Don Alder News

On Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Lakewood Theatre Company/Lakewood Center for the Arts held its annual meeting and OTAS (Oregon Theatrical Awards Society) presentation at the Lakewood Center to celebrate the closing of its 62nd season of plays and its 44th annual OTAS Awards. Emcee for the evening was Alan Shearman, a frequent Lakewood stage director and past OTAS award winner and upcoming director of Lakewood's 2015/16 season production of Bullshot Crummond: The Evil Eye of Jabar and the Invisible Bride of Death.

Lakewood Theatre Company will begin its 63rd season with six productions on its Mainstage and three productions on its Side Door stage beginning July 10, 2015.

The 39 Steps, a suspenseful-romantic-comedy based on the 1935 movie by Alfred Hitchcock, plays at Lakewood Theatre Company July 11- August 17, 2014.

Artists Rep is currently producing the world premiere of The Monster-Builder, a diabolical comedic treatise on modern architecture, by Amy Freed. As Freed is one of the nation's most lauded and respected new playwrights, Artists Rep is fortunate to host the inaugural production of this play. The Monster-Builder is directed by the esteemed and award-winning Art Manke and features a noteworthy West Coast cast.

Part of the fun is figuring out what's going to happen and where the whole thing is headed. It took me until intermission to figure things out, as Freed throws a big surprise at the audience right before the act break that tells us once and for all what we're watching.

Artists Rep is honored to produce the world premiere of The Monster-Builder, a diabolical comedic treatise on modern architecture, by Amy Freed. As Freed is one of the nation's most lauded and respected new playwrights, Artists Rep is fortunate to host the inaugural production of this play. The Monster-Builder is directed by the esteemed and award-winning Art Manke and features a noteworthy West Coast cast.

Artists Rep is honored to produce the world premiere of The Monster-Builder, a diabolical comedic treatise on modern architecture, by Amy Freed. As Freed is one of the nation's most lauded and respected new playwrights, Artists Rep is fortunate to host the inaugural production of this play. The Monster-Builder is directed by the esteemed and award-winning Art Manke and features a noteworthy West Coast cast.

Lakewood Theatre Company continues its 61st season on November 1, 2013 with Inspecting Carol. Get your holiday cheer on with this hilarious, madcap comedy! Behind the scenes of a struggling theatre's annual slapdash production of A Christmas Carol, rehearsals are at a standstill. Tim is no longer Tiny, Scrooge wants to do the play in Spanish (Feliz Navidad), and their funding is on hold pending an inspection. This laugh out loud spoof makes for a night at the theatre that is anything but show business as usual. Parental advisory: the show is recommended for ages 13 and up, contains some mild profanity. Check out promo shots below!

Lakewood Theatre Company continues its 61st season on November 1, 2013 with Inspecting Carol. Check out the first promo photos below!

Artists Repertory Theatre's 2013/14 season will continue our vision of finding and producing adventurous, provocative work that challenges audiences and artists alike. Next season's play offerings will enhance Artists Rep's role as Portland's premiere mid-size regional theatre company by offering nine of the most cutting-edge plays available today, written by internationally prestigious playwrights, guided by esteemed directors and featuring casts who will unleash these stories onto our stages.

Lakewood Theatre Company will begin its 61st season with six productions on its Mainstage and three productions on its Side Door stage beginning today, July 12, 2013.

Lakewood Theatre Company will begin its 61st season with six productions on its Mainstage and three productions on its Side Door stage beginning July 12, 2013.

Agatha Christie's play, The Hollow, opening at Lakewood Theatre Company January 14, 2011, has all the ingredients for a classic murder mystery - a grand country house, upper crust family, weekend party with a variety of intriguing guests, a dutiful butler and maid, cocktails before dinner and a complex triangle of secret love affairs that seem destined for trouble.

Lakewood Theatre Company will celebrate its 58th anniversary season with six productions beginning July 16, 2010.

'Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive,' says Clarissa, the charming diplomat's wife and main murder suspect, in Agatha Christie's Spider's Web which opens Friday, January 15, 2010 and runs through February 21, 2010 at Lakewood Theatre Company.

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions on Sunday, Sept. 13 and Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 for the Agatha Christie mystery, Spider's Web, directed by Don Alder.

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions on Sunday, Sept. 13 and Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 for the Agatha Christie mystery, Spider's Web, directed by Don Alder.

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions on Sunday, Sept. 13 and Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 for the Agatha Christie mystery, Spider's Web, directed by Don Alder.

Lakewood Theatre Company will celebrate its 57th anniversary season with six productions beginning July 10, 2009. Season tickets for the 2009-2010 season are on sale now and prices range from $140.00 - $150.00. Performances for the new season will be Thursday -Saturday at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 7:00 PM and some Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM.