2017/2018
Please note: Only productions highlighted in pale yellow were part of the Season Tickets Package.
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Godspell
Book by – John Michael Tebelak Music & Lyrics by – Stephen Schwartz Producer – Kate Eddington Director – Karen Oehler July 21-23 & 28-30, 2017 Led by the international hit, "Day by Day," Godspell features a parade of beloved songs, including "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord," "Learn Your Lessons Well," "All for the Best," "All Good Gifts," "Turn Back, O Man" and "By My Side." A small group of people help Jesus Christ tell different parables by using a wide variety of games, storytelling techniques and hefty doses of comic timing. An eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, is employed as the story of Jesus' life dances across the stage. Dissolving hauntingly into the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, Jesus' messages of kindness, tolerance and love come vibrantly to life. |
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Guys and Dolls
Based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser Book by Joe Swerling & Abe Burrows Producer – Dawn Stone Director – Cherie Cooper-Darragh Sep. 22-24, 29-30 & Oct. 1 2017 Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck. Meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough. Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong. |
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The Séance
A hauntingly interactive play in one act By Brahm Corstanje & Anonymous Producer - Kurt Percy Director - Brahm Corstanje Oct. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 & 21 at 8pm Additional performance may be added, depending upon demand. –seating limited to 12 people per performance; reservations required– The books, the papers, the photos,...they belonged to a preacher. A preacher who lost his way. There are clues in these personal effects. Clues that may suggest his journey. His sermons hauntingly preserved on a deteriorated audio cassette. Could this recording serve as a bridge to the spirit world? Will he reach across the veil to tell us his story...or will something else come through...something uninvited? |
The Séance is an interactive playlet, with seating limited to 12 guests (Sitters) per performance. You are playing you, with just a bit of embellishment. You’ve been asked by a close friend to come to 10 S. Mechanic Street for the evening, to help an acquaintance of your friend’s. Due to your interest in the paranormal and/or ghost stories in general, your friend thought you would be of assistance to this acquaintance. Your friend has otherwise been quite vague and evasive as to the evening’s purpose. Despite some misgivings, you couldn’t resist passing on the mysterious request from your friend. There is nothing you need to prepare for your participation, other than a willingness to embrace your fears and to experience what may lie on the "other side." *
Due to the nature of the performance and the subject matter relating to the supernatural and paranormal, this event is not intended for young children. Adults and mature teens over 16 years old are recommended.
* IMPORTANT NOTE: Okay, there is one more thing you may have to prepare for. If you typically require reading glasses, please be sure to bring your glasses to the event. Doing so will facilitate your participation in certain aspects of the interactive event.
* IMPORTANT NOTE: Okay, there is one more thing you may have to prepare for. If you typically require reading glasses, please be sure to bring your glasses to the event. Doing so will facilitate your participation in certain aspects of the interactive event.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
by Charles M. Schulz Based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson Stage Adaptation by Eric Schaeffer By Special Arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson Producer – Kate Edington Director – Amy Edington-King Dec. 1, 3, and 8-10 (no Dec. 2 performance due to parade) The classic animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas comes to life in this faithful stage adaptation, in which Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts Gang discover the true meaning of Christmas. When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism he sees among everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but this proves to be a frustrating endeavor. When an attempt to restore the proper holiday spirit with a forlorn little Christmas fir tree fails, he needs Linus’ help to discover the real meaning of Christmas. |
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Annual Gala - Elegance in Music
Producer - Dawn Stone Director - Jay Mills Jan. 19 & 20 Elegance in Music, the 2018 Gala, features the music of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin. Hosted and performed by the incredible talent that makes up the Lebanon Theatre Company and the brilliance of musical director Jay Mills, you are sure to have an unforgettable evening. You spoke we listened, therefore, the 2018 Gala will be held in its entirety at The Lebanon Theater Company, 10 South Mechanic Street on January 19 and 20, 2018. Doors open at 6:00 PM. There will be a cash bar, appetizers, canapés and chef-carved beef tenderloin for your epicurean pleasure. The show will begin at 7:30 PM. This is our annual fundraiser. Don't be left out of this one. The last two productions were completely sold out!!! Tickets are $75 per person. If you are unable to attend the Gala but would like to make a donation, please send a check to: The Lebanon Theatre Company, 10 South Mechanic, Lebanon, Ohio 45036. |
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Pinocchio
An Off-the-Hill Production Feb. 4 The much-loved tale about a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy is packed with magical characters, cartwheels, circus antics and dollops of fun for the whole family. |
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Almost, Maine
By John Cariani Producers – Wayne Dunn & Kate Edington Director – Kurt Percy Mar. 16-18 & 23-25 2018 On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night's dream. |
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Rapunzel
An Off-the-Hill Production Apr. 8 Young Rapunzel lives in a tower with her overprotective grandmother, safe from the dangers of the world. As her curiosity about the outside grows, Rapunzel meets Rafi, a local boy whose friendship finally gives her the courage to be free. |
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The Foreigner
By Larry Shue Producer – Dawn Stone Director – Wayne Dunn May 18-20 & 25-27 2018 The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by "Froggy" LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time "Froggy" has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So "Froggy," before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should—the evil plans of a sinister, two-faced minister and his redneck associate; the fact that the minister's pretty fiancée is pregnant; and many other damaging revelations made with the thought that Charlie doesn't understand a word being said. That he does fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and sets up the wildly funny climax. |
