2024 Season
Show Dates:
February 23, 24, 25
March 1, 2, 3
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Location:
Lancaster Masonic Temple
224 S. High St.
Get ready to laugh until your face hurts—Forbidden Broadway is coming to Lancaster! In this legendary, iconic, and comic Off-Broadway hit musical revue, Broadway’s greatest musical legends meet Broadway’s greatest satirist in this hilarious, loving, and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of the theatre’s greatest stars and songwriters. The show parodies Broadway Musicals including Annie, Chicago, Phantom, Fiddler, Spamalot, Mamma Mia, and many others, with wit, charm, and hysterical lyrics. Where else does Ethel Merman meet the Phantom of the Opera and tell him he can't sing? (And that she doesn't need a microphone?)
Live accompaniment on the Temple's grand piano by one of the area's finest theatrical accompanists!
Show Dates:
May 3, 4, 5
10, 11, 12
Location:
Lancaster Masonic Temple
224 S. High St.
This dynamic musical adaptation of Rick Riordan's bestselling book opened on Broadway in 2019. When teenager Percy Jackson discovers he's a demigod, he and his friends embark on an epic journey to find Zeus' missing lightning bolt and prevent a war among the gods.
The show will have two casts (Cast A & Cast B) featuring some 54 local students!
A Penguin Project production!
Show Dates:
August 8, 9, 10, 11
Location:
Thomas Ewing Jr. High School
2024 Sheridan Dr.
Ugly looks quite a bit different from his darling duckling brothers and sisters. The other animals on the farm are quick to notice and point this out, despite his mother's protective flapping. Feeling rather foul about himself, the little fowl finds himself on an adventure of self-discovery, all the while unknowingly outwitting a very hungry Cat. Along the way, Ugly meets a whole flock of unique characters and finds out being different is not a bad thing to be.
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Once a year, a magical and touching celebration of the human spirit unfolds at numerous theaters across the country. A group of children in a program called The Penguin Project take to the stage to perform a modified version of a well-known Broadway musical. These productions are unique, however, because all the roles are filled by young artists with developmental disabilities including Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and other neurological disorders. They are joined on stage by a dedicated group of “peer mentors” – children the same age without disabilities who have volunteered to work side-by-side with them through 4 months of rehearsals and through the final performance. By providing access to community theater, The Penguin Project demonstrates that the special challenges of a disability should not handicap a child’s ability to participate in life’s experiences.
Friday 15 November 7pm
Saturday 16 November 2pm & 7pm
Sunday 17 November 4pm
Lancaster Masonic Temple
224 S. High St.
Playwright Kandace Cleland has channeled her passion for the original Star Trek television series by Gene Rodenberry to create a joyful, holiday space adventure for the entire family. “Growing up as a Star Trek kid, my mind reeled with the possibilities of a galactic future. Every week I boldly joined the Enterprise crew as they ‘sought out new life and new civilizations where no one had gone before.’ This holiday, I’m continuing that journey and taking my community theatre friends with me. We are having a blast!”
The story… StarFleet has assigned Captain Kirk and crew to holiday surveillance duty of the class M mining planet, Borz 5 in remote Sector 11- Santa’s sole supply of coalamite in the galaxy. All is calm, all is bright as the StarShip Enterprise maintains standard orbit until the Klingons show up with a scheme to get their names off the naughty list and destroy the coalamite supply.
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Will the Klingons stop Santa’s magical ride? Can Kirk, Spock, McCoy and crew save Christmas? Come to the Lancaster Masonic Temple, 224 S. High St in downtown Lancaster, Ohio and be part of the journey where no community theatre has gone before.
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Star Trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by CBS Studios Inc. This fan parody production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with CBS, Paramount Pictures, or any other Star Trek franchise, and is a non-commercial fan-made holiday show intended for recreational use. No alleged independent rights will be asserted against CBS or Paramount Pictures. Rise Up Arts Alliance is a 501c3 nonprofit, and all tickets are considered a donation.
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Rise Up Arts Alliance presents, “Once Upon a Murder in Fairyfieldland," a Mystery Dinner Theatre written by G. Howard Scott.
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While Director Merwin S. Carecrow welcomes everyone and shows off the new facility features - and admonishes his staff for being late, The Banshee enters shrieking the terrible news that the Fairy Godmother has been murdered and her magic wand missing!
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It becomes apparent that whoever killed the fairy Godmother must have taken the wand but who could be the killer? Could it be Prince Al or Princess Pegitha currently in couples counseling along with Prince Charming and Sinderella?
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Could it be Merwin’s court appointed community service staff members Maleficent, who is tired of having to look after a drunken Narcoleptic Beauty or The Big Bad Wolf whom Merwin treats like a dog?
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Perhaps it is Merwin himself wanting to consolidate his power?
Listen for clues as our story unfolds and even be a part of the fun as a guest star interacting with the cast in a scripted cameo!
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​Make Lancaster Masonic Temple your destination for a grand Dinner Theatre event on May 18th for a tale you will remember happily ever after!