The 74th Season at Little Lake has a nice array of a dozen shows, carefully picked by their former Artistic Director Jena Oberg, curated to “make you laugh, cry, dance, and cheer.”
(Jena resigned her position with Little Lake to pursue a graduate degree in Speech Therapy, but will be back to direct Captain Louie which Little Lake is producing in conjunction with the Western PA School of the Deaf. )
Scroll down to checkout the recently released show posters for their 74th season.
If you haven’t seen a show at Little Lake in Canonsburg, you are definitely missing some of Pittsburgh’s best community theater along with great desserts at intermission!
For more details visit: https://www.littlelake.org/2022season
NEWSIES – Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Jack Feldman, Book by Harvey Fierstein (April 28 – May 8)
The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time – Written by Simon Stephens, based on the book by Mark Haddon (May 19 – 29)
Noises Off by Michael Frayn (June 9 – June 19)
Seussical Jr. (Youth Production) – Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Book by Ahrens & Flaherty, Co-Conceived by Eric Idle, Based on the works of Dr. Seuss (June 30 – July 9)
A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur by Tennessee Williams (July 21 – July 31)
Pippin – Book by Roger O. Hirson, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (August 11 – 21)
The Metromaniacs, by David Ives (September 1 – 11)
Nana Does Vegas by Katherine DiSavino (September 22 – October 1)
Captain Louie Jr. (Special Youth Production) – Based on “The Trip” by Ezra Jack Keats, Book by Anthony Stein, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz in partnership with Western PA School for the Deaf. Presented by LaCarte Enterprises, PNC Foundation, PA Neighborhood Assistance Program (October 6 – 9)
Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Jersey Lily by Kate Forgette (October 20 – 30)
Graceland and Asleep on the Wind by Ellen Byron (November 10 – 20)
Meredith Willson’s Miracle on 34th Street, the Musical – Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson (December 1 – 17)
Seize the Play. “There is nothing like live theatre!”
For more information, show summaries and tickets visit: https://www.littlelake.org/2022season
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Little Lake board of directors, Melissa Struzzi as president, claim that the set design, lighting, AND sound for each show only takes 20 hours per week of work. The compensation for the technical director (doing the above mentioned necessities for a production) is ONLY for 20 hours per week and that INCLUDES show time. Makes me wonder what the board does with their budget…or if Ms. Struzzi understands the theater world at all.
20 hours for a 4 show week is not unrealistic for the run portion, in the world of community theater. How that works out during Tech and build could be on the light side. The Little Lake in-the round staging doen’t allow for much if anything in the way of a typical set.
They expect a lot but refuse to pay. Such a tragedy that one person, Melissa, can ruin the morale of the entire production crew and cast members. GO BUILD THE SET MELISSA. But remember, there’s always someone rehearsing so don’t show up until 11pm to get started! Good luck!
He has ONE WEEK to build it all . If there are shows that weekend, there goes the 20 paid hours because showtime is included. no time left to build! If anyone wants to work for low pay, go to Little Lake.