Past Shows

Production History of Lost Nation Theater: 35 Years and Counting

2016:

• The Velveteen Rabbit-Theater for Kids by Kids
• A Doo Wop Dance Party
• Hairspray
• Red
• Fracture Fables - youth theater
• Pinnochio. - youth theater
• Tomfoolery
• youth musical
• Syringa Tree
• Sylvia

2015:

• February Frolics: Jon Gailmor in concert
• February Frolics: Patrick Ross & Hot Flannel in concert
• February Frolics: Dave Keller in a solo concert
• Words Words Words!-Theater for Kids by Kids
• Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Kim Bent
• Always, Patsy Cline by Ted Swindley
• Charlotte's Web  - youth theater
• Stone by Kim Bent
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - youth theater
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle Adapted by Steven Canny
• As You Like It by William Shakespeare
• The Poe Spooktacular
• LNT Aid!
• It's A Wonderful Life-a live radio play by Joe Landry

2014:

• WinterFest: Lost Nation Theater's Vagina Monologues
• WinterFest: Margot Lasher's Intake
• WinterFest: Ellis Jackobson's Adapted from Samual Beckett
• Hick in the 'Hood or Vermont Boy in West Oakland by Michael Sommers
• Our Town by Thornton Wilder
• The Last 5 Years by Jason Robert Brown
• Durang Bang by Christopher Durang
• Blues in The Night by Sheldon Epps
• Red!-Theater for Kids by Kids
• Peter Pan Jr.-Theater for Kids by Kids
• The 39 Steps by Alfred Hitchcock
• Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
• Jazz Suite from West Side Story by Michael Arnowitt
• The Poe Spooktacular
• LNT Aid!
• It's A Wonderful Life-a live radio play by Joe Landry

2013:

• WinterFest: Montpelier Alive's MontPolar Frostival
• WinterFest: Lida Winfield's Long Gone
• WinterFest: Jennings & Ponder's The Vampire Princess
• WinterFest: Tom Murphy's Laugh Till You Die
• Romeo & Juliet-Abridged, Theater For Kids by Kids
• Annie Jr: book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, & lyrics by Martin Charnin
• Ransom: by Richard W. Robson, in collarboration with Joe Schenkman, Arpril Dodd (intern), & Etan Bowen, original music by Dorothy Robson & Jake Wildwood-Vermont historical musical (professiocal premiere)
• The Mystery of Irma Vep: by Charles Ludlam
• The Cemetery Club: by Ivan Menchell
• My Buddy Bill: by Rick Cleveland
• Robert Frost: This Verse Business: by A.M. Dolan (VT premiere)
• The Crucible: by Arthur Miller
• Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular: A Dark Carnival
• It's A Wonderful Life-a live radio play by Joe Landry

2012:

• Winterfest: Cages by Donny Osman
• Winterfest: Ann Harvey & Friends Cabaret
• Winterfest: Not Just Another Pretty Face - Janice Perry
• Winterfest: In Search of Air, by Lida Winfield
• The Rules of Comedy-theater for kids by kids – created by LNT's youth theater
• Into the Woods Jr - theater for kids by kids youth lab summer production
• Dr Seuss Fast & Loose: The Lorax- theater for kids by kids youth lab summer production
• Katherine Paterson's Lyddie original production by Kim Bent and Kathleen Keenan; music by Kathleen Keenan and Nicole Carroll
• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts
• God of Carnage by Yazmina Reza
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular
• It's A Wonderful Life- a live radio play by Joe Landry

2011:

• Winterfest: Everyone Can Danceby Big APE, Tiffany Rynhart artistic director
• Winterfest: MYethiOPIA, by David Schein
• Winterfest: Sandglass Theater's All Weather Ballads: A Love Story
• Winterfest: The Very Dickens, by Gaeen Murphrey and Neil Flint Worden
• The Very UnMerry Adventures of Robin Hood-Theater For Kids by Kids – created by LNT's youth theater
• Willy Wonka Jr - Theater For Kids by Kids youth lab summer production
• To Kill a Mockingbird based on the novel by Harper Lee
• Moonlight & Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson
• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
• Woody Guthrie's American Song Words and songs by Woody Guthrie, adapted by Peter Glazer
• Bully An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt by Jerome Alden
• Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses based on the work of Ovid
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular
• It's A Wonderful Life- a live radio play by Joe Landry

2010:

• Winterfest: Rose, by Martin Sherman
  
• Winterfest: Burlington City Art's Piecework, When We Were French, by Abby Paige
• Winterfest: Green Candle Theater's Rosalee Was Here by Maura Campbell
• Snow White-theater for kids by kids – created by LNT's youth theater
• Disney's Alice in Wonderland, jr - theater for kids by kids youth lab production
• A Song for My Father, David Budbill (premiere)
• Bad Dates
• Love Letters Made Easy
• All Night Strut
• Fully Committed
• The Complete History of America-Abridged
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular
• It's A Wonderful Life- a live radio play by Joe Landry

2009:

• Winterfest: Wordstage Vermont's Speak Low: the words & music of Kurt Weill & Lotte Lenya by Tim Tavcar
  
• Winterfest: jmproduction's In Terms of Others, by Judy Milstein
• Winterfest: VT Playwright Circle's Love Letters Made Easy by Jeanne Beckwith
• The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson
• Love, Isadora by Rick Foster
• Deathtrap by Ira Levin
• Mark Twain's A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage- a Musical Melodrama, by Aaron Posner and James Sugg
• Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett,
• The Three-no FOUR Little Pigs by David Greenham, with additional material by Megan Callahan
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare-Abridged
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular
• It's A Wonderful Life- a live radio play by Joe Landry

2008:

• A season of classics to celebrate LNT's 20th season at Montpelier City Hall.
• Winterfest: Vagina Monologues
• Winterfest: UVM's Ostentatious Poverty by Rachel Perlmeter
• Winterfest: JSC's Barrymore by William Luce
• Winterfest: Janice Perry's Janice Perry 25 Years on Tour
• To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
• The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams
• The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
• Lies and Legends: the musical stories of Harry Chapin,Musical Arrangements by Tom Chapin, Concept by Sandy Chapin
• Shirley Valentine, by Willie Russell
• david budbill's judevine
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular
• It's A Wonderful Life- a live radio play by Joe Landry

2007:

• Winterfest: Bully!
• Winterfest: Callas on Callas by Tim Tavcar – a co-production with Monteverdi Music School
• Winterfest: The Vagina Monologues, by Eve Ensler
• Judevine, by David Budbill
• Vivien, by Rick Foster
• Musical of Musicals: The Musical
• The Selfish Giant, by Mary Wheeler (world premiere)
• Tartuffe, by Moliere
• Henry V, by William Shakespeare
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular

2006:

• Winterfest: Lyrical Langston: His Muse for Music, created, compiled, and conception by Quanda Johnson
• Winterfest: The Vagina Monologues, by Eve Ensler
• Winterfest: Wordstage Vermont's Regina, adaption by Tim Tavcar
• Streets of Gold, by Mary Sue Price; music by Robin & Linda Williams (world premiere)
• Laughing Wild, by Christopher Durang Stone, by Kim Bent
• The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, by Katherine Paterson & Stephanie Tolan; music by Steve Liebman. Based on the book by Katherine Paterson; additional material/adaptation by Kathleen Keenan; musical arrangements by Piero Bonamico
• Something for Everyone – a Musical Tonight!, revue conceived by Tim Tavcar
• Romeo & Juliet, by William Shakespeare
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular

2005:

• Stone, by Kim Bent, based on oral histories from Barre Granite Workers (world premiere)
• The Belle of Amherst, by William Luce
• Diamonds, a revue about baseball created by Hall Prince; Craig Carnelia; Cy Coleman; Betty Comdon and Adolf Green; Abott & Costello, et al; further adapted for the stage by Tim Tavcar
• I Never Sang For My Father, by Robert Anderson
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, by Clark Gesner, based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip
• Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, by Kevin Henkes;adapted by Kathleen Keenan & the 2005 intern ensemble; music by Kathleen Keenan
• The Tempest, by William Shakespeare
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular

2004:

• Educating Rita, by Willie Russell
• Pump Boys & Dinettes, by Cass Morgan, Jim Wann et al
• Mother Courage & Her Children, Bertold Brecht (with The Conservatory)
• The World Goes Round, by Kander & Ebb
• Molly Sweeny, by Brian Friel
• You Can't Take it With You, by Kaufman & Hart
• The Brother's Grimm, adapted by the LNT intern ensemble
• A Lie of the Mind, by Sam Shepard
• The Tragedie of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular

2003:

• Beaver Falls, by Gary Moore; dramaturgy by Kim Bent; music by Fred Wilbur (premiere)
• Snow, by Gordon Porterfield (professional premiere)
• The Children's Hour, by Lillian Hellman (with The Conservatory)
• 1940's Radio Hour, concept and book by Walton Jones; music by various composers
• proof, by David Auburn
• Picasso at the Lapin Agile, by Steve Martin
• James & the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl; music by Kathleen Keenan
• Arcadia, by Tom Shepard
• The Tragedie of Othello, by William Shakespeare
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular

2002:

• True West, by Sam Shepard
• Shirley Valentine, by Willie Russell
• Woody Guthrie's American Song, based on the music & letters of Woody Guthrie (with The Conservatory)
• Execution of Justice, by Emily Mann
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark
• I Do! I Do!, by N Richard Nash
• Charlotte's Web, by EB White; music & additional lyrics by Kathleen Keenan
• House of Blue Leaves, by John Guare
• Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare; music by Kathleen Keenan
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular

2001:

• LNT begins conducting the co-curricular drama program for Montpelier High School at City Hall Arts Center and transforms program into The Conservatory, with college-level intensive instruction and expectations; expands the program to include other high school students.
• Having Our Say– The Delany Sister's First 100 Years, by Emily Mann
• The Bald Soprano, by Eugene Inesco (with the Masque)
• Collected Stories, by Donald Marguilies
• To Kill A Mockingbird, based on the novel by Harper Lee (with The Conservatory)
• Sweeney Todd, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
• Grace in America, by Antoine O'Flarthata (US East Coast Premiere)
• The Rainmaker, by N Richard Nash
• Winnie the Pooh, based on the writings of AA Milne; dramaturgy and music by Kathleen Keenan; additional lyrics Kathleen Keenan and the LNT 2001 Intern Ensemble
• The Wizard of Oz, based on the story by Frank Baum; music by Harold Arlen
• Love's Labour's Lost, by William Shakespeare
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular

2000:

• Panther Classics, by Bill Boardman; dramaturgy by Kim Bent; music by Kathleen Keenan, et al (premiere)
• A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, by John Ford Noonan
• Blind Date, by Horton Foote (with the Masque)
• Lies and Legends, the musical stories of Harry Chapin (with the Masque)
• A Little Night Music, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
• Camping With Henry and Tom, by Mark St. Germain
• Amy's View, by David Hare
• Wind in the Willows
• The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, by Michael Ondaajte; dramaturgy by Kim Bent; music by Kathleen Keenan
• The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular

1999:

• But Your Honor — Deane Davis Remembered, by Stephen Spoonamore (professional premiere)
• Dear Liar, by Jerome Kilty
• The Impresario by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (with Vermont Opera Theater)
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard (with the MHS Masque)
• The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
• Lost In Yonkers, by Neil Simon
• Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel
• Non-Stop Stoppard, a miscellany of the work of Tom Stoppard; dramaturgy by Kim Bent (premiere)
• Richard III, by William Shakespeare
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular
• My Three Angels, by Bella and Sam Spewack (with the Masque)

1998:

• My Dinner With Andre, by Wally Shawn & Andre Gregory; stage adaptation by Kim Bent & Tim Tavcar
  
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle, by Bertolt Brecht; music by Kathleen Keenan (with the Masque)
• Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Jane Wagner (for Lily Tomlin)
• Where Everything is Everything, by Stephen Spoonamore
• Working, the musical, based on Studs Turkel's book; music by Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor, et al
• The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie
• The Fantasticks, by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
• Beckett Bits, a collage of the work of Samuel Beckett; dramaturgy by Kim Bent (premiere)
• Greater Tuna, by Jaston Edwards, et al
• Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare; music by Kathleen Keenan
• An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular
• You Can't Take It With You, by Kaufman and Hart (with the Masque)

1997:

• Frankenstein, by Victor Gianlanella, based on the novel by Mary Shelley (with the Masque)
• Rupert's Birthday, by Ken Jenkins and Gunslinger by LNT (double bill)
• Oedipus Rex, The Masque student-directed production
• News of the City/Talk of the Town, LNT original production,written by Geof Hewitt, Kim Bent, et al; music by Kathleen Keenan (premiere)
• A Delicate Balance, by Edward Albee
• Side by Side by Sondheim, music & lyrics Stephen Sondheim, et al; continuity by Ned Sherrin
• Brecht on Brecht, dramaturgy by George Tabori
• The Winters Tale, by William Shakespeare; music by Kathleen Keenan
• The Cradle Will Rock, by Marc Blitzstein (with the Masque)

1996:

• Marat/Sade, by Peter Weiss, music by Kathleen Keenan (with the Masque)
• Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett (with the Masque)
• Our Town, by Thornton Wilder
• Lettice & Lovage, by Peter Shaffer
• Alice Looks Back!, original production by LNT; lyrics & music by Jono Mainelli; book by Rob Handel based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (world premiere)
• Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters
• Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare; music by Kathleen Keenan

1995:

• The City of Montpelier passes a bond to renovate City Hall Auditorium. Phase 1 (cat walk lighting grid, modular seating, modular platforming, and new back wall in balcony) is completed just in time for the summer season.
• Endgame, by Samuel Beckett
• The Visit, by Friedrich Duerrenmatt (collaboration with MHS Masque)
• Charlotte's Web, by EB White; original music by Kathleen Keenan (with the Masque)
• Driving Miss Daisy, by Alfred Uhry
• The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
• Cole, words & music by Cole Porter; devised by Alan Strachon & Benny Green
• Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas; music by Kathleen Keenan
• As You Like It, by William Shakespeare; music by Kathleen Keenan
• A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley, by Isreal Horowitz, from the novel by Charles Dickens (Masque)

1994:

• An Artist, An Acolyte, and Amanda, developed by LNT & MHS Masque (premiere)
• The Firebugs, by Max Friesch (collaboration with MHS Masque)
• Closer Than Ever, by Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire
• The Subject Was Roses, by Frank Gilroy
• Arms and the Man, by George Bernard Shaw
• One Shoe Off, by Tina Howe
• Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
• A Doll House, by Henrik Ibsen
• Approaching Zanzibar, by Tina Howe (collaboration with MHS Masque)

1993:

• LNT designated Montpelier's Official Resident Theater Company, season at City Hall expanded into the autumn.
• The Bald Soprano, by Eugene Ionesco (collaboration with MHS Masque)
• The Mysteries & What's so Funny?, by David Gordon and the Pick-up Company; original music by Kathleen Keenan (collaboration with MHS Masque)
• Little Acts of Kindness, by David Budbill (world premiere)
• Beyond Therapy, by Christopher Durang
• The Road to Mecca, by Athol Fugard
• Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley
• Reflections of Four Women, by LNT (world premiere)
• Jacques Brel is Alive & Well & Living in Paris, music: Jacques Brel, concept/book: Mort Shuman & Eric Blau
• The Dragon, by Eugene Schwartz (collaboration with MHS Masque)

1992:

• LNT begins conducting the co-curricular drama program at Montpelier High School.
• The Bear, and The Proposal, by Anton Chekov
• Look Homeward, Angel, by Ketti Frings based on the novel by Thomas Wolfe
• Betrayal, by Harold Pinter
• The Working Project, developed by LNT; music by Dan Boomhower, Kathleen Keenan, Diane Martin, et al (world premiere)
• The Crucible, by Arthur Miller (collaboration with MHS Masque)

1991:

• Talley's Folly, by Lanford Wilson; original music by Kathleen Keenan
• On Golden Pond, by Ernest Thompson; original music by Kathleen Keenan
• Cheating Hearts, by Jean Reynolds (world premiere)
• On Tidy Endings, by Harvey Fierstein
• The Rocking Horse Winner, by Kathleen Keenan from the novel by DH Lawrence (premiere)
• P.G. (LNT adaptation of Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen)
• Under Milk Wood, by DH Thomas (collaboration with Montpelier High School Masque)

1990:

• Other groups decide not to continue at City Hall: LNT produces its own season at City Hall.
• The Village Wooing, by George Bernard Shaw
• The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams; original music by Kathleen Keenan
• The Last Intimacy, by Jean Reynolds (world premiere); original music by Kathleen Keenan
• An Evening with Sam Shepard (dramaturgy by LNT interns)

1989:

• Lost Nation coordinates a group of local artists and theater organizations to create a season of theater at Montpelier City Hall Auditorium.
  
• Scenes & Revelations, by Elan Garonzik
• Savage/Love, by Sam Shepard
• Tongues, by Sam Shepard & Joseph Chaikin
• Gunslinger, by Ed Dorn; adapted for stage by LNT
• Dooryard Dreams, by Kim Bent and LNT (LNT original; world premiere)

1988:

• As Is, by William Hoffman. Co-Production with Shoestring Theatre and Vermont Cares
• Gunslinger, adapted for Vermont Public Radio Panther Players program with Bill Boardman

1987:

• Still Life, by Emily Mann. Partnership with Vermont Veterans

1986:

• LNT relocates to Montpelier, Vermont. Begins producing already scripted plays.
• Waiting For Godot, by Samuel Beckett. Co-Production with Donny Osman & Tim Jenning

1985:

• Gunslinger, adaptation of Ed Dorn's epic poem by Kim Bent, Kathleen Keenan, and Alan Wynroth

tours New York and Vermont

1984-85:

• Shorthiatus while Kim Bent pursues his master's degree in theater at Long Island University.

1983:

• Nice Guy: A Portrait by Kim Bent

1982:

• The Night the Mountain Fell by LNT

1981:

• Belongings by LNT

1980:

• Short hiatus in Vermont. Work with the Blake Street Hawkeyes in Berkley CA (members included David Schein and Whoopi Goldberg)

1979:

• Ceremony Two by LNT

1978:

• Enthusiastic Dude by Kim Bent
• Shadowoman by Deborah Gwinn

1977:

• LNT is incorporated in Bristol, Vermont in January, 1977.
• Creates a loft theater space over a pizza shop that is still used for live performance today.
• The first years of its life, LNT produced exclusively original work, which premiered in Bristol and toured Montreal and New York.