THEATRE LAWRENCE

Can rivaling sisters Baneatta and Beverly bury their father without killing each other? Family secrets are revealed, relationships exposed, and the tea is spilled in ...

 Inspired by the painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by George Seurat, this Stephen Sondheim masterpiece celebrates and explores the ...

Comedy/Drama. Sometimes fences make for the best neighbors. In this hilarious and thought-provoking play, young couple Pablo and Tania are living the American dream when ...

Come with us and step into a world of pure imagination this holiday season! The mysterious Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his factory ...

A brilliantly innovative, genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing rock musical sensation headlined by genderqueer and jilted rocker Hedwig as they recount their journey from East Germany to Kansas ...

It’s alive! Throw the switch and prepare for monstrous laughs in this high-energy adaptation of the Mel Brooks comedy classic. When the grandson of infamous ...

A musical theatre tradition! This is a tale of Tevye and his family in a changing Russia. The plight of traditional values in the face ...

A comedy by Paul Rudnick       A young and successful television actor relocates to New York where he is offered the opportunity to play ...

An announcement in the local paper states the time and place of an imminent murder.  When an unknown visitor to Miss Blacklock’s Victorian home dies ...

A dramatic comedy by Sarah Ruhl An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. ...

Based on the Warner Brothers movie and the book by Jean Shepherd    The perennial Christmas favorite! Set in the 1940’s, the musical follows 9-year-old Ralphie ...

Back by popular demand!  A sweet transvestite and his motley crew continue to do the time warp.  Complete with sass from the audience, this deliberately ...

Adapted by Regina Taylor from a book of the same name A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an ...

Lawrence Opera Theatre is thrilled to share its fourteenth season with the Lawrence community! Opera is fundamentally a genre of emotional storytelling. It speaks to the ...

Lawrence Opera Theatre is thrilled to share its fourteenth season with the Lawrence community! Opera is fundamentally a genre of emotional storytelling. It speaks to the ...

Lawrence Opera Theatre is thrilled to share its fourteenth season with the Lawrence community! Opera is fundamentally a genre of emotional storytelling. It speaks to the ...

Two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway. Welcome to the Renaissance and ...

A Mystery by Agatha Christie | Adapted by Ken Ludwig Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express. By morning the luxurious train is ...

A fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent, but sinking magazine, is assigned to check a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy—an essay ...

The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Studded with memorable music like ...

Book, Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott Based on the Latent Image/Specific Films Motion PictureThis heartwarming, uplifting adventure in drag takes three friends to the Australian ...

Book by Michael Stewart | Music and Lyrics by Jerry HermanThis blockbuster Broadway hit bursts with humor, romance, and some of the greatest songs in ...

based on the bestselling novelby Paula Hawkins and DreamWorks filmadapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan AbelIn a heart thumping thriller, truth becomes slippery and trust ...

A Mystery by Agatha ChristieThe classic! Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island, all with wicked pasts they are unwilling to reveal and secrets ...

Who owns your life story? An established author nurtures talent and friendship in a student until the students own writing publishes details about the authors ...

Songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin |Book by Thomas Meehan and Bob MartinBased on the cherished film, this beloved holiday comedy tells the hilarious ...

A Global Event Celebrating Local TheatreJoin Theatre Lawrence as we gather with theatres from around the area and around the world for one weekend to ...

A John Brown Experience! Celebrate our communitys history with beautiful music and a reminder of the local events that led up to the Civil War....

A John Brown Experience! Celebrate our communitys history with beautiful music and a reminder of the local events that led up to the Civil War....

Gates open at 8:00pmPerformances start at 8:30pmLeaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who remembers the family summer road trips! As grown-up Don searches for ...

Join Deja Brooks under the stars for an Extra Fabulous Outdoor Drag Show featuring Mulan, Luna Flare, Drag by Q and the Whore of 84, ...

Pop the champagne and sip some bubbly as Theatre Lawrence kicks off its Summer Series on the outdoor stage, under the stars with "Some Enchanted ...

On a cold winter night in the mythical town of Almost, Maine, residents find themselves falling in and out of love in strange and unexpected ...

The subject of this riveting and unusual drama is the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in the 1950s, in which figures from the world ...

Join us for an evening of live music on the outdoor stage for some hot jazz and cool tunes featuring the Patty Ahern Trio, comprised ...

Charade (1963) - run time 115 minAudrey Hepburn and Cary Grant sparkle in this film, which has been called by some, 'the best Hitchcock film ...

Enjoy the thrilling adventures of a Band of Pirates who find themselves up the Kaw looking for treasure. Expect a kidnapping, mayhem, a plank, romance, ...

Carnival of Souls (1962) - run time 84 minutesJoin us on the Summer So(u)lstice and celebrate Father's Day with a nostalgic return to the drive-in ...

Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) run time 86 minutesWith Live On-Stage Comedic Commentary featuring Local Comedians:Ric Averill, Will Averill, Larry Keezer, and Kitty SteffensA young ...

In the early 1900s, women working at the Harvard Observatory werent allowed to touch a telescope, and projects were calculated in girl hours. This beautiful ...