The Alley has a strong history of world premieres – titles like Wonderland, Intelligence-Slave, Ether Dome, and Gruesome Playground Injuries were all seen first by Alley audiences.
Alley Theatre World Premieres
- Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel, 1965
- The Last Flapper by William Luce, 1987
- Heaven’s Hard by Jordan Budde, 1989
- Road to Nirvana by Arthur Kopit, 1990
- Act of Passion by John Tyson, 1990
- Jekyll & Hyde, music by Frank Wildhorn, book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, 1990
- The Czar of Rock & Roll, music and lyrics by Rusty Magee, book by Lewis Black , 1990
- Svengali, music by Frank Wildhorn, book by Gregory Boyd, lyrics by John Bettis, Gregory Boyd, and Frank Wildhorn, 1991
- The Kiddie Pool by Michael Wilson, 1992
- American Vaudeville by Tina Landau and Anne Bogart, 1992
- The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel, 1992
- Hamlet: A Monologue, Robert Wilson, 1995
- Hydriotaphia or the Death of Dr. Brown by Tony Kushner, 1998
- Not About Nightingales by Tennessee Williams, 1998
- The Civil War, by Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd, and Jack Murphy, 1998*
- Lemonade by Eve Ensler , 1999
- Synergy by Keith Reddin, 2001
- The Carpetbagger’s Children by Horton Foote, 2001*
- Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig, 2004
- Be My Baby by Ken Ludwig, 2005
- Treasure Island By Ken Ludwig, 2007
- The Gershwin’s An American in Paris By Ken Ludwig, 2008
- Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph, 2009
- Wonderland, book by Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy, lyrics by Jack Murphy and
music by Frank Wildhorn, 2010 - Intelligence-Slave by Kenneth Lin, 2010
- The Monster at the Door by Rajiv Joseph, 2011
- A Weekend with Pablo Picasso by Herbert Siguenza, 2011
- Ether Dome By Elizabeth Egloff, 2011
- Fool by Theresa Rebeck, 2014
- Syncing Ink by NSangou Njikam, 2017
- Describe the Night by Rajiv Joseph, 2017*
- Lover, Beloved: An Evening with Carson McCullers by Suzanne Vega and Duncan Sheik, 2018
- Cleo by Lawrence Wright, 2018
*Alley Theatre Commission