COMEDY & GUEST PERFORMANCES
Improv Sketches; Comedy/Music Guests
About the Theatre
Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg strives to provide high-quality entertainment in an intimate setting to mid-state audiences, while simultaneously educating and enriching the lives of volunteer directors, performers, production crews, and audiences. As a non-profit all volunteer organization, LTM’s purpose is to promote the highest standards in production and appreciation of the theatre arts. Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg is a qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Your donation is tax-deductible as allowed by law.Upcoming Shows
THE BIRDS
In an isolated house, strangers Nat and Diane take shelter from relentless masses of attacking birds. They find relative sanctuary but not comfort or peace – there’s no electricity and little food, and a nearby neighbor may still be alive and watching them. Another refugee, the...
JUNIE B. IN JINGLE BELLS, BATMAN SMELLS!
Junie B. Jones, First-Grader, is super-excited about the upcoming Holiday Sing-Along and Secret Santa gift exchange at her school. Too bad tattletale May keeps ruining all of Junie B.’s fun. So when Junie B. draws May’s name for Secret Santa, she comes up with the perfect plan...
Little Acts @ LTM
LTM’s inaugural one-act festival featuring multiple short, self-contained plays, typically 10–45 minutes each, performed over a three week period. Our festival will spotlight emerging playwrights, directors, and actors, allowing them to showcase new work and creative...
THE SHARK IS BROKEN
The historic first summer blockbuster movie is being filmed – but no one working on the film would know it. Dive deep into the tumultuous, murky waters of the making of a major motion picture with dueling co-stars, unpredictable weather and a shark prop whose constant breakdowns...
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious Tony Award-winning musical farce. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Golden Age musical...
Articles
Review: THE FABLE FESTIVAL AND MOTHER GOOSED at DreamWrights
DreamWrights presents a double feature with The Fable Festival and Mother Goosed on stage from September 18th to 27th under the direction of Hannah Kuhn. The Fable Festival and Mother Goosed is filled with animals and nursery rhymes gone wrong. It is perfect for families with children. It’s also…
Review: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS at Hanover Little Theatre
Audiences looking for a fun evening of light-hearted entertainment, will thoroughly enjoy Hanover Little Theatre’s production of Once Upon a Mattress.…
Review: HAROLD AND MAUDE at Open Stage
This show is an excellent season opener for the theater. It celebrates non-comformity and an appreciation for life. Playing now through September 26th. Carpe Diem! …
Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at Ephrata Performing Arts Center
Director, Ben Galosi keeps the laughs coming in this 90 minute intermission-free show. The humor is derived not only from the characters’ excessively bleeding hearts, but also hilariously random moments of aggressive chaos and mayhem. A special salute to the EPAC stage crew who have a lot of c…
Review: COME FROM AWAY at Theatre Harrisburg
This is a production that will make you laugh and cry, that reminds us of both the worst parts of being human and the best most inspiring parts of being human. Come From Away at Theatre Harrisburg is a show you do not want to miss.…
Review: PRETTY WOMAN at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
Amy Marie McCleary serves the production well in her dual role as director and choreographer. I recently reviewed the national tour of Pretty Woman, and I strongly preferred the pace, energy, and sets of the Dutch Apple production.…
Review: BEEHIVE: THE 60S MUSICAL at Keystone Theatrics At West Shore Theatre
While these women are incredible individually, what really makes Beehive shine is the way they work together. Their harmonies are absolutely gorgeous, their dance moves are in synch, and they move seamlessly from one scene and song to the next.…
Review: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW at Little Theatre Of Mechanicsburg
This production of The Taming of the Shrew at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg is highly creative and successfully makes this classic piece accessible to modern audiences.…
Review: ONE STOPLIGHT TOWN at TAFE: Theatre Arts For Everyone
Kevin Alvarnaz gave a strong performance as the town’s handyman. He was humble, filled with inspirational one-liners, and loved by the whole town. He embraced the stoplight and saw it as a symbol. Fighting against change was Barb, played by Karen Leclaire. She rallied against the stoplight in …
Review: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE at Susquehanna Stage
Susquehanna Stage's *The Drowsy Chaperone* is a laugh-out-loud musical comedy packed with standout performances, infectious energy, and nonstop fun. A must-see celebration of live theater. …
Past Shows
31 total · showing 11–20
Murder by Membership Only
This murder mystery-comedy occurs in the exclusive Orczy Club, an “inner sanctum” for women mystery writers in London. Most of them hate the arrogant Octavia Sturges, the most successful mystery writer of the day, so it is no surprise when she is found dead—poisoned by one of...
'Night, Mother
Jessie is an epileptic with a failed marriage and a delinquent son who decides to take control the only way she can with thoughts of taking her own life. Thelma, her widowed mother, is oblivious to her daughter’s depression until she becomes frightfully aware of her plans. It’s...
Ken Kudwig's "Twas The Night Before Christmas"
The wild holiday adventures of a mouse, an elf, and a spunky little girl who just won't take no for an answer, on their quest to find out why Santa missed their house last year. A joyful tribute to the holiday season! “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the...
Dial M for Murder (Hatcher)
A new version of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece! Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around...
Broadway Bound
Part three of Neil Simon’s acclaimed autobiographical trilogy finds Eugene and his older brother Stanley trying to break into the world of show business as professional comedy writers while coping with their parents’ breakup and eventual divorce. When their material is broadcast...
Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies
Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies is a hilarious comedy where two English Shakespearean actors choose the roles of a lifetime in York, PA as long lost nephews, no…NIECES, to change their fate and fortune. Will they succeed? Will romance derail them? Will the local minister spoil their...
Murder on West Moon Street
Young Lord Arthur is deliriously happy just down from Oxford and engaged to be married when a mysterious palm reader predicts that he will commit a murder. A proper English gentleman, Arthur believes it is his duty to get this killing business over with before he marries. But...
Come Blow Your Horn
A slick, lively, funny comedy. The New York TimesNeil Simons first Broadway comedy smash. Alan Baker, a 30-ish swinging bachelor with time, money and women to spare, welcomes rebellious and eager 21-year brother Buddy into his den of iniquity while their horrified parents can...
Reefer Madness
Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence.You wont be...
Wait Until Dark
Forty-seven years after WAIT UNTIL DARK premiered on Broadway, Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted Frederick Knotts 1966 original, giving it a new setting. In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a blind yet capable woman, is imperiled by strangers in her own apartment. As the climax...
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Beethoven's Triple Concerto Appell Center (4/24-4/24) |
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Ebenezer Scrooge's Big Lancaster Christmas Fulton Theatre (12/04-12/27) |
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Play: Murder on the Orient Express Milford Theater (10/30-11/08) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! York Barbican (5/08-5/08) |
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California Dreamin' Openstage (6/04-6/27) |
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Murder at Ackerton Manor Fulton Theatre (10/16-11/08) |
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The Music of Queen & Journey Totem Pole Playhouse (10/03-10/04) |
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THE SHARK IS BROKEN Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg (3/19-4/04) |
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Poirot Investigates! Openstage (4/23-5/07) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Hershey Theatre (6/18-6/20) |
