Broccoli Sprigs:

History

How we began:

Some time in 1991, Isaac Cates had the idea to begin a drama group for Plan II students. The founding members have (finally) all graduated, but the Broccoli Project seems to have found a permanent place in Plan II and is increasingly recognized at UT and in the Austin community for its innovative and darn good performances. Mostly though, we just like to have a lot of fun.

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How we got our name:

This is a deep dark secret only revealed at cast parties. To find out, you have to become a member.

Past Performances

Spring 2006

Ink written by ?, directed by ?

The Fifth Column written by ?, directed by ?

Fall 2005

Sexual Perversity in Chicago written by David Mamet, directed by Carmen Gaddis

Cabaret written by Joe Masteroff and Fred Ebb, directed by Edward Coles

Spring 2005

The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde and directed by Jessica Like and Sarah Sliz

Fall 2004

Family written and directed by Ryan Caldwell and Kartik Rajagopalan

Godspell written by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak, directed by Ed Coles

Spring 2004

Out On Gone written and directed by Mike Ferstenfeld, assistant directed by Maggie Burns

Searching for a Narrative written and directed by Adam Rappold, assistant directed by Jessica Like and Rebecca Haning

Fall 2003

The Fantasticks by Tom Jones (music by Harvey Schmidt), directed by Stephen Robinson and asst. directed by Asheley Landrum

Murder Mysteries written by Neil Gaimon and adapted by Plan II student Will Grindle, Directed by Bob Jones

Spring 2003

Blood in Bethsaida by Plan II student Jay Bernardo, directed by Bob Jones

A Collection of Small Disappointments, by Plan II student Ryan Young and asst. directed by Jedrek Wosik

Fall 2002

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, directed by Megan Moore

Spring 2002

The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca, directed by Rebecca Reice and asst. directed by Tricia Monticello

999 directed, written, and performed by Chad Duffy and ensemble

Fall 2001

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) directed by Adam Rappold

God by Woody Allen, directed by Bob Jones

Spring 2001

Alice in Wonderland directed by Sarah Rennick

Fall 2000

All in the Timing by David Ives

Spring 2000

Kamooka by Plan II student Brandon Wiley, directed by Brandon Wiley and asst. directed by Jennifer Ferguson

Poetic License 4, directed by Jay Bernardo.

Icarus, by Plan II student David Loewy, directed by David Loewy

Fall 1999:

Equus by Peter Shaffer, directed by Jennifer Ferguson

Spring 1999:

Poetic License Written by Plan II Student, directed by Alissa Jones and Amy Gentry.

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, directed by Ben Briggs

Fall 1998:

Menagerie Gone Mad, Three modern fairy tales
• Sansarta and the Sad Queen written and directed by Heather Crow
• The Princess Who Wanted to Taste Her Tongue, written by Brandon Wiley, directed by Benjamin Briggs
• The Frog Prince, written by David Mamet, directed by David Loewy

Menagerie was an incredible Broccoli success, pulling in a record crowd.

Spring 1998:

Lydie Breeze by John Guare. Directed by David Standifer.
Poetic License:A thousand tongues Directed by David Loewy and Alissa Jones. Works by Matt Valentine, Kate Viera, Michael Cohn, Jennifer Valentino, Carolina Jimenez-Marcos, Melanie Saberian, Emily Abrams, Amy Gentry, and Drew Harris.

Fall 1997:

Love, Sex, and the IRS by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Directed by Kelly Jacqmin.

Spring 1997:

Poetic License directed by David Loewy. Student written works by Alissa Jones, Emily Abrams, Matthew Valentine, Kate Vieira, Amy Gentry, Melanie Saberian, Drew Harris, Heather Crow and Heidi Cooper.

Fall 1996

The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein. Directed by Erica Prosper

Spring 1996

Marvin's Room by Scott MacPherson. Directed by David Standifer
An Evening in the Hate Chair --a night of student written one-acts
• Brown Paper Bag --written and directed by Bryan Christian
• Inside Voices --written and directed by Sarah Hepola

 

Fall 1995

Largo Desolato by Vaclav Havel, Directed by Mike Gentry.

The American Dream by Edward Albee. Directed by Lane Becker The American Dream, was performed once as ap preview run for the Honors Colloquium over the summer, and then had a full six-night run at the end of September.

Spring 1995

Ladies Day by Aristophanes. Directed by Emily Spicer
Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet. Directed by Rajeev Kinra

Fall 1994

A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepherd. Directed by Ramee Chapman

Spring 1994

Happy Birthday Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut. Directed by Bryan Christian

Fall 1993

Rumors by Neil Simon. Directed by Sarah Hepola

Spring 1993

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, directed by Melanie Moore

Fall 1992

The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Chistopher Durang, directed by Honor Morman
The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Jon Walker

Spring 1992

Alice in Wonderland it was impovised from a script by the Manhattan Project who knew the book by heart, and later written down.
Isaac himself, along with one or two cast members, added a substantial amount of dialogue and poetry to the original script. Directed by Isaac Cates

Fall 1991

God by Woody Allen, directed by Isaac Cates