Their first production, "Hamlet", opened in the fall of 1998. Imaginatively staged at the historic St. John's Church in Baltimore City, the production quickly won the new group attention from both the press and other local theatres. The following spring the Company produced Mimi Teahan's "Urban Breakdowns" for the Baltimore Playwrights Festival and won the Festival's Third Place Production award. For the next several years, Mobtown produced classics such as "A Comedy of Errors" and "Merchant of Venice" while continuing to annually participating in the BPF. Without a central theatre to work in, the Company floated from one location to another.