2022/23 Mainstage Season – 70th Season

• We are now conducting sales for the  2022-23 season through a subscription series for CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS. Current Subscribers get the first opportunity to renew their seats. They have received notification by email and regular mail.
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All shows, dates, and seating are subject to change

The Kiss

July 15 – Aug. 21, 2022 an original musical
Story conceived and original script by: Will Vinton
Music and Lyrics by: David Pomeranz
Book by: Will Vinton, Jesse Vinton, Greg Tamblyn
Directed by: Greg Tamblyn a Will Vinton fairytale about love… and a frog
An outrageously original fun musical comedy for theatre audiences of all ages. Based loosely on the legendary “The Frog Prince” story originally penned by the Brothers Grimm. Title Sponsors: C.J. & Peter Glazer
Directorial Sponsor: Drs. Bill & Ricky Korach
Added Sponsors: The Duffy Family

Blithe Spirit

Sept. 9 – Oct. 16, 2022By: Noel Coward
Directed by: David Sikking

Socialite novelist Charles Condomine invites the eccentric medium, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira.Title Sponsors: Bill & Barbara Warner
Directorial Sponsor: Bonnie Conger
Guest Artist Sponsor: Lakewood Center Associates

Elf, The Musical

Nov. 4 – Dec. 18, 2022Book By: Thomas Meehan & Bob Martin
Music By: Matthew Sklar
Lyrics By: Chad Beguelin
Directed by: Tom Graff

Based on the film by David Berenbaum, this hilarious fish-out-of-water musical follows Buddy the Elf in his search for his father. Faced with the harsh reality that his dad is on the naughty list, Buddy wins over his birth family and helps New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.Title Sponsor: Marilyn & Ron Nutting
Directorial Sponsor: Samantha Richardson

The Ghost of David Belasco

Jan. 6 – Feb. 12, 2023 an Original Comedy by C.S. Whitcomb
Directed by: Stephanie Mulligan

In a haunted theatre in 1927, a group of interesting characters hire a famous medium to contact the long-dead theatre impresario David Belasco. Things go hilariously astray, including freak lightning storms, murder, and mayhem.  Will this historic theatre be exorcised?  Will the actual audience escape with their lives?Title Sponsor: Andy & Nancy Bryant
Directorial Sponsor: Bonnie Conger

Doubt, a Parable

Mar. 3 – Apr. 8, 2023By: John Patrick Shanley
Directed by: Tony Sonera

Based upon a few circumstantial details and a lot of intuition, a stern nun believes that one of the priests at her Church and school has been inappropriate with a 12-year-old boy named Donald Muller, the school’s only African American student. Is truth what we believe or what we choose to believe?Title Sponsors: Sen. Bob Packwood & Elaine Franklin
Directorial Sponsor: The Duffy Family
Guest Artist Sponsor: Lakewood Center Associates

Something Rotten

April 28 – Jun. 11, 2023Book By: Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell
Music & Lyrics By: Wayne & Karey Kirkpatrick
Directed by: Alan Shearman

This shamelessly silly parody of Broadway musicals is a spoof of all things Shakespeare. Set in 1595, it follows the Bottom brothers, Nick, and Nigel, who struggle to find success in the theatre as they compete with their contemporary William Shakespeare.

Title Sponsor: Don & Jessie Adams

Side Door Stage

Lost Treasures Collection – Curated by Dennis Corwin A series of obscure and rarely performed musicals presented in concert/cabaret version for one weekend only on our Side Door stage. No sets, no props – none of the usual trappings of a fully staged production. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:00 PM and a Saturday matinee at 2:00 PM.
Series Sponsor: Fritz Camp

Roar of the Greasepaint, Smell of the Crowd

Oct. 21 & 22, 2022

Book, Music & Lyrics By: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

Sir has everything, and Cocky has nothing. Two clowns fiercely compete in a “Game of Life.” The rag-tag players rely on humor, song, and dance to try to build a new life. But can show tunes and music hall merriment revive the human spirit?

The Happy Time

Feb. 17 & 18, 2023Music By: John Kander
Lyrics By: Fred Ebb
Book By: N. Richard Nash
Based on the Broadway play, The Happy Time by Samuel A. Taylor

A world-traveling prize-winning photographer returns to his 1920s French-Canadian village, after five years away, seeking the happy time of his childhood.

Celebration

April. 14 -15, 2023Book & Lyrics By: Tom Jones
Music By: Harvey Schmidt
Directed By: Dennis Corwin

A young orphan stumbles into the home of the richest man in the world, whose bizarre entourage includes a beautiful fallen Angel. With the orphan’s help, the jaded Mr. Rich regains his humanity, only to find himself locked in a ritualistic battle with the youth for Angel’s love.