2011 - 2012 Season
The following are highlights of our 2011-2012 Season. We have even more events planned, so please check back for updates.
Click to download a copy of our 2011-2012 Season Brochure.
Swamp Opera
July 22-24 & 29-31
Directed by Brian Smith
A new musical by Heywood Banks, brings us a story of love, trechery, and redemption. It is loosely based on a 17th century folk song, "A Frog Went A-Courting." It opens as our indulgent Grey Cat orphans a baby mouse when he makes lunch of her mother. Awakening in consciousness, he engages Uncle Rat, the most prominent creature at the pond, to care for her. She grows into a lovely, sheltered mouse, having been educated by Uncle in every subject except real life experience. As Uncle grows old he fears leaving her alone with no one to care for her so in secret, he solicits the help of his friend, Grey Cat, to find her a beau. Uncle’s long lost nephew arrives, along with problems and growing turmoil as Miss Mousey has recently fallen in love with the pond’s hero and swamp musician, the very charming, Froggy. The story becomes untangled with spurned lovers, unrequited hearts, and a growing suspicion in Uncle’s heart that meddling in love could prove disastrous. The eighteen songs in the production run from jazz to rockabilly to folk to torch, and will linger in the minds of the audience long after the lights go out.
Ask Your Father
Celtic and Folk Music Performance
August 26, 8pm
Ask Your Father, a group performing acoustic ballads and songs in the American folk tradition, will appear in concert at the Mechanic Street Playhouse on Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. Members are the husband and wife team of Rich and Dee (Myers) Kelly and their partner Rick Spencer. Based in Norwich, Connecticut, Rich is a seasoned multi-instrumentalist who performs on guitars, mandolin, and Irish cittern. Dee is a highly experienced singer with a love of songs that tell a good story. Rick sings and plays guitar, banjo and mandolin. The trio presents a mix of music from British, Irish, Canadian and American traditions. They often perform songs of the sea and gems from 19th century songwriters such as Stephen Foster. The Lebanon concert, sponsored by the Lebanon Theatre Company, will feature songs from all of these traditions. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by calling (513) 228-0932 or e-mailing LTC@LTCplays.com.
A Catered Affair
Directed by Wayne Dunn
Music Director, Jay Mills
Sep. 9-11 &16-18, 2011
This musical, by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, score by John Bucchino and direction by Tony Award-winner John Doyle, poses the question that inevitably faces every mother and daughter: whose wedding is it anyway? It's 1953, and family ties are strained when a Bronx mother struggles to give her only daughter the elaborate wedding she herself never had and the bride never asked for. Based on the 1956 motion picture of the same name. It's a funny, poignant and oh-so-human tale of love and disaffection, exploring both our need for love and the true meaning of family.
Lebanon Theatre Hauntings
October 28-29, 2011
Back by disturbingly popular demand! A now annual and memorable evening of Halloween-themed entertainment.
Scott Meyer opens the evening with his brand of disturbingly funny magic. Sean Owens follows up with some disturbing and ill-advised stunts. After a short break, the evening wraps up with Brahm Corstanje, taking you on a disturbingly frightful visit with some of the inhabitants of one of England's most notorious asylums. Click here for ticket info.
Warning! This production is "rated" PG-13, as some of the subject-matter may be too intense for persons under 13 years old.
Annual Fundraiser Gala - A Grand Night for Singing
Director - Steven Haines
Musical Director - Karen Miller
November 4-5, 2011
Although our biggest source of income is income from ticket sales, we also rely heavily on our yearly fundraiser event and donation drive.
This year, we will be featuring Rodgers and Hammerstein in a musical revue called A Grand Night for Singing.
The evening begins with food at the new Enchanted Village Event/Party Center (corner of Mulberry and Sycamore) and then continues with the show at our Mechanic Street Playhouse.
Tickets are $75 each. Join us if you can. If you can't but would like to make a donation to ensure that LTC can continue, please send it to LTC, 10 S. Mechanic Street, Lebanon, OH 45036. Call (513) 228-0932 to make reservations or for questions.
Eeyore's Christmas
Directed by Paula Whitaker
December 8-10, 2011
This heartwarming musical features Eeyore and all of his friends from the 100 Acre Wood: Pooh, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, and Christopher Robin. Shows are Dec. 8, 9, and 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 10 and 11 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for children 5 – 12. Children ages 4 and under on laps are free. For reservations, call (513) 228-0932 or complete the order form below.
Yule Time Magic
December 16 &17, 2011
Producer - Karen Oehler
They're baaaaaack! Amazing magic, awesome powertools and a holiday theme -- what could possibly go wrong? Yule Time is a magical holiday parody of "Tool Time" from the hit TV Show "Home Improvements." Join Swinford Powertools "reps" (local magicians, David Hennig and Scott Meyer) as they introduce you to the latest and greatest "gift" ideas for men this Holiday Season from Swinford Power Tools, including the Swinford Gift Finder, the Swinford Lie Detector and the Swinford Time Saver. Join us for this hysterical evening of magical mayhem!
Murder Mystery Dinner
I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning
sponsored by LTC & Warren County Historical Society Museum
Saturday Feb. 11, 2012
Directed by Jay Fultz
The Dining Room
Directed by Steven Haines
March 9-11 & 16-18 2012
The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemades. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.
Angel Street
Directed by Paula Whitaker
May 11-13 & 18-20 2012
A Broadway hit first produced on the West End under the title Gaslight and filmed twice, Angel Street tells the story of the Manninghams who live on Angel Street in 19th Century London.
As the curtain rises, all appears the essence of Victorian tranquility. It is soon apparent however, that Mr. Manningham, a suavely handsome man, is not what he appears to be. When a caller from Scotland Yard visits Mrs. Manningham during one of Mr. Manningham's many unexplained absences, pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place. Author Patrick Hamilton has built and sustained some of the most brilliant, suspenseful sequences in modern theatre.
Last updated: January 2, 2012 8:18 AM
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