Its original production starred Lindsay Mendez as Rose, Derek Klena as Eddie, and Josh Segarra as Boland.

The cast also included Nick Blaemire, Annaleigh Ashford, Steven Booth, Becca Ayers, Adam Halpin, Dierdre Friel, F. Michael Haynie, and James Moye.

[3] Dogfight played at the Southwark Playhouse in London from August 8, 2014, through September 13, 2014, in a production directed by Matt Ryan and starring Laura Jane Matthewson as Rose and Jamie Muscato as Eddie.

[4] The first New York regional production played White Plains Performing Arts Center September 19–21, 2014,[5] produced by WPPAC and the Harrison Summer Theatre.

Under the direction of Peter Marston Sullivan, the show was led by Jeff-nominated actress Emily Goldberg (as Rose) and Garrett Lutz (as Eddie Birdlace).

[8] On October 2, 2015, Dogfight made its New Zealand premiere at Auckland Music Theatre, with direction by Katie Flood.

The Irish premiere of the show took place in the Granary Theatre, Cork from September 13–15, 2016, with direction by Emily Hutt, musical direction by Michael Young and starring Pearse O'Donoghue as Birdlace, Saoirse Garet as Rose, Mark O'Sullivan as Boland and Shane Corcoran as Bernstein.

[10] On May 6, 2017, the show opened in Germany at the Theater für Niedersachsen – Hildesheim, in a complete first German translation with the name "Dogfight – Ein hässliches Spiel".

[12][13] The Next Chapter Actors production of Dogfight was held August 10–11 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center.

The Belgian premiere of Dogfight, produced by Karthago, opened in GC De Kluize (Oosterzele) on April 12, 2019.

The Swiss premiere of Dogfight, produced by Zurich English-Speaking Theatre, in original English, opened at the Theater im Seefeld (Zürich) on November 6, 2024 for a limited two-week run.

This production added ensemble members Nienke Andriessen as Peggy/Chippy/Ensemble, Péter Böröcz as Male Swing/Ensemble, Fabian Kuratli as Big Tony/Sergeant/Ensemble, and Andrea-Manuela Rüttimann as Suzette/Ensemble.

Arriving in San Francisco, they are eager to take the town by storm on their last night in the United States ("Some Kinda Time").

Birdlace ends up in a diner, where he sees Rose, a shy waitress, quietly playing guitar in a corner booth.

When they reach the Nite Lite, a club rented for the party, Birdlace finds himself questioning his plan to subject her to the event.

Back home in her bedroom, surrounded by rejected dresses and dashed hopes, Rose beats herself up for having believed Birdlace's lies ("Pretty Funny").

The Marines, reckless and invincible, continue their debaucherous last night with a trip to the arcade and then by visiting a prostitute ("Hometown Hero's Ticker Tape Parade").

These harsh memories linger as Birdlace arrives in San Francisco in 1967, a broken, confused, lost man, unwelcome and derided ("Come Back").