Lakewood Theatre Company originated in 1952 as the Oswego Players and later changed its name to Lake Oswego Community Theatre. After the acquisition of the Lakewood School, the company again changed its name in 1990 to Lakewood Theatre Company.Lakewood Theatre Company is a professional theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, a not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 400 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 40,000 people to its shows.
In the listing below:
* = original production
^ indicates we do not have records on the show.(If you have photos or programs with a show marked ^ please contact us at 503-635-3901. Thanks!)
YEAR/SHOW
1952
Theatre organized
1953
Blithe Spirit ^, May
Two Blind Mice ^, August
1954
Claudia ^, February
Nothing But The Truth ^, April
Pennywise ^, July
Suspect ^, December
1955
Time for Elizabeth ^, February
The Beloved Rake * ^, April
My Three Angels ^, November
1956
The Heiress ^, February
Harvey ^, April
Affairs Of State, October
1957
Papa Is All ^, March
Night Must Fall ^, May
7 Nuns At Las Vegas ^, October
1958
Be Your Age ^, March
Night Of January 16th ^, May
Visit To A Small Planet ^, October
1959 Joe Meek *, February
Tender Trap ^, March
Lion of the West * September
The Stronger November
1960
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker April
The Bishop Misbehaves June
Moby Dick ^ July
Kings and Clowns ^ July
The Beloved Rake * November
Blithe Spirit
1961
Penneywise
Suspect
You Touched Me, March
Pleasure Of His Company, May
Arsenic and Old Lace, September
1962
Sabrina Fair, March
Ghosts, June
Bell Book & Candle, July
Candida, September
Voice Of The Turtle, November
1963
Dirty Work at the Crossroads ^ January
Gigi, February
Art In Your Garden Green * ^ May
South Pacific, August
Bus Stop, November
1964
Dial M For Murder, February
The Boyfriend, May
Auntie Mame, October
1965
Birthday Party
The Mouse Trap, January
Prince Rabbit, March
Private Lives, April
The Fantasticks, July
The Gazebo, October
Children’s Theatre Guest Productions
(Kay Lee Playbox Players) ^ 10/2/65 11/6/65 11/20/65 12/18/65
1966
Five Finger Exercise, January
Children’s Theatre Guest Productions
(Kay Lee Playbox Players) ^ 1/4/66 2/6/66 2/19/66
Little Mary Sunshine, April
Children’s Guest Production, April
The Moon Is Blue, June
Earnest In Love, September
Children’s Guest Production, October
Tiny Alice, November
Children’s Guest Production, December
1967
Irregular Verb To Love, January
Children’s Guest Production ^ February
Stop The World I Want To Get Off, March
Children’s Guest Production ^ September
Luv, September
Slow Dance On The Killing Ground, November
A Christmas Carol, December
1968
Monique, February
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, April
Come Blow Your Horn, November
1969
The Homecoming, January
White Liars/Black Comedy, February
The Roar Of The Greasepaint &The Smell of the Crowd, April
Halfway Up The Tree, October
Silent Night, Lonely Night, November
1970
The Entertainer, January
The Happy Time, March
Dirty Work At The Crossroads, May
It’s Never Too Late, September
Stefan The Young, November
Joe Egg, December
1971
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, January
Guys & Dolls, March
Checkers (Guest Production), April
Where’s Charlie, May
A Thurber Carnival, September
Here’s Love, November
1972
A Streetcar Named Desire
Pajama Game, April
The Me Nobody Knows ^ July
Company, September
Don’t Pull My String * December
1973
A Thousand Clowns, January
Butterflies Are Free, March
Cabaret, May
21 Years From Broadway ^ July
Anything Goes, September
Feiffer’s People, November
1974
How The Other Half Loves, January
Wait Until Dark, March Man of La Mancha, May
Godspell ^ September
Oliver, November
1975
Owl and the Pussycat, January
Romanoff and Juliet, February
The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, March
George M!, April
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown – guest production, July
Jesus Christ Superstar, August
A Little Night Music, November
Hansel & Gretel (No. 1) – guest production, December
1976
Charley’s Aunt, January
Count Dracula, March
Sweet Charity, May
Seven Performers In Search of an Audience, July
Two Gentlemen of Verona, September
Hot L Baltimore, October
The Messiah, December
1977
Blithe Spirit, January
A Taste of Honey, February
Gypsy, April
Westside Story, June
The Me Nobody Knows, August
Irma La Douce, September
Harvey, November
Hansel & Gretel (No. 2) – guest production, December
1978
King Of Hearts, January
Sleuth, March
Celebration, April
The Front Page, June
I Lost Me At The Movies * July
Jurgen * July
Annie Get Your Gun, September
6 Rms Riv Vu, November
Adventures of Paddington Bear, December
Hansel & Gretel (No. 3) – guest production, December
1979
The Diary of Anne Frank, January
Marathon ‘33, March
Candide, May
The Last Haunting of the Canterville Ghost* May
Same Time Next Year (touring) May
Starting Here, Starting Now, July
City Blues & Golden Girls* July
110 In The Shade, August
Showboat, September
Something’s Afoot, November
Christmas Carol, December
1980
The Royal Family, January
Inherit The Wind, March
Pajama Game, May
The Diamond Girl * July
Seven Keys to Baldpate, August
Chicago, September
Amphitryon 38, November
Snow White At The Circus * December 1st show at Lakewood (in the school gym)
1981
Child’s Play, January
Philadelphia Story, March
Company, May
The Tavern, July
Cabaret, September
Pure as the Driven Snow, October
1st show Side Door stage,CMR at Lakewood
Tears of Joy (guest show) November
Curley McDimple, November
Hansel & Gretel, December
Cricket On The Hearth, December Lakewood Gym space
1982
40 Carats, January
One Act Showcase, February Side Door, CMR
That Championship Season, March
Lil’l Abner, May
The Emperor’s New Clothes, May
Murder At The Howard Johnson, July Side Door, CMR
The Real Inspector Hound, August
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, September
3 Fairy Tales, October
A Fate Worse Than Death, October
Side Door, CMR
Arsenic and Old Lace, November
Messiah December Lakewood Gym Space
1983
The Elephant Man, January
The Fantasticks, February
Lakewood Gym Space Bedroom Farce, March
Last show at 156 Greenwood Road theatre space
Pal Joey May 1st show in new theatre at Lakewood
Side By Side, July
Side Door, CMR
Annie, September
A Pair of Hearts * October
Side Door, CMR
Fiddler On The Roof, December
1984
Dinner At Eight, January
Cat and the Canary, March
Mass Appeal, April
Side Door, CMR
The Pirates of Penzance, May
Barefoot in the Park, July
Sugar, September
Tarradiddle Tales, October
Crucifer of Blood , November
1985
Night of January 16th, January
Play It Again Sam, March
Gin Game, April
Side Door, CMR
They’re Playing Our Song, May
Cinderella, May
High Fidelity, June
Wally’s Cafe, July
Anything Goes, September
Of Men and Women, October
Side Door, CMR
Whodunit, November
Dr. Bodyman – guest show, December
Hansel & Gretel – guest show, December
1986
You Can’t Take it With You, January
Chapter Two February Side Door, CMR
Rimers of Eldridge, March
Octette Bridge Club, March
Side Door, CMR
Sweet Charity, May
Hay Fever, July
No No Nanette, September
Beyond Therapy, October
Side Door, CMR
Auntie Mame, November
1987
The Merry Widow, January
Two for the Seesaw, February
Side Door, CMR
School for Wives, March
Men’s Singles, April
Side Door, CMR
The Front Page, May
Snow White & 7 Dwarfs in the Black Forest, May
The Odd Couple, July
You & The Night & The Music * July
Side Door, CMR
Student Prince, September
Laundry & Bourbon / Lone Star, October
Side Door, CMR
Vladimir Krainev (Guest Russian Pianist Concert) * October
David & Lisa, October
Little Footsteps, November
Puss In Boots, November
The Messiah, December
1988
Angel Street, January
Educating Rita, February Side Door, CMR
Taking My Turn, March
Ann Marie Blake Show* April
Side Door, CMR
Once Upon A Mattress, May
Corpse, July
The Music Man, September
Everybody Loves Opal, November
1989
The Innocents, January
The Imaginary Invalid, March
Dames At Sea, May
The Prisoner of 2nd Avenue, July
3 Guys Naked From the Waist Down, September
Promenade All, October
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December (1st production)
1990
Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, January
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, March
Let’s Go To The Moon, April
Guys and Dolls, May
Oil City Symphony, July
Chicago, September
Curtain Calls* October
Side Door, CMR
Taking Steps, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast Theatre, December
Side Door, CMR (first production)
FA LA LA LA Philpott * December
Side Door, CMR
1991
Day In Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, January
A Murder Is Announced, March
Godspell, May
Really Rosie, May
Relatively Speaking, July
Three Penny Opera, September
Dandelion, September
Curtain Calls II* October
Side Door, CMR
Nite Club Confidential, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast Theatre, December
Side Door, CMR
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
1992
I Do I Do, January
The Collection / The Lover, February
Side Door, CMR
Bullshot Crummond, March
Charlotte’s Web, April
Quilters, May
Pumpboys & Dinettes, July
George M!, September
Side By Side By Sondheim, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
1993
Murder At The Vicarage, January
Scandalous Adventures of Sir Toby Trollope, March
Little Red and the Hoods * April
A Little Night Music, May
Pump Boys & Dinettes, July
Kiss Me Kate, September
A Night In Old Vienna* October
Side Door, CMR
Into The Woods, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
1994
A Lesson From Aloes, January
Rumors, March
Steel Magnolias, April
Side Door, CMR
Nunsense II, May
Baby, July
Oliver, September
Stone Soup, September
Lend Me A Tenor, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
1995
Talley’s Folley, January
Perfect Crime, March
Love Letters, April
Side Door, CMR
Snow White, April
Jesus Christ Superstar, May
The Nerd, July
The Boy Friend, September
Something’s Afoot, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast* Decwmber
Side Door, CMR
1996
Bedroom Farce, January
Tartuffe, March
Wiley and the Hairy Man, April
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, May
Beehive, July
Crazy For You, September
The Elves & the Shoemaker, October
Laughter on the 23rd Floor, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
1997
Ring Round Moon, January
Crimes of the Heart, March
Chess, May
Last Days At The Dixie Girl Cafe, July
Irene, September
The Emperor’s New Clothes, October
Moon Over Buffalo, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
1998
Murder Among Friends, January
I Hate Hamlet, March
Company, May
Karaoke At The Casa De Chin * July
Beehive, September
Inspecting Carol, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
1999
Brigadoon, January
Catch Me If You Can, March
Damn Yankees, May
The Fantasticks, July
School House Rock, August
The Mystery of Irma Vep, September
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
2000
Sleuth, January
Noises Off, March
Sugar, May
Firebird * May
Rock Star * July
National Bandstand (Guest) August
The Grass Harp, September
Annie, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
Breakfast with Santa* (tour) December
2001
After The Fact & Porch, January
Arsenic and Old Lace, March
Sweeney Todd, May
Ernest In Love, July
School House Rock, August
A Little Night Music, September
Footlight Frenzy, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
Breakfast with Santa* (tour) December
Meier & Frank
2002
Fiddler On The Roof, January
Ah Wilderness! March
Carousel, May
Quilters, July
Godspell, September
Blithe Spirit, November
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast* December
Side Door, CMR
Breakfast with Santa* (tour) December
Meier & Frank
2003
Anything Goes, January
Woman In Black, March
Lilac Samba* April
1st playwriting Competiton staging
Carnival, May
The Spitfire Grill, July at Lewis & Clark College Theatre (during Headlee Mainstage construction) Oregon Ghosts* August at Lewis& Clark College
Hansel & Gretel* (children’s show)
Side Door, CMR
What If* (Children’s show)
Side Door, CMR
A Company of Wayward Saints
Side Door, CMR
Parents*
Side Door, CMR
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1st show on Headlee Mainstage at Lakewood Center Holiday Magic Breakfast*
Side Door, CMR Breakfast with Santa* (tour)
Meier & Frank
2004
Once In A Lifetime, January
Make Mine Mocha* February
Side Door, CMR
Accomplice, March
Murder At Brackenfern* May
Playwritng Competition winner
My Fair Lady, May
Good News, July
Saved By the Farce Too!* (children’s show) August
Man of La Mancha, September
Oh, Sin!* October
Side Door, CMR
Vitriol & Violets* November
Breakfast with Santa* (tour) November
Meier & Frank
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
Holiday Magic Breakfast Theatre* December
Side Door, CMR
2005
Amadeus, January
Composers In Skirts* January
Side Door, CMR
Da, March
Italian American Reconciliation March Side Door, CMR
The Final Leg* May Playwritng Competition winner
The Most Happy Fellow, May
Bye Bye Birdie, July
Cindy* (children’s show) August
The Music Man, September
Broadway Bound, November
Breakfast with Santa* (tour) November
Holiday Magic Breakfast Theatre* December
Side Door, CMR
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
2006
The Lion in the Winter, January
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, March
Write Myself A Letter* April
Side Door, CMR
Poor Mickey Spencer’s Daughter’s Ordeal* May
Playwritng Competition winner
Hello Dolly! May
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, July
Ragtime, the Musical, September
A Tuna Christmas, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast Theatre* December
Side Door, CMR
2007
Where’s Charley? January
Arcadia, March
Oklahoma! May
Noises Off, July
Thoroughly Modern Millie, September
The Dinner Party, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast* November
Side Door, CMR
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
2008
Curate Shakespeare As You Like It, January
The Full Monty, March
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, May
The Three Musketeers, July
Prometheus the Musical* September
You Can’t Take It With You, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast* November Side Door, CMR
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
2009
Bell, Book and Candle, January
A Flea In Her Ear, March
Into The Woods, May
The Producers, July
Oliver! September
The Man Who Came to Dinner, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast * December
Side Door, CMR
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
2010
Spider’s Web, January
Lettace and Lovage, March
Curtains, May
Gypsy, July
Sweet Charity, September
The Baker’s Wife, October
Lost Treasures Collection,
Side Door, CMR
The Foreigner, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast, December
Side Door, CMR
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
2011
Cyrano January Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
The Hollow, January
Oh, Coward! February
Side Door, CMR
Lend Me A Tenor, March
Greenwillow, April
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
The Secret Garden, May
Boeing-Boeing, July
Annie Get Your Gun, September
Mack and Mabel, October
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
White Christmas, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast Theatre, December Side Door, CMR
2012
Minnie’s Boys, January
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
Deadly Murder, January
On Golden Pond, March
Goldilocks, April
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
City of Angels, May
See How They Run, July
South Pacific, September
Mr. President, October
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
“ART”, November
Holiday Magic – Peppermint Bear Show, December
Side Door, CMR
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, December
Added holiday show – Mainstage Fiorello!
January Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
2013
Grand Hotel, January
Rumors, March
Call Me Madam, April
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
La Cage aux Folles, May
Greater Tuna, July
Spamalot, September
High Spirits, October
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
Inspecting Carol, November
Holiday Magic – Peppermint Bear Show, December
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, December
Added holiday show – Mainstage
2014
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, January
One Touch of Venus, February
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
Crimes of the Heart, March
Dear World, April
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
Show Boat, May
The 39 Steps, July
Young Frankenstein, September
It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superman, October
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
She Loves Me, November
Holiday Magic Show: Peppermint Bear
2015
Seven Wonders of Ballyknock* January
What Makes Sammy Run, February
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
Three Men On a Horse, March
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, April
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
Mame, May
Unnecessary Farce, July
Anything Goes, September
Do I Hear A Waltz? October
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
Frogtown Live, October
Guest children’s show
Present Laughter, November
Holiday Magic show: Peppermint Bear
2016
Golden Boy, January
Jamaica February Lost Treasures Collection,
Side Door, CMR
Bullshot Crummond: The Evil Eye of Jabar and The Invisible Bride of Death* March
Sail Away, April
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
Man of La Mancha, April
1776, September
Tenderloin, October
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
One Man, Two Guvnors, November
Holiday Magic show: Peppermint Bear, December
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
2017
Murder On The Nile, January
Seesaw, February
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
God of Carnage, March
How Now Dow Jones, April
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door, CMR
Godspell, April
Visit to a Small Planet, July
Cabaret, September
Two By Two, October
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door
To Kill A Mockingbird, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast: The Peppermint Bear, December
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
2018
Parnassus on Wheels* January
Pipe Dream, February
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door
El Grande de Coca-Cola* March
No Strings April Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door
Sister Act, April
Chess, July
Pippin, September
Bootlegger’s Son* September
Original guest production showcase
Frogtown Live, October
Guest children’s show
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, October
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door
Inherit the Wind, November
Holiday Magic Breakfast: The Peppermint Bear, December
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
2019
Dial M for Murder, January
Promises, Promises, February
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door
Taking Steps, March
Wildcat, April
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door
Singin’ In the Rain, April
Matilda, July
The Rocky Horror Show, September
The High Life October Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door
Shakespeare in Love, November
Frogtown Live November guest children’s show
Holiday Magic Breakfast: The Peppermint Bear, December
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, December
2020
Wait Until Dark, January
The Apple Tree, February Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door
The Old Couple, March
I Can Get It For You Wholesale, April
Lost Treasures Collection, Side Door
Funny Girl, May