Ark Theatre Company has, since its inception, produced a wide variety of material, from Edward II by Christopher Marlowe to[3] Charles Ludlam's The Mystery of Irma Vep.

The Ugly Man by Brad Frazier, The Maids by Jean Genet, and F*cking Hollywood, adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde by Paul Wagar, are all testament to the company's intrinsic eclecticism.

[5] Vanessa Claire Smith won Best Actress for her gender-bending portrayal of Alex, the story's music-loving teenaged sociopath.

[6][7] Richard Tatum was likewise nominated for an LA Weekly Theatre Award for his performance in Ibsen's A Doll's House.

[8] Other representative productions include director Richard Tatum's staging of The Country Wife by William Wycherley[9] for which Tatum received an LA Weekly Theatre Award nomination for Best Adaptation;[10] Richard Tatum's staging of On the Verge by Eric Overmeyer; Steven Shields' production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest; Return to the Forbidden Planet, directed by Vanessa Claire Smith;[11] Les Miller's staging of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler;[12] Lloyd's Prayer by Kevin Kling and Christopher Durang's Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, both directed by Susan Lee Johnson; and Caryl Churchill's sexual fantasmagoria Cloud 9, and a reconceptualization of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, both directed by Paul Wagar.