In 1965, Shepard's one-act plays "Dog" and "The Rocking Chair" were produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. These were the first of many productions of Shepard's work at La MaMa during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In 1967, Tom O'Horgan directed Shepard's "Melodrama Play" alongside Leonard Melfi's "Times Square" and Rochelle Owens' "Futz" at La MaMa. In 1969, Jeff Bleckner directed Shepard's science fiction play "The Unseen Hand" at La MaMa. "The Unseen Hand" would later influence Richard O'Brien's musical "The Rocky Horror Show". Bleckner then directed "The Unseen Hand" alongside "Forensic and the Navigators" at the nearby Astor Place Theater in 1970.