse Space and ETC in Cincinnati

Other Works and Events

• The Dining Room @ the Victoria
• Viva Victoria Festival ‘90 @ the newly restored Victoria Theatre
• Russian Roulette – IST
• An Evening in Paris – FR @ the King Cole Restaurant

1988-1989

Season

• Amadeus @ the Muse Space
• Election ‘84 @ the Muse Space
• Moon for the Misbegotten @ the Muse Space
• Steel Magnolias @ the Muse Space
• Fool for Love @ the Muse Space
• Baby @ the Muse Space

Other Works and Events

• Open Admissions – IST

1987-1988 (The first official season of productions)

Season

• The Sea Horse @ the Muse Space
• The Colored Museum @ the Muse Space
• Orphans @ the Muse Space

Other Works and Events

• The Foreigner @ the Victory
• Class Reunion – IST

1986-1987

Season

• Count Dracula @ the Victory
• A Midsummer Daydream – IST
• Hans Christian Anderson – IST Elementary