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1970s

1970s

From its humble origins at the West Side YWCA, Playwrights Horizons relocates twice and Albert Innaurato’s Gemini becomes its first show to move to Broadway. By the end of its first decade, the theater has already given life to nearly one hundred fifty new American plays and musicals.

Black and white photo of actress Angela Paton in Passione. Paton (a white woman) holds a compact in one hand and touches her face with her other hand.

1979/80
Black and white photo of the cast of Table Settings. They sit at a table with a white tablecloth, while one teenager boy sits on the floor.

1978/79
Black and white photo of actors Larry Bryggman and Catherine Burns in Two Small Bodies. Bryggman (a white man) wears a v-neck sweater and white collared shirt; his hand leans on a ladder. Burns (a white woman) wears a black top.

1977/78
Photos of two actors in Gemini. The man on the right (a white man) wears a white collared shirt and jeans. Standing opposite of him is a white man wearing an orange sweater, tan pants, and glasses; he's cowering in fear.

1976/77
Black and white photo of actors Kathy Bates, Jane Galloway, and Susan Merson in Vanities. They were white sweaters with the letter T and hold pom poms.

1975/76
White text reads 1974/75 Season. Background is a photo inside Playwrights' Mainstage theater. There are rows of purple seats and illuminated wood walls.

1974/75
Black and white photo of the cast of Cowboy Pictures. One white man stands with a cowboy hat, shirt and boots on. A white couple sits to the right. The woman is kneeling and looking up to the man. A couple sits at a table in the back, partly in shadow.

1973/74
Black and white photo of the cast of Kennedy's Children. The actors stand in front of a wall with posters and other memorabilia.

1972/73
White text reads 1971/72 Season. Background is a photo inside Playwrights' Mainstage theater. There are rows of purple seats and illuminated wood walls.

1971/72