Shepard's play "Shaved Splits" was directed at La MaMa in 1970 by Bill Hart. Seth Allen directed "Melodrama Play" at La MaMa the following year. In 1981, Tony Barsha directed "The Unseen Hand" at La MaMa. The production then transferred to the Provincetown Playhouse and ran for over 100 performances. Syracuse Stage co-produced "The Tooth of Crime" at La MaMa in 1983. Also in 1983, the Overtone Theatre and New Writers at the Westside co-produced Shepard's plays "Superstitions" and "The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife" at La MaMa. John Densmore performed in his own play "Skins" and Shepard and Joseph Chaikin's play "Tongues", directed as a double bill by Tony Abatemarco, at La MaMa in 1984. Nicholas Swyrydenko directed a production of "Geography of a Horse Dreamer" at La MaMa in 1985.