Imaginatively staged at the historic St. John's Church in Baltimore, the production won the new group attention from both the press and other local theatres.
[2] For the next several years, Mobtown produced classics, including A Comedy of Errors and Merchant of Venice while continuing to annually participating in the BPF.
The appearance of live theatre in such an urban outdoor setting brought the Company attention from every corner of Baltimore.
Since its first show, they have returned to Patterson Park often, staging classic William Shakespeare productions, including Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night.
[citation needed] In 2004, Mobtown saw one of their biggest successes with their presentation of the Obie winning musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
After years of struggle and knocking on the door of success, Mobtown was finally stable and achieving their goals when they faced their first major crisis.
[citation needed] Willis’ first season as artistic director started strongly with her direction of Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
In direct contrast to the serious tones of the Baltimore Premier of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz's A Bicycle Country or Inventing Van Gogh or The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, the same seasons have also seen Mobtown present Ben Jonson's romp Volpone, a wild burlesque/vaudeville show, Skin (directed by Bradley Burgess), and Carlo Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters.
2007 saw founding member Noel Schively directing Bob Alleman and Matt Sekerke's new translation of Carlo Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters to positive reviews and full houses.
In 2006, during the twenty-fifth anniversary of the BPF, Mobtown offered a double bill of two one-acts focusing on the family, Return of the 5th Sister by Kimberley Lynne and Sod by Mark Squirek.