The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company celebrates its 35th year.
From June 17 – July 25, it’s “Mr. Lincoln,” selected to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the President’s assassination. While the Lincolns were watching a comedy, John Wilkes Booth approached. In Herbert Mitgang’s play, the President’s life flashes before him as Booth fires his pistol. Tom Byrn portrays Lincoln under the direction of ELTC’s Gayle Stahlhuth.
“Huckleberry Finn,” a world premiere based on Mark Twain’s classic, adapted by James Rana, is from July 29 – September 5. Huck, running away from his father, meets Jim, a runaway slave, and their adventure on the Mississippi River begins. Rana adapted the well-reviewed “Zorro!” for ELTC last season.
“Strictly Dishonorable,” a 1929 Broadway comedy hit by Preston Sturges, is in the fall. The lives of a young couple are changed forever when they enter a Manhattan speakeasy.
In November, it’s “Detectives Holmes and Carter,” ELTC’s radio-style production, with two new mysteries: “The Adventure of the Red-Headed League” and “The Voice of Crime.
For the holidays, it’s “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,” based on L. Frank Baum’s novel, adapted and performed by Gayle Stahlhuth.
Special events include a student production of “Tom Sawyer Detective” (admission-free) on July 7; a Silent Film Series and “Tales of the Victorians.”
Location: The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes Street. Tickets $30-$15; ages 12 and under free. Season tickets: $80. Information: eastlynnetheater.org, eastlynneco@aol.com, or call 609-884-5898.
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