APA Repertory Company

APA Repertory Company is documented in the play’s performance history as the company that presented the American première of Exit the King. Its September 1, 1967, Los Angeles production brought the play to an American audience in a staging directed by Ellis Rabb, with music and design supplied by a named creative team.

The American Première

The production was performed by APA Repertory Company by arrangement with APA Phoenix. The date and location are specified as September 1, 1967, in Los Angeles, and the performance is identified as the play’s American première. The record establishes the company’s role in this particular production, rather than providing a broader account of its history or repertory.

Creative Team

Ellis Rabb directed the production, with Conrad Susa credited for music. Rouben Ter-Arutunian designed the scenery, James Tilton the lighting, and Nancy Potts the costumes. These credits document a production shaped through distinct directing, musical, scenic, lighting, and costume contributions; the available account does not describe their individual designs or the staging in further detail.

Cast and Role

The surviving cast listing identifies Richard Easton as Berenger the First, the King. This is the specific casting information recorded for the production; the supplied portion of the list does not establish the rest of the cast.

Place in Performance History

The American première followed the play’s first performance on December 15, 1962, at the Théâtre de l’Alliance Française. An English version was subsequently performed at the Edinburgh Festival in September 1963 by the Royal Court Company. APA Repertory Company’s Los Angeles performance is separately identified as the American première, marking a later stage in the play’s documented production history.