Theatre Intime is an American entirely student-run dramatic arts not-for-profit organization operating out of the Hamilton Murray Theater at Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey.
Intime receives no direct support from the university, and is entirely acted, produced, directed, teched and managed by a board of students that is elected once a semester. "Students manage every aspect of Theatre Intime, from choosing the plays to setting the ticket prices."Stevens, Ruth. "'Noises Off' Renovated theater debuts." Princeton Weekly Bulletin. 90.3 (2000). Web. 24 Jun. 2012. <http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/00/0925/8a.shtml>.
History Theatre Intime was founded in 1920 by a group of Princeton undergraduates;Theatre Intime, Princeton University, "Theatre Intime Records, 1919-2011: Finding Aid." Princeton University Library: Mudd Manuscript Library. Princeton University, 1998. Web. 23 Jun 2012. in 1922 it took over the Hamilton Murray Theater as its stage. It has presented the American premieres of several plays by prominent creators, including Jean Cocteau's The Typewriter and W. H. Auden's Age of Anxiety.Princeton University. "Theatre Intime Facility To Be Renovated." 2000, https://pr.princeton.edu/news/00/q2/0427-intime.htm. Accessed 7 Mar 2019. Members of the troupe have included Jimmy Stewart,Armstrong, April C. "“This Is More Than a School”: James M. Stewart ’32’s Princeton", Mudd Manuscript Library, May. 2016, https://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2016/05/this-is-more-than-a-school-james-m-stewart-32s-princeton/. Joshua Logan,"Joshua Logan, Stage and Screen Director, Dies at 79." The New York Times 12 Jul. 1988: B5. Print. Larry Strichman,Connell, Chris. "On the Campus." Princeton Alumni Weekly 12 May 1970: 5. Print. William Hootkins,Variety Staff. "William “Bill” Hootkins." Variety. 28 Oct. 2005. Variety. 07 Mar. 2019. John C. Vennema,"News of the THEATRES." Town Topics, Princeton, NJ. 1 May 1969: 6. Print. Roger Berlind,Bearse, Myrna K. "New 360-Seat Berlind Theater Opens at McCarter" Town Topics, Princeton, NJ. 10 Sept. 2003: 1. Print. Mark Feuerstein,Schwartz, Ellie. "Feuerstein ’93 Found His Passion for Acting at Princeton." Princeton Alumni Weekly 25 Apr. 2018. Princeton Alumni Weekly Web. 07 Mar. 2019 Charles Scribner, Clark Gesner,"News of the Theatres." Town Topics, Princeton, NJ. 4–10 May 1958: 20. Print. Richard Greenberg,"News of the Theatres." Town Topics, Princeton, NJ. 13 Feb. 1980: 4B-5B. Print. Winnie Holzman,Altmann, Jennifer. "Winnie Holzman ’76, on writing for television" Princeton Alumni Weekly 21 Mar. 2012. Princeton Alumni Weekly Web. 07 Mar. 2019 Mark Nelson,Thean, Tara. "Tiger of the Week: Mark Nelson '77" Princeton Alumni Weekly 24 Apr. 2013. Princeton Alumni Weekly Web. 07 Mar. 2019 and Wentworth Miller.Ho, Rodney. "A big break on ‘Prison Break’ Wentworth Miller ’95 lands lead TV role" PAW: Alumni Spotlight 5 Apr. 2006. http://www.princeton.edu/paw/web_exclusives/alumni_spotlight/as_040506miller.html.
In the late 1920s, the group spawned a summer theater project, the University Players, whose early members included Stewart, Logan, and Henry Fonda. Later, a semi-professional summer company was founded by Charles Bernstein, class of 1967, and Jon Lorrain and Geoff Peterson, class of 1969. It was called 'Summer Intime.' In its first season, the company produced The Night of the Iguana, Amphitryon 38, The Trial and Arms and the Man. It paid salaries to its acting company by selling subscriptions to the Princeton community. Some years later, the name of the summer company was changed to Princeton Summer Theater.
In November 2022, Theatre Intime celebrated its centennial after delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Board The Intime board is composed entirely of current undergraduates. It is divided into two levels, the Managing Board, which includes roles such as Costumes Manager and House Manager and is elected every semester, and the Executive Board, which is headed by the General Manager, Business Manager, and Production Manager and is elected once a year at the beginning of the spring term. The board is responsible for the maintenance and running of the theater as well as choosing the season every year from a list of submitted proposals.
Seasons
2024–2025 The Harvest by Samuel D. Hunter Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl Carrie: The Musical by Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford, and Lawrence D. Cohen Missing Dog, Very Helpful by Kristen Tan '26 King Lear by William Shakespeare
2023–2024 Low Pay? Don't Pay! by Dario Fo, Translated by Joseph Farrell All The Things They Wish They Said by Matthew Cooperberg '26 Something Rotten by Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, and John O’Farrell Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau Yaga by Kat Sandler Pippin by Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson
2022–2023 Celebration and Party Time by Harold Pinter Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Autumn Rewind by Le'Naya Wilkerson '25 Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein
2021–2022 Sniper by Bonnie Culver Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman Shrek the Musical by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire
2020–2021
The 2020–2021 season was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mainstage season was supplemented by a number of original festivals.
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
2019–2020 Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare Antigonick by Anne Carson Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and Hugh Wheeler (book)
2018–2019 The Moors by Jen Silverman Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides Iphigenia and Other Daughters by Ellen McLaughlin The Luck of the Irish by Kirsten Greenidge Cowboy vs. Samurai by Michael Golamco Richard III by William Shakespeare Seascape by Edward Albee
2017–2018 The Flick by Annie Baker Arcadia by Tom Stoppard She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen Stop Kiss by Diana Son A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), Burt Shevelove (book), and Larry Gelbart (music)
2016–2017 Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill California Suite by Neil Simon Speech & Debate by Stephen Karam Agamemnon by Aeschylus Mud by Maria Irene Fornes
2015–2016 Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph When Dawn Breaks (an adaptation of One Thousand and One Nights) by Nico Krell '18 Harvey by Mary Chase Oleanna by David Mamet
2014–2015 Red by John Logan Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane La Cage aux Folles by Harvey Fierstein (book) and Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn
2013–2014 Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire All My Sons by Arthur Miller Frankenstein by Robert Sandberg The Language Archive by Julia Cho Venus in Fur by David Ives The Drowsy Chaperone by Bob Martin and Don McKellar (book), Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (music and lyrics) Everything In Isolation by Ava Geyer '15
2012–2013 Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott Sight Unseen (play) by Donald Margulies The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker Sexy Imaginary Friend by Mark Watter '14 June Groom by Rick Abbot
2011–2012 Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard The Pavilion by Craig Wright Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl Private Lives by Noël Coward Admissions by Clayton Raithel, Dan Abromowitz, and Nora Sullivan 7 Stories by Morris Panych
2010–2011 Red Herring by Michael Hollinger This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan Garden District by Tennessee Williams Recent Tragic Events by Craig Wright Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance Amateurs by Tom Griffin
2009–2010 Proof by David Auburn Venting by Mara Nelson-Greenberg Crime and Punishment by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus The Tempest by William Shakespeare Copenhagen by Michael Frayn Reefer Madness by Kevin Murphy (books and lyrics) and Dan Studney (music) Catch Me If You Can by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert
2008–2009 Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends by Larry Larson and Levi Lee Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman King Lear by William Shakespeare Hey Boy Wonder! The Other Adventures of Ultraman by Shawn Fennell Our Town by Thornton Wilder
2007–2008 The Violet Hour by Richard Greenberg Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman The Foreigner by Larry Shue
2006–2007 Boston Marriage by David Mamet Cuchulain Comforted by W.B. Yeats Equus by Peter Schaffer Terra Nova by Ted Talley Valentine at Bellevue by Joshua Williams Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas Glengarry Glenn Ross by David Mamet
2005–2006 Buried Child by Sam Shepard Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind by The Neo-Futurists Wonderland Salvage by Joshua Williams Fences by August Wilson The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? by Edward Albee College: The Musical by Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola All My Sons by Arthur Miller
2004–2005 Fair Game by Karl Gajdusek Rumors by Neil Simon The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante (book), Marvin Hamlisch (music), Edward Kleban (lyrics) Cymbeline by William Shakespeare The Bald Soprano and The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco Hannah and Martin by Kate Fodor
2003–2004 Hysteria by Terry Johnson The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre The Clouds by Aristophanes The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek by Naomi Wallace Cabaret by John Kander (music), Fred Ebb (lyrics), and Joe Masteroff (book) The Master and Margarita adapted by Peter Morris
2002–2003 Betty's Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang Men Without Shadows by Jean-Paul Sartre The Hothouse by Harold Pinter Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare The Water Engine by David Mamet Bums and Monkeys by David Brundige The Fix by John Depsey (book) and Dana P. Rowe (music)
2001–2002 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard The Shadow Box by Michael Christopher Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman (book), Joe Darion (lyrics), and Mitch Leigh (music) The American Dream and The Zoo Story by Edward Albee Stop Kiss by Diana Son Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionescu Student Playwrights Festival Plaza Suite by Neil Simon
2000–2001 Noises Off by Michael Frayn Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin The House of Yes by Wendy MacLeod Macbeth by William Shakespeare
1999–2000 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard Educating Rita by Willy Russell Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick Assassins by Stephen Sondheim (music, lyrics) and John Weidman (book) J.B. by Archibald MacLeish Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang Student Playwrights Festival
1998–1999 I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw Tartuffe by Molière Extremities by William Mastrosimone The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe Arcadia by Tom Stoppard Student Playwrights Festival
1997–1998 Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad by Arthur Kopit Company by Stephen Sondheim Hay Fever by Noel Coward FOB (play) by David Henry Hwang Student Playwrights Festival
1996–1997 An Actors Nightmare and Sister Mary Ignatious Explains It All for You, by Christopher Durang