Tag Archives: Middletown Lyric Theatre

NIXON’S NIXON
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
March 15-17
Middletown

It is the night before President Nixon is to announce his resignation, and he has summoned Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to the Lincoln Sitting Room. Kissinger arrives, expecting to find his President preparing to resign but Nixon leads his Secretary of State on a journey through the high moments of his administration and Nixon’s past. The journey borders on the surreal as Nixon pressures Kissinger into reenacting crucial scenes. Meanwhile, Kissinger is subtly working to convince Nixon to step down so that he can pursue his geopolitical goals—and his own quest for historical glory—unencumbered by a weakened President. Contains Nixon’s “authentic” adult language.

Directed by Janet Powell

Cast: Les Landen as Henry Kissinger & Michael Schlotterbeck as Richard Nixon

• Thu, March 15 at 7:30pm
• Fri-Sat, March 16-17 at 8pm

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Local media coveage: Middletown Journal article |

GEE’S BEND
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Feb. 16-18
Middletown

Gee’s Bend is the story of the Pettway women, quilters from the isolated community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Beginning in 1939, the play follows Alice, her daughters Sadie and Nella, and Sadie’s husband, Macon, through segregation, family strife, and the Civil Rights movement. Throughout their lives, the women’s extraordinary quilts provide a respite from the turmoil around them. In the last act of the play, it is the year 2000; the quilts have been “discovered” as folk art and have become very valuable. Sadie is pleased with the recognition, but she returns to Gee’s Bend and continues to quilt. Wilder’s play explores the resilience of the human spirit, especially as it is expressed in art.

Directed by Charley Shafor

Cast: Audrea Johnson, Daj’sha Snow, Jada Woods, Brandy Chatman, Myka Lipscomb, Patrick Hill Jr., Melani Harris, Angela Watson, Lydia Ware & William ‘Kip’ Moore

• Thu, Feb. 16 at 7:30pm
• Fri-Sat, Feb. 17-18 at 8pm

KEELY & DU
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Jan. 19-21
Middletown

Du, a right to life activist, and Keely, a pregnant rape victim she is confining, transcend their circumstances and the ideological issues that separate them. Keely and Du is a mind probing issue play with a gripping human face. Who is accountable? What is the extent of individual freedom? What are a rape victim’s rights? What are a Christian’s realities of procreation? Their passionate stories exist on the extreme edge of everyday reality.

Directed by Brent Myer

Cast: Bett Kooris, Michael Schlotterbeck, Kaleigh-Brooke Dillingham and Myka Lipscomb

• Thu, Jan. 19 at 7:30pm
• Fri-Sat, Jan. 20-21 at 8pm

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Local media coverage: Journal News article |