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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


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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

FeaturedNOTHING 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...

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...

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...

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...

DULCY

Sep 21 – Oct 15, 2011

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