Theatre Intime is an entirely student-run dramatic arts not-for-profit organization operating out of the Hamilton Murray Theater at Princeton University. 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."
History
Theatre Intime was founded in 1920 by a group of Princeton undergraduates; 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. Members of the troupe have included Jimmy Stewart, Joshua Logan, Larry Strichman, William Hootkins, John C. Vennema, Roger Berlind, Mark Feuerstein, Charles Scribner, Clark Gesner, Richard Greenberg, Winnie Holzman, Mark Nelson, and Wentworth Miller.
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 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
Current season
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
Past seasons
2021-2022
Sniper by Bonnie Culver
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
The Laramie Project by Moises 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