Summer Season ready to go at Lincoln Community Theatre

[May 30, 2018] 

LINCOLN 

The Summer Season 2018 is finally here for Lincoln Community Theatre and three different events will keep the children and adults of Logan County laughing, singing along and tapping their toes.

The first production of the summer is George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s comedy “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” directed by Phil Funkenbusch, will run one weekend only June 21-24. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances will be at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday closing matinee will begin at 2 p.m. Performances will be at the Johnston Center for the Performing Arts at the Lincoln College campus. Tickets range in price from $5-15 and are on sale at the LCT website at www.lincoln communitytheatre.org.

The Youth Theatre Workshop will be held for students entering grades 2nd through 9th in fall 2018 at St. John United Church of Christ from June 25-29. The morning session of grades 2-4 has a waitlist and only a few spot of the 5-9th grades remain. If interested, please register quickly.

Those participants will attend camp Monday through Friday and then perform at Friday evening, June 29, at 6:30 p.m at St. John United Church of Christ. Additionally, they will perform at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. June 30th at the ALMH Market Day held at the Logan County Fairgrounds.

Board members from LCT will be at the ALMH Market Day on June 9 to sell advance tickets to both summer shows. If any spots are available for the Youth Theatre Workshop, they can take in person registrations for those as well.

Working, A Musical, based on the book by Studs Terkel, will be directed by Dan “Mac” McLaughlin and will run two weekends at the end of July. Friday and Saturday, July 20-21 and July 27-28 will see performances at 7:30 p.m. and matinees on July 22 and 29 will be at 2 p.m. Performers will sing selected songs from the musical at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on July 21st at the ALMH Market Day, and tickets will be for sale in person as well.

Tickets and information on all of the summer events are available on the LCT website -  www.lincolncommunity theatre.org

[Jennifer Keith]