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EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY

Clemans Theater for the Arts at Allen AME Church, 717 Franklin St., Cape May, NJ
Cape May, NJ 08204



Review: MY FAIR LADY by American Theater Group-Marvelous


by Marina Kennedy - March 03, 2026

American Theater Group (ATG) is topping off their 2025-2026 season with a superb main stage production of Lerner and Loewe’s musical theatre gem, My Fair Lady....

Review: A DOLL’S HOUSE at TRT-A Riveting Adaptation of the Classic Play


by Marina Kennedy - March 02, 2026

See the poignant, re-imagined production of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at Two River Theater (TRT). ...

Review: SAMANTHA INSIDE OUT at NJ Rep-A Captivating One-Woman Show


by Marina Kennedy - February 24, 2026

New Jersey Repertory Company (NJ Rep) is launching their exciting 2026 Mainstage Season with the world premiere of 'Samantha Inside Out' by the award-winning playwright, Marisa Smith....

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Paper Mill Playhouse-Kindness Takes Center Stage


by Marina Kennedy - February 10, 2026

The re-imagined production of 'Come From Away' is now on stage at Paper Mill Playhouse through Sunday, March 1. The production, ingeniously directed and choreographed by Richard J. Hinds, features actors playing musical instruments live onstage...

Review: EBENEZER SCROOGE’S BIG JERSEY CHRISTMAS SHOW at GSP-Holiday Fun for All


by Marina Kennedy - December 10, 2025

The Christmas spirit is on full display at George Street Playhouse with a show that will surely please all. 'Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Jersey Christmas Show' will be performed through...

Review: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at STNJ-A Holiday Treasure


by Marina Kennedy - December 09, 2025

‘Tis the season for a show that will delight and inspire.  'It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play' is now being performed at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) and it tops off their 2025 season....

Past Shows

No Regrets: An Evening with Edith Piaf
No Regrets: An Evening with Edith Piaf
Sep 4 – Sep 14, 2025

NO REGRETS: An Evening with Edith PiafC’est magnifique! Internationally renowned singer, puppeteer, and actress Yael Rasooly will take the stage in an evening of stories...

No Regrets: An Evening with Edith Piaf
No Regrets: An Evening with Edith Piaf
Sep 4 – Sep 14, 2025

NO REGRETS: An Evening with Edith PiafC’est magnifique! Internationally renowned singer, puppeteer, and actress Yael Rasooly will take the stage in an evening of stories...

Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing
Jul 31 – Aug 30, 2025

A son creates a list of things worth living for – all in an attempt to raise the spirits of his chronically depressed mother. He leaves...

Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise
Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise
Jun 19 – Jul 12, 2025

Two strangers – a military doctor in Oregon and an aspiring actress in New York City – meet by letter during World War II. They...

Jersey Lawman
Nov 2

East Lynne Theater Company will present an encore staged reading of Jersey Lawman: A Life on the Right Side of Crime, based on the memoirs...

East Lynne Theater Company presents GETTYSBURG: ONE WOMAN’S WAR
East Lynne Theater Company presents GETTYSBURG: ONE WOMAN’S WAR
Nov 19

To honor the 159th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, East Lynne Theater Company presents “Gettysburg: One Woman’s War,” two stories read by Michèle LaRue from Elsie Singmaster's moving 1913 classic book, “Gettysburg:...

CHRISTMAS WITH HARTE AND O. HENRY
CHRISTMAS WITH HARTE AND O. HENRY
Nov 26 – Dec 11, 2021

"There are three cousins, a half-uncle, a kind of brother-in-law that is, the brother of my sister-in-law's second husband and a niece. I've never met...

NOTHING MATTERS
NOTHING MATTERS
Apr 18 – May 9, 2021

"Once again, ELTC brings a historical figure to life who may otherwise fade away. NOTHING MATTERS is timeless and timely - a tribute to writers...

NOTHING MATTERS
NOTHING MATTERS
Apr 18 – May 9, 2021

"Once again, ELTC brings a historical figure to life who may otherwise fade away. NOTHING MATTERS is timeless and timely - a tribute to writers...

NOTHING MATTERS
NOTHING MATTERS
Apr 16 – May 9, 2021

"Once again, ELTC brings a historical figure to life who may otherwise fade away. NOTHING MATTERS is timeless and timely - a tribute to writers...

AUNT HATTIE'S HOUSE: RECONSTRUCTED
AUNT HATTIE'S HOUSE: RECONSTRUCTED
Apr 22 – Apr 25, 2021

Aunt Hattie's House, written and performed by Emma Palzere-Rae, premiered in 2000 at the Heartland Chautauqua, and in that same year, East Lynne Theater Company...

SOMETHING TO VOTE FOR
SOMETHING TO VOTE FOR
Mar 18 – Mar 21, 2021

East Lynne Theater Company presents a reading of Something to Vote For by Charlotte Perkins Gilman for free, due to support from The New Jersey...

ENEMIES
ENEMIES
Mar 4 – Mar 7, 2021

East Lynne Theater Company presents Enemies, a one-act written by the married couple Neith Boyce and Hutchins Hapgood. With clever dialogue, the play explores a...

GET HAPPY! A Cabaret Saluting Judy Garland
GET HAPPY! A Cabaret Saluting Judy Garland
Feb 25 – Feb 28, 2021

Those who attended East Lynne Theater Companys 2019 gala, are still talking about how much they enjoyed Jenna Pastuszek singing the signature songs of Judy...

IDA B. WELLS: 1909 Speech for the NAACP
IDA B. WELLS: 1909 Speech for the NAACP
Jan 28 – Feb 28, 2021

East Lynne Theater Company presents Stephanie Garrett reading a speech by Ida B. Wells (July 16, 1862 March 25, 1931), Lynching, Our National Crime, which...

YULETIDE TALES
YULETIDE TALES
Dec 4 – Dec 30, 2020

YULETIDE TALES is a compilation of stories and songs for the holidays, filmed where East Lynne Theater Company performs, in the Cape May Presbyterian Church...

NOTHING MATTERS
NOTHING MATTERS
Oct 14 – Nov 21, 2020

NOTHING MATTERS is a fully staged Actors Equity production that will be available on ELTC's YouTube Channel, https://www.tinyurl.com/ELTCYouTube. It was filmed with three cameras, and...

East Lynne Theater Company presents TALES OF THE VICTORIANS
East Lynne Theater Company presents TALES OF THE VICTORIANS
Sep 24 – Oct 29, 2020

It’s ELTC’s 31st Season of TALES OF THE VICTORIANS! They can't offer you a cup of tea and homemade treats like they usually do when...

POE BY CANDLELIGHT
POE BY CANDLELIGHT
Oct 24

ELTC actors read their favorite stories by the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Since we can't perform inside, we've moved our show outside...

THE WOODHULL PROJECT
THE WOODHULL PROJECT
Sep 24 – Sep 29, 2020

Written and performed by Emma Palzere-Rae, The Woodhull Project was selected to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. This one-woman play explores the...

NOT ABOVE A WHISPER
NOT ABOVE A WHISPER
Aug 18 – Aug 21, 2020

The Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company is presenting a reading of “Not Above a Whisper” written by Gayle Stahlhuth about mental health advocate Dorothea...

SUMMERLAND
SUMMERLAND
Jun 12 – Jul 20, 2019

Can a photograph capture a ghost? That is one of many questions posed in Arlitia Jones historical-fiction-mystery based on real life spirit photographer William H....

O. HENRY'S CHRISTMAS TALES
O. HENRY'S CHRISTMAS TALES
Nov 23 – Dec 8, 2018

ELTC's artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth has been adapting and performing Christmas stories since 2005, and this year is no exception. She’s received praise from reviewers...

SILENT SKY
SILENT SKY
Sep 26 – Oct 13, 2018

Computers weren't always machines. In the late 1800's, computers were women astronomers who "computed" data to map the sky. They were only allowed to work...

A Year in the Trenches
"A Year in the Trenches
May 16 – May 26, 2018
SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTUE
SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTUE
Mar 16 – Mar 17, 2018

"Mr. Holmes, I am under such a strain that I shall go mad if it continues," said Enid to Sherlock Holmes. Thus begins a race...

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S CHRISTMAS
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S CHRISTMAS
Nov 24 – Dec 9, 2017

The Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company presents "Louisa May Alcott's Christmas," adapted and performed by artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth. With simple gestures and a...

CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
Oct 29

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company presents the classic silent thriller, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," accompanied by Wayne Zimmerman on the organ,...

POE BY CANDLELIGHT
POE BY CANDLELIGHT
Oct 21

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company presents "Poe by Candlelight" on Saturday, October 21 at 8:00p.m. in time for Halloween, at The First...

Mr. Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
May 11 – May 21, 2016

This production was so popular in 2015 that it returns in 2016 with Tom Byrn reprising the role of the President. The Lincolns were enjoying...

Mr. Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
May 11 – May 21, 2016

This production was so popular in 2015 that it returns in 2016 with Tom Byrn reprising the role of the President. The Lincolns were enjoying...

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
Jun 24 – Aug 31, 2013

It's the classic Washington Irving story about a schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, who attempts to woo a local beauty and finds himself hunted by the Headless...

SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Mar 15 – Mar 16, 2013

First Presbyterian Church: - adapt: Gayle Stahlhuth; dir: Gayle Stahlhuth....

Summer/Winter Mainstage Season TBD
Jun 20 – Dec 15, 2012
SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Mar 16 – Mar 17, 2012

First Presbyterian Church: - adapt: Gayle Stahlhuth; dir: Gayle Stahlhuth....

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FROM THE PAST
Nov 25 – Dec 10, 2011
SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Nov 4 – Nov 5, 2011

First Presbyterian Church: - adapt: Gayle Stahlhuth; dir: Gayle Stahlhuth....

DULCY
Sep 21 – Oct 15, 2011
HELPFUL HINTS
Sep 16 – Sep 17, 2011

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