Lamp-Lite Theatre | Nacogdoches, Texas
Celebrating Over 50 Years of Bringing Live Theater to East Texas!
UPCOMING PERFORMANCE
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
The antics of the Herdmans, six of "the worst kids in the history of the world," who decide to attend Sunday School for free snacks and end up volunteering to star in the church's annual Christmas pageant, disrupting the entire process.
As they learn about the Christmas story for the first time, their questions and reactions end up teaching everyone the true meaning of Christmas.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever will be directed by Pat Harris & Tim Hogle. Auditions were held on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 5:30p-6:30pm and Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, at 10am-1pm at Lamp-Lite Theatre.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
December 15 & 16 at 7:30pm | December 17, 2023 at 2:00pm
AUDIENCE DRESS REHEARSAL: There will be NO audience dress rehearsal
ONE WEEKEND ONLY
ON THE HORIZON
In the Wings
2023-24 Season
2023-24 Season
In The Glass Menagerie, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tennessee Williams explores the themes of regret, lost youth, and emotional sensitivity through the memories of the character Tom Wingfield.
In this dream-like play, Tom remembers his conflicted desires regarding the course of his life, his desperate need to escape his demanding mo
In The Glass Menagerie, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tennessee Williams explores the themes of regret, lost youth, and emotional sensitivity through the memories of the character Tom Wingfield.
In this dream-like play, Tom remembers his conflicted desires regarding the course of his life, his desperate need to escape his demanding mother, and a transformative evening involving his sensitive sister and a friend from his workplace.
The Glass Menagerie will be directed by Melissa McMillian-Cunningham.
Auditions will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9 and Sunday, Dec. 10 at 1-4pm at Lamp-Lite Theatre.
2023-24 Season
2023-24 Season
2023-24 Season
The Lamp-Lite Players are proud to announce the schedule for Lamp-Lite Theater's 2023-24 Season — A Historic Season.
- Annual Gala
- Yes, We Deliver
- Smoke on the Mountain
- Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- The Glass Menagerie
- The Play That Goes Wrong
- Hiding Addison
- Summer Musical — TBA
Season Tickets for the 2023–24 Lamp-Lite season are available for sale
The Lamp-Lite Players are proud to announce the schedule for Lamp-Lite Theater's 2023-24 Season — A Historic Season.
- Annual Gala
- Yes, We Deliver
- Smoke on the Mountain
- Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- The Glass Menagerie
- The Play That Goes Wrong
- Hiding Addison
- Summer Musical — TBA
Season Tickets for the 2023–24 Lamp-Lite season are available for sale at our two ticket outlets (Klines Wrap-It-Up & the Nacogdoches Visitor's Center).
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Announcements
2023-24 Season
Announcements
Auditions for The Glass Menagerie
Auditions for the upcoming play, The Glass Menagerie, will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9 and Sunday, Dec. 10 at 1-4pm at Lamp-Lite Theatre.
Directing the play will be Melissa McMillian-Cunningham.
Performances will be the weekends of February 16 & 23, 2024.
If you have any questions, please email us at lamplitetheatre@gmail.com.
2023-24 Season
Yes, We Deliver
Yes, We Deliver, an original screenplay written by Lamp-Lite's own Ken Untiedt, will lead off the 2023-24 "Historic Season" of Lamp-Lite Theatre.
Jack Stephens (played by Riley Nichols) is a young man determined not to follow in his father's footsteps as a high-powered attorney. Instead, Jack takes a job in a pizza restaurant, where he has some rather quirky co-workers.
Each scene contains a new surprise as he meets some of the restaurant's most interesting customers while he visits their homes—and eventually discovers his true calling.
Reprising their roles from the 2018 production are Kasey Jobe, Lisa Reid, Joe Ballenger and Rick Jones, wile Lisa Norman and Scott Parrish take on new roles. New Lamp-Lite Players featured in leading roles include Riley Nichols and Kelsie Johnson.
Behind the scenes, making it all come together, are Ken Untiedt, Director; and LaChanda Maxie, Assistant Director.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
September 15 & 16 at 7:30pm | September 17, 2023 at 2:00pm
September 22 & 23 at 7:30pm | September 24 at 2:00pm
AUDIENCE DRESS REHEARSAL: Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 7:30pm
Smoke on the Mountain
Book by Connie Ray, conceived by Alan Bailey, musical arrangements by Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick. Smoke on the Mountain is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
Join the Sanders Family, played by Michael Dean, Carrie Swann, Kevin Helmer, Stephanie Oldmixon, Nikolaas VanKley and Linda Licht as they lead the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church congregation, including Candyce Wagnon and Amee Johnson, in their Saturday Night Sing. Pastor Oglethorpe, played by Mark Strange, hilariously attempts to keep up with the singing AND the witnessing.
Davy Thomas and Katherine Whitbeck direct this tribute to the small churches in the Smoky Mountains during the 1930s.
Auditions will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 2-4pm, and on Sept. 16 at 2-4pm, at Lamp-Lite Theatre.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Because our musical performances all always heavily attended, all tickets will be RESERVED for the night/day of the performance, but seating during the performance will be GENERAL open seating.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
November 3 & 4 at 7:30pm | November 5, 2023 at 2:00pm
November 10 & 11 at 7:30pm | November 12, 2023 at 2:00pm
AUDIENCE DRESS REHEARSAL: Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 7:30pm
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
The antics of the Herdmans, six of "the worst kids in the history of the world," who decide to attend Sunday School for free snacks and end up volunteering to star in the church's annual Christmas pageant, disrupting the entire process.
As they learn about the Christmas story for the first time, their questions and reactions end up teaching everyone the true meaning of Christmas.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever will be directed by Pat Harris & Tim Hogle.
Auditions will be held on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 5:30p-6:30pm and Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, at 10am-1pm at Lamp-Lite Theatre.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
December 15 & 16 at 7:30pm | December 17, 2023 at 2:00pm
AUDIENCE DRESS REHEARSAL: There will be NO audience dress rehearsal
ONE WEEKEND ONLY
The Glass Menagerie
In The Glass Menagerie, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tennessee Williams explores the themes of regret, lost youth, and emotional sensitivity through the memories of the character Tom Wingfield.
In this dream-like play, Tom remembers his conflicted desires regarding the course of his life, his desperate need to escape his demanding mother, and a transformative evening involving his sensitive sister and a friend from his workplace.
Using highly-charged poetic language, this masterwork of literature is filled with tenderness and trauma, love and regret, fragility and strength - all combining to create a beautifully haunting play which mirrors the human experience..
The Glass Menagerie will be directed by Melissa McMillian-Cunningham.
Auditions will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, and Sunday, Dec. 10 at 1-4pm at Lamp-Lite Theatre.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
February 16 & 17 at 7:30pm | February 18, 2024 at 2:00pm
February 23 & 24 at 7:30pm | February 25, 2024 at 2:00pm
AUDIENCE DRESS REHEARSAL: Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 6:00pm
The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong, written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields, is presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service under license from Mischief Worldwide Ltd.
After benefiting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embarks on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery.
Hilarious disaster ensues and the cast members start to crack under the pressure. Can they get the production back on track before the final curtain falls?
The Play That Goes Wrong will be directed by Pat Harris.
Auditions will be held at on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 at 5pm and Saturday, Jan. 27 at 10am at Lamp-Lite Theatre.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
April 5 & 6 at 7:30pm | April 7, 2024 at 2:00pm
April 12 & 13 at 7:30pm | April 14, 2024 at 2:00pm
AUDIENCE DRESS REHEARSAL: Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 7:30pm
Hiding Addison
Hiding Addison, an original screenplay written by Lamp-Light's own Pat Harris, will cap off the 2023-24 "Historic Season" of Lamp-Lite Theatre.
When a new resident moves in, a group of senior citizens in a retirement home unintentionally becomes involved with taking care of the great-grandchild temporarily left in her care until the father can return for the infant.
Coping with the limitations of old age, adjusting their lifestyle to accommodate a baby for two weeks, and hiding their activities from staff and other residents leads to one purpose. They must hide Baby Addison.
Hiding Addison will be directed by Pat Harris.
Auditions will be held at on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 at 5pm and Saturday, Jan. 27 at 10am at Lamp-Lite Theatre.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
May 17 at 7:30pm | May 18 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm | May 19, 2024 at 2pm
AUDIENCE DRESS REHEARSAL: Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 7:30pm
ONE WEEKEND ONLY
Summer Musical
The 2024 Children's Summer Musical for Lamp-Lite Theatre will be held on the last weekend of June 2024 and the first weekend in July 2024. The actual musical to be performed will probably not be determined until sometime in the Spring of 2024.
A Children's Musical Workshop will also be held sometime in late May or early June. The exact dates for the workshop will be announced at a later time.
The upcoming Summer Musical will be directed by Nita Hudson & Charisse Gregory.
More information (as it becomes available) may be found at www.lamplitetheatre.com, on the Lamp-Lite Theatre Facebook Page, or by emailing lamplitetheatre@gmail.com.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
June 28 & 29 at 7:30pm | Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 2:00pm
July 5 & 6, 2024 at 7:30pm | Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 2:00pm
AUDIENCE DRESS REHEARSAL: Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 7:30pm