Ron Allen’s plays: 1996 – 2008
Some of the play titles are linked to short scenes from that production.
Last Church of the Twentieth Century
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Ron Allen
1996 Oct 4 – 26
Red Door Theater at UU Church 4605 Cass Detroit MI Cast – Renee Tambeau, Gary Mc Kenzie, Don Williams, Doug Bauer, Jim Puntigam
Ritual of a Dead Planet
Writer/Director – Ron Allen/Ron Allen
1997 July 10 – Aug 1
Red Door Theater
1997 August
Towsley Auditorium Washtenaw CC, Ann Arbor Twp. MI
1997 Sept – Oct
Zeitgeist Gallery & Performance Venue 2661 Michigan Ave Detroit MI
Cast – Marsha Carruthers, Renee Tambeau, Gary Mc Kenzie, Don Williams, Doug Bauer
Voices in Our Head: Part 1 – Twenty Plays in Twenty Minutes
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Ron Allen
1998 Aug 7 – 15
Zeitgeist Gallery & Performance Venue
2661 Michigan Ave Detroit MI
Cast – Doug Bauer, Terese Blanco
Aboriginal Treatment Center
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Ron Allen
1998 Sept 18 – Oct 10
Zeitgeist Gallery & Performance Venue
Cast – Doug Bauer, Terese Blanco, Aisha Bowen, Pamela Houston-Hines
Wham! Death Agent of the Experimental Real
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Sandra Hines
1999 Sep 17 – Oct 2
Zeitgeist Gallery & Performance Venue
Cast – Steve Nicolich, Christopher Mundy,
Douglas McCray, Madelyn Porter
Dreaming the Reality Room Yellow
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Ron Allen
2000 July 27 – Aug 12
Cast – Terese Blanco, Stacia Wynn, Madelyn Porter and Ron Morris
Johanssen Charles Art Gallery Detroit MI
Last Church of the Twentieth Century
Writer/Director – Ron Allen/John Jakary
2001 Jan 26 – Feb 17
Zeitgeist Gallery & Performance Venue
Cast – Don Williams, Terese Blanco, Sergio Mautone,
Inga Wilson, Nelson Jones, Chad Kashuba, Larry Barone
Eye Mouth Graffiti Body Shop
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Ron Allen
2001 – Spring
Metropolitan Center for Creative Arts Detroit MI
A collaboration with Tyree Guyton (Designer) and
Kim Boyd (Choreography)
Cast – Nelson Jones, Sandra D. Hines,
Dave Syfax, Sherie Williams
Relative Energy Sack Theory Museum
Writer/Director – Ron Allen/John Jakary
2002 June 7 – 29
Zeitgeist Gallery & Performance Venue
Cast – Elana Elyce, Doug Bauer, Douglas McCray,
Sandra Hines, Madelyn Porter, Steven Nicolich, Brian Johnson, Alan Madelane, Rachel Nardecchia, Barbie Amann, Carter Stevenson, Bryan Spangler
The Tibetan Book of the Dead:
The Great Play of Natural Liberation from
Understanding in the between
Writer/Director Ron Allen/John Jakary
2003 May 30 – June 21
Zeitgeist Gallery & Performance Venue
Cast – Nelson Jones, Walonda Lewis, Elana Elyse,
Michael McGettigan, Sandra Hines, Amy Arena, Thomas DeShazor, Kristen Wagner, Doug Bauer
Entertainer Zero Machine:
A Cyber Peep-Show Lyric of Illegitimate Theater
Writer/Director Ron Allen/John Jakary
2004 Oct 1 – 23 @ Hastings Street Ballroom Detroit MI
Cast – Chris Korte, Joel Mitchell, Rachel Nardecchia, Rollo, Nkenge Zola, Christopher William, Matt Omans, Sandra D. Hines, Alan Madlane, Madelyn Porter, Andrea MacFarland, Mirjana Nikolovski and Pete (the dog)
The Heidelberg Project:
Squatting in the Circle of the Elder Mind
Writer/Director Ron Allen/John Jakary
2005 Oct 7 – 30
The Furniture Factory Detroit, MI
Choreography Marnita Dickerson
Videography Jason Flowers
Cast – Oliver Pookrum, Sandra Hines, Chris Williams, Doug McCray, Bryan Spangler, Thomas DeShazor, Elana Elyse, Madelyn Porter, Nelson Jones Jr., Walonda J. Lewis, Charles Jones, Frank Sawa
Aboriginal Treatment Center
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Sandra Hines
2006 @ The Furniture Factory Detroit, MI
Cast – Walonda Lewis, Bryan Spangler, Madelyn Porter, Terese Blanco and David Syfax
Productions in LA:
The Heidelberg Project:
Squatting in the Circle of the Elder Mind
Writer Ron Allen
2006 @ COLSAC Theatre
Los Angeles CA
Aboriginal Treatment Center
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Jemal McNeil
2007 Feb 3 – 18
Art Share LA, Los Angeles CA
Cast – Lamont Coleman, Dee Freeman, Lynne Conner, Jemal McNeil, Erinn Anova, Tamara L. Curry
Eye Mouth Graffiti Body Shop
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Ron Allen
2008 @ Theatre of NOTE, Los Angeles CA
Produced by Justin Alston
My Eyes Are the Cage in My Head
Writer/Director Ron Allen/Ron Allen
Dec. 20, 2008 @ the BOX Gallery, Chinatown
Dec. 27, 2008 @ Church of the Nazarene, Skid Row
Dec. 28, 2008 @ Industry Cafe & Jazz, Culver City
Cast – Michelle Autry, Tony Parker, Kevin Michael Key, Ronnie Walker, Ricarlo Porter, SS Jones, Sarah Cruse, Henriette Brouwers
Click HERE for details and a brief trailer for this 2008 production with Los Angeles Poverty Department.
