Celebrating 35 Years, Part 7: 2010-2014

This is the final post in a 7-part series leading up to our 35th anniversary celebration. Each post reflects upon 5 years of APT history, as well as what was going on in the world around us. What was happening at APT 2010: APT performs its first holiday show: The Gift of the Magi written by James DeVita 2011: Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout calls APT's The Cure at Troy "the best show of any kind I saw in 2011" 2012: Brenda DeVita is announced to succeed David Frank as Artistic Director 2014: David Frank's final season as Producing Artistic Director of APT Plays produced The Gift of the Magi (3 times),The Admirable Crichton,Alcestis,All My Sons,All's Well That Ends Well,American Buffalo,Another Part of the Forest,Antony and Cleopatra,As You Like It,Blithe Spirit,Crime and Punishment,The Critic,The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes [pictured above],Dickens in America,The Doctor's Dilemma,Exits and Entrances,The Glass Menagerie,Hamlet,Heroes,The Importance of Being Earnest,Les Liaisons Dangereuses,Major Barbara,Of Mice and Men,Molly Sweeney,Much Ado About Nothing,Richard III,Romeo & Juliet,Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,The Royal Family,The Seagull,Shakespeare's Will,Skylight,The Syringa Tree,Taming of the Shrew,The Tempest,Too Many Husbands,Travesties,Troilus and Cressida,Twelfth Night,The Two Gentlemen of Verona,Waiting for Godot,The Year of Magical Thinking What was happening in the world 33 miners are successfully rescued from a mine in Chile Kate Middleton marries Prince William Japan is hit by massive tsunami Michael Phelps becomes the winningest Olympic athlete in history Curiosity rover lands on Mars Pope Benedict XVI retires and is replaced by Pope Francis Pop culture Movies: Inception, The Avengers, Toy Story 3 TV: Modern Family, Breaking Bad, Mad Men Broadway: War Horse, Clybourne Park, The Book of Mormon Music: "Rolling in the Deep," "We Are Young," "Firework" Average price of gasoline $3.28 Here's to 35 years of playing in the woods! Part 1: 1980-1984 Part 2: 1985-1989 Part 3: 1990-1994 Part 4: 1995-1999 Part 5: 2000-2004 Part 6: 2005-2009