Chronicle Theater Critic Robert Hurwitt asked Elevator Repair Service founder and Artistic Director John Collins, whose troupe makes its Bay Area debut this weekend, if the name of his company had any ...

A group of melancholy suits wanders into work, finds a beat-up copy of “The Great Gatsby” and performs every last word of it…. Dionysus is played by a puppet constructed from a silver Thermos and ...

How many shows has Elevator Repair Service written? Elevator Repair Service has written 5 shows including The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) (Creator), The Select (The Sun Also Rises) ...

In his younger and more vulnerable years, director John Collins flatly rejected the idea that theater is about bringing words on paper to life. He instead placed his trust in actors, space and ...

PERSONNEL JOHN COLLINS, Artistic Director MAURINA LIOCE, Associate Artistic Director / Stage Manager MARILYN HAINES, Managing Director HANNA NOVAK, Producer MARIANA CATALINA, Associate Producer / ...

For most of its existence, the experimental theatre company Elevator Repair Service (formed in New York in 1991) has used found texts and improvisation as the basis for its productions. "Anything that ...