Return to the Theater Challenge

House Rules

  1. Live, in-person performances only. No filmed or streamed productions.
  2. Full productions only. Staged readings don’t count.
  3. Any company counts: Broadway, regional, college, community, or in the park.
  4. Stay for the whole performance.
  5. The play must be staged as itself. Adaptations, condensed versions, and mashups don’t count, so a two-evening Henry VI counts for none of its three parts.

The challenge began in September 2026.

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  • OrchestraThe First Folio
  • MezzanineAntiquity
  • BalconySince 1800

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Orchestra

The First Folio

The 36 plays collected in Shakespeare’s First Folio (1623), in the order of the Oxford chronology.

Mezzanine

Antiquity

Greek and Roman plays.

Balcony

Since 1800

Plays from 1800 on, selected from Time Out New York’s 50 Best Plays of All Time (2024).

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