Spring 2013

Spring Quarter

Cloud 9 ~ time shifting British African comedy by Caryl Churchill. Both parody and spoof of the 1880s Victorian Empire and its rigid attitudes towards sex. The play shifts twenty-five years later to London in 1980 where all the characters' repressed sexual longings have evaporated along with the British Empire.
Meet the Cast & Crew: Performance Program
News story: Theater Review: LCC's 'Cloud 9' explores gender, sexual roles, The Daily News, May 22, 2013

Winter 2013

An Evening with Tennessee Williams ~ Three One-Act Plays
The Long Goodbye
A young man moves out of the family house filled with memories of his family.
The Purification
A woman has died and the people who knew her gather to judge the man who killed her. But did he kill her, or just an image?
Something Unspoken
Explores the relationship between a southern aristocratic woman and her private secretary.
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program

Fall 2012

A Flea in Her Ear ~ funniest bedroom farce ever by Georges Feydeau.A woman suspects her husband of infidelity and she and her best friend concoct a perfumed letter to trap him at the Hotel Pussycat. In true Feydeau fashion the plan misfires; the plot is complicated by confused identities, revolving beds and a great many slamming doors.
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program
News story: LCC lifts curtain on bedroom farce 'A Flea in Her Ear', The Daily News, October 31, 2012

Summer 2012

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbhart
Music & lyrics by Steven Sondheim
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program
News story: Lower Columbia College to put on second summer
musical next week, The Daily News, August 16, 2012

Spring 2012

Other People's Money by Jerry Sterner
Wall Street = Greed; Funny, serious, suspenseful, involving, disturbing...it concerns the intended hostile takeover of a deserving but obsolescent Rhode Island family business...honorable and not unprofitable run, that provides jobs for an entire small town's population.
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program
News story: Play Review: 'Other People's Money', The Daily News, May 18, 2012

Winter 2012

The Dining Room ~ by A. R. Gurney
Comedy Treats! A lighthearted and warm look at a way of life that is no longer with us.
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program
News story: Theatre Review: 'The Dining Room', The Daily News, February 22, 2012

Fall 2011

The Unexpected Guest ~ murder most foul by Agatha Christie
In the midst of a love triangle, a murder occurs in a house full of people. Who would have guessed the victim had so many enemies?
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program
News Story: Review: Strong cast keeps you guessing in 'The Unexpected Guest', The Daily News, November 9, 2011

Summer 2011

Little Shop of Horrors ~ popular rock musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken that follows a flower shop employee while he raises a blood thirsty plant.
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program
New story: Singing, homicidal flora makes debut at LCC in "Little Shop of Horrors", The Daily News, August 17, 2011
Reviews:
Play Review: 'Little Shop' an inspired choice, The Daily News, August 26, 2011.
Collaboration Brings Horror(s) to Longview, Columbia River Reader, August 25, 2011
Photo album: Little Shop of Horrors 2011 Summer Musical, including audience members posing with Audrey!

Puppet Facts!
Did you know? Little Shop of Horrors featured the same Audrey II puppets used in the Broadway production! They were designed, built and performed by Martin P. Robinson, who also creates puppets for Sesame Street. LCC rented the puppets from Music Theatre International where you can see pictures of them.

Spring 2011

The Adding Machine ~ a drama by Elmer Rice. The story of Mr. and Mrs. Zero and their coupled friends 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 experiencing technology changes. They see first hand how the face of the world in 1922 is changed with technology making humans feel obsolete.
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program
News story: Take a surreal journey through office limbo with 'The Adding Machine'
The Daily News, May 26, 2011

Winter 2011

Three Views of Love ~ three one-act plays about love through the ages. Blind Date, love in 1920s Texas by Horton Foote, Directed by Jamie Hegstad
Am I Blue, love in New Orleans 1960s by Beth Henley, Directed by Leslie Slape
Wooed and Viewed, love in Paris 1890s by Georges Feydeau, Directed by Janice Clark
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program

Fall 2010

Charley's Aunt ~ a comedy about mistaken identity, a British farce of three acts, with physical humor, absurdity and unlikely comedy of sophistication with fast-paced plots.
Meet the cast & crew: Performance Program
News story: Mary Rayon has been dressing local actors for nearly three decades
The Daily News, November 13, 2010
Review: LCC's 'Charley's Aunt' offers an evening of British Comedy
The Daily News, November 10, 2010

Spring 2010

The Three Cuckolds ~by Leon Katz, a commedia dell’arte.
News story: LCC's 'Three Cuckolds' is exhaustingly funny, The Daily News, May 26, 2010

Winter 2010

Eurydice ~ by Sarah Ruhl based upon the myth of Orpheus in the underworld. Orpheus and Eurydice are young lovers. Eurydice dies and goes to Hades, Orpheus attempts to bring her back to the world of the living. The play is seen from Eurydice's viewpoint.
News story: LCC's 'Eurydice' a new twist on a classic tale, The Daily News, February 24, 2010. Review: 'Eurydice' is an enjoyably strange, thought-provoking production, The Daily News, March 2, 2010

Fall 2009

Alice in Wonderland ~ An Acid Trip
News story: LCC's 'Alice' definitely a wild trip, The Daily News, November 19, 2009

Spring 2009

This Island Earth ~ where we’ve been and where we’re going. Written and adapted by LCC alumni Leslie Slape and Drama Instructor Don Correll, and choreographed by LCC Dance Instructor Megan Jasurda.
News story: Folk tales of the world come together in 'This Island Earth', The Daily News, May 28, 2009
This Island Earth (Play 2009), YouTube Playlist, © Leslie Slape.

Winter 2009

Much Ado About Nothing ~ Williams Shakespeare - The fortunes and misfortunes of being in love.
News story: LCC's 'Much Ado About Nothing' has hints of 1950s, The Daily News, March 5, 2009.

Fall 2008

The Laramie Project ~ the story of gay student Matthew Shephard's death, the murder investigation and trials, and the Laramie community's attitude toward gays.
News story: LCC's Center Stage opens with The Laramie Project, The Daily News, November 13, 2008