Past Productions

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

2022-2023

• Grounded @ the Loft
• Deadline @ the Loft
• Who’s Holiday! @ the Loft
• A Soldier’s Play @ Victoria Theatre
• Barbecue @ the Loft
• Indigo @ the Loft

2021-2022

• My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend @ the Loft
• Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ the Loft
• Everything That’s Beautiful @ the Loft
• Looped @ the Loft
• Airness @ the Loft
• Who’s Holiday @ the Loft

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2020-2021 (partial due to Covid closure)

• Now and Then @ the Loft
• The Revolutionists @ the Loft

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