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LOST NATION THEATER

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Montpelier, VT 05602

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Disney's The Lion King - Kids!
Disney's The Lion King - Kids!
Jun 26 – Jun 27, 2026

Disney’s The Lion King - Kids!songs from Elton John & Tim Rice's Broadway Smash!The African savanna comes to life on stage with Simba, Rafiki and...


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Review: NEW STAGE PLAYERS 2026 COMEDY PLAY FESTIVAL at Grange Hall Cultural Center


by Lesley Becker - May 15, 2026

Nine original short comedies are served up with a slice of laughter on the side at New Stage Play Festival, featuring local actors and directors in the Grange Hall Cultural Center’s black box theatre....

Review: RHINOCEROS at Vermont Stage


by Wiley D - May 05, 2026

Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Cristina Alicea for Vermont Stage, is a relevant play about the dangers of conformity and anger in times of change. Originally written as part of the “Theatre of the Absurd” movement in 1959, the play follows Berenger, a kind-hearted drunk who works at a...

Review: THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE at Vermont Stage


by Wiley D - March 23, 2026

Vermont Stage’s The Half-life of Marie Curie, written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Laura Wolfsen, is a deeply layered story about the struggles of womanhood and relationships for two influential female scientists, Marie Curie and Hertha Ayrton, living in the early 20th century. The producti...

Past Shows

SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Jun 4 – Jun 14, 2026

by Jane Wagner for Lily Tomlin!  Drama Critics and Tony-Award Winner!Intimate. Infamous. Incorrigible.  LNT's production will star Maura O'Brien and Stoph Scheer!Through the eyes of...

OUR TOWN (FOR OUR COMMUNITY)
OUR TOWN (FOR OUR COMMUNITY)
Apr 16 – Apr 26, 2026

Experience Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Winner up close and personal. Surprisingly modern, ordinary moments become unforgettable in Our Town.This beloved American classic wowed Broadway audiences...

CABIN FEVER KICK-OFF PARTY: A TASTE OF LNT’S 2026 SEASON!
CABIN FEVER KICK-OFF PARTY: A TASTE OF LNT’S 2026 SEASON!
Mar 20

A “Live & In-Person” Sizzle Reel of Lost Nation Theater’s 2026 shows, programs and more!A sneak peek into what’s to come! Enjoy mixing & mingling...

A Wrinkle In Time
A Wrinkle In Time
Feb 27 – Feb 28, 2026

Alexa Kartschoke directs & choreographs the culminating project of LNT’s advanced intermediate dance-theater production intensive, performed by LNT's students ages 9-17!All your favorite characters from...

The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
Feb 11 – Feb 12, 2026

The Vagina Monologues is as relevant today as when it debuted in 1996.  Published in over 48 languages, performed in over 140 countries and recently...

The Beat Goes On!!  New Year's Eve Celebration
The Beat Goes On!! New Year's Eve Celebration
Dec 31

The Beat Goes On!!  Shidaa Projects and Lost Nation Theater’s third annual New Year's Eve Celebration!  A full day of festive celebration of drumming, dancing,...

A Child’s Christmas in Wales & Other Tales
A Child’s Christmas in Wales & Other Tales
Dec 13

"The Man of 1000 Voices" - Mich Kabay - shares his love of dramatic reading performing Dylan Thomas' A Child’s Christmas in Wales and Other...

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story performed by Willem Lange.
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story performed by Willem Lange.
Dec 7

Famed & beloved Yankee storyteller Willem Lange is back- for his 50th Anniversary - Live and On Stage (and livestreamed) at Lost Nation Theater performing...

Next to Normal
Next to Normal
Oct 2 – Oct 19, 2025

Next to Normal - the musicalby Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt; Winner: Pulitzer Prize for Drama & multiple Tony Awards!A soaring Rock Musical as exhilarating...

The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone
Jul 17 – Aug 3, 2025

IT'S ONE SHOW-STOPPING NUMBER AFTER ANOTHER!  Eric Love is back to direct and Star in this award winning Spectacular!  Taryn Noelle Stars & Jen Greenwood...

The Revolutionists
The Revolutionists
Jun 5 – Jun 15, 2025

by Lauren Gunderson"Touching, timely, triumphant...heartwarming and hilarious – yet political, tough and thought-provoking." - Westerly Sun.  Four bold n' bodacious women try not to lose their...

Too Fat for China
Too Fat for China
Apr 9 – Apr 13, 2025

Phoebe Potts wants a tiny little baby, & she's stopping at nothing to get one. Her hilarious, award-winning solo takes a comic look on the...

The Drowsy Chaperone
Mar 19

Lost Nation Theater presents a sneak peek into its 2025 season with a celebration featuring a diverse range of performances. Among the highlights is Taryn...

Tuck Everlasting (TYA)
Tuck Everlasting (TYA)
Mar 1 – Mar 2, 2025

It’s Theater For Kids By Kids! At Lost Nation Theater as we present the TYA adaptation of the Broadway Musical Tuck Everlasting!All your favorite characters...

The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
Feb 12 – Feb 13, 2025

Vermont’s award-winning professional theater returns to The Vagina Monologues presenting a staged reading of this hilarious and heartwarming play that gives voice to a chorus of powerful,...

The Beat Goes On!
Dec 31 – Jan 5, 2025

The Beat Goes On! returns to Lost Nation Theater for a vibrant New Year's Eve celebration, inviting families to enjoy an afternoon filled with singing,...

“A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story” performed by Willem Lange.
“A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story” performed by Willem Lange.
Dec 15

Famed & beloved Yankee storyteller Willem Lange is back once again - Live and On Stage (and livestreamed) at Lost Nation Theater performing his reading...

TWO FOR CHRISTMAS - A Staged Reading
TWO FOR CHRISTMAS - A Staged Reading
Dec 11 – Dec 12, 2024

Vermont’s award-winning professional theater presents favorite poet/playwright David Budbill’s wondrous and whacky “Two for Christmas” in a new version emphasizing enjoyment for the whole family.An unique alternative...

The Tempest
The Tempest
Oct 10 – Oct 27, 2024

Fall Foliage Shakespeare is Back!  Shakespeare's magical final play is a tale of reckoning and redemption.  It is brimming with comedy and romance, and the...

Harvest Moon Cabaret
Harvest Moon Cabaret
Sep 7

Celebrate a Spectacular Season!  The brainchild of marvelous musician Dan Bruce and quintuple talent Taryn Noelle!  This eclectic energetic evening showcases all you can find...

The Prom - the musical
The Prom - the musical
Jul 18 – Aug 4, 2024

Eric Love is back to direct this award winning Spectacular!  Taryn Noelle choreographs!  Down-on-their-luck Broadway stars shake up a small Indiana town as they rally...

Three Sisters Four Women
Three Sisters Four Women
May 30 – Jun 16, 2024

An intimate, fun, and modern reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s classic story of hope in the hardest times, putting the Three Sisters front & center!

ALL AGES ANYTHING GOES POETRY SLAM
ALL AGES ANYTHING GOES POETRY SLAM
Apr 26

Vermont Poetry Slam Champion Geof Hewitt hosts this "Anything Goes" Slam where poets, acoustic musicians, jugglers, and anyone else with special talents are invited to...

I Am My Own Wife
I Am My Own Wife
Apr 4 – Apr 21, 2024

Lost Nation Theater is excited to present this truly remarkable experience starring fan favorite Stoph Scheer!  Meet Charlotte von Mahlsdorf: a real-life trans woman who...

Postponed:  Maple Moon Benefit Cabaret
Postponed: Maple Moon Benefit Cabaret
Mar 23

Sadly, LNT's Maple Moon Cabaret Benefit is postponed due to the impending snowstorm for March 23. We will announce a new date very soon!

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Mar 1 – Mar 2, 2024

Theater For Kids By Kids! At Lost Nation Theater!CS Lewis' classic story of mystical adventure during WWII, gets a modern twist in this dance theater...

The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
Feb 16 – Feb 24, 2024

Lost Nation Theater is thrilled to be partnering with Mosaic Vermont to bring this ground-breaking theatrical experience to central Vermont once again!  Directed by Jeanne Beckwith,...

Tim Jennings Words & Music
Tim Jennings Words & Music
Feb 3

Tim Jennings is Back!  Vermont’s “legendary," "irresistible," "captivating” folk storyteller returns to LNT with a new program of tales and music!  For this special event,...

“A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story” performed by Willem Lange.
“A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story” performed by Willem Lange.
Dec 19

Famed & beloved Yankee storyteller Willem Lange is back- Live and On Stage (and livestreamed) at Lost Nation Theater performing his reading of "A Christmas...

TWO FOR CHRISTMAS - A Staged Reading
TWO FOR CHRISTMAS - A Staged Reading
Dec 13 – Dec 14, 2023

 Vermont’s award-winning professional theater presents favorite poet/playwright David Budbill’s wondrous and whacky “Two for Christmas” in a new version emphasizing enjoyment for the whole family.This...

Sam & Jim in Hell
Sam & Jim in Hell
Oct 5 – Oct 22, 2023

Samuel Beckett & James Joyce discover the afterlife is not all it's cracked up to be in Jeanne Beckwith's newest comic drama, featuring Kim A...

Fractured Fables
Fractured Fables
Jun 23

It’s Theater For Kids By Kids! Directed & developed by licensed theater practitioner Erin Galligan Baldwin, in consultation with West African Drummer Jordan Mensah, and performed...

My Mother's Three Mothers
My Mother's Three Mothers
May 25 – Jun 11, 2023

In My Mother’s Three Mothers, a woman’s search for her birth mother sends shock waves of secrets, shame, choices, & consequences through generations.  Inspired by a...

PASS OVER by Antoinette Nwandu
PASS OVER by Antoinette Nwandu
Apr 13 – Apr 30, 2023

Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s powerful new play is as if Beckett’s Waiting for Godot meets Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing.  In this unforgettable theatrical experience, two young Black...

All Ages Anything Goes Poetry Slam with Geof Hewitt
All Ages Anything Goes Poetry Slam with Geof Hewitt
Apr 25

Vermont Poetry Slam Champion Geof Hewitt hosts this "Anything Goes" Slam where poets, acoustic musicians, jugglers, and anyone else with special talents are invited to...

Rajnii Eddins:  a Night of Poetry & Community
Rajnii Eddins: a Night of Poetry & Community
Apr 19

Rajnii will speak his poems from Their Names Are Mine, In The Coded Language Of This Mortal Tongue, among others; and engage in a Q&A...

The Kick-Off Cabaret!
The Kick-Off Cabaret!
Mar 18

Your Favorite Lost Nation Theater artists gather for an evening of tales and tunes (and other fun), for one night only to celebrate the kick-off...

Frozen Jr. Theater For Kids By Kids
Frozen Jr. Theater For Kids By Kids
Mar 3 – Mar 4, 2023

Lost Nation Theater presents a Theater FOR Kids By Kids Dance Theater Musical Production: Frozen Jr.Based on the film and the 2018 Broadway musical, Frozen Jr brings Elsa, Anna, and...

Teen Professional Intensive Audition
Teen Professional Intensive Audition
Feb 4 – Feb 5, 2023

Aspiring Actors-Singers-Dancers age 13 – 19:  Audition for the Teen ensemble & teen leading roles in LNT’s July 2023 Professional Summer Intensive Production, directed by...

Acting Showcase
Acting Showcase
Feb 3

Members of LNT’s Advanced Acting Intensive, directed by Erin Galligan Baldwin, share an evening of scenes and monologues onstage in Lost Nation Theater’s intimate and...

Willem Lange performs Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol”
Willem Lange performs Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol”
Dec 16

Famed & beloved Yankee storyteller Willem Lange is back - Live and On Stage (and livestreamed) at Lost Nation Theater performing his reading of "A Christmas Carol:...

Tim Jennings: 50 Years of Storytelling!
Tim Jennings: 50 Years of Storytelling!
Nov 18 – Nov 19, 2022

Tim Jennings is Back! Vermont’s “legendary," "irresistible," "captivating” folk storyteller returns to LNT with a new and deeply personal program of old & new tales, music, and musings...

Side by Side by Sondheim
Side by Side by Sondheim
Oct 6 – Oct 23, 2022

The music, stories, song and dance of Stephen Sondheim will soar at LNT in this fabulous music revue featuring some of the best of the...

BOTH EYES OPEN; THE ANNIE OAKLEY STORY
BOTH EYES OPEN; THE ANNIE OAKLEY STORY
Sep 8 – Sep 18, 2022

Maura O'Brien (Always, Patsy Cline, Becoming Dr Ruth) stars as the one and only Annie Oakley (preeminent horsewoman and sharp-shooter) in the world premiere of...

Pushing up the Sky, Theater for Kids by Kids
Pushing up the Sky, Theater for Kids by Kids
Jul 1

Lost Nation Theater presents the culminating project of its one-week Physical Storytelling Theater Camp: Pushing Up the Sky.Directed & adapted by licensed theater practitioner Erin...

Les Filles du QUOI?
Les Filles du QUOI?
Jun 16 – Jun 26, 2022

World premiere of comedic, bilingual show by acclaimed Vermont performer, Abby Paige, Les Filles du Quoi? is an autobiographical exploration of ancestry, identity, and storytelling.An...

Alegwasimek 8thlokadin: Abenaki Artists Speak
Alegwasimek 8thlokadin: Abenaki Artists Speak
May 6 – May 22, 2022

It’s the Final Weekend of our three-week series celebrating Abenaki Culture and Heritage through story, song, art, and discussions featuring the youth drumming group -Circle...

All Ages Anything Goes” Poetry Slam
"All Ages Anything Goes” Poetry Slam
Apr 22

Slammaster Geof Hewitt hosts an Anything Goes, All Ages! slam giving a writers and performers 3-minutes to wow the audience and vie for fabulous prizes!...

Going Up the Country – a staged reading
Going Up the Country – a staged reading
Apr 9

A staged-reading of a new play with music by Eric Peterson and John Foley (best known for Pump Boys & Dinettes). The show is based...

Back to the 100 Acre Wood: Winnie-the-Pooh Revue
Back to the 100 Acre Wood: Winnie-the-Pooh Revue
Feb 25 – Feb 26, 2022

Lost Nation Theater, proudly presents its Youth Theater Students in an original dance-theater adaptation of AA Milnes heartwarming Winnie the Pooh with Back to the...

Willem Lange performs Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol”
Willem Lange performs Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol”
Dec 17

Live! In Person! Famed & beloved Yankee storyteller Willem Lange will be Live and On Stage with an In-Person-audience at Lost Nation Theater performing his...

All Together Now -a New Musical Revue
"All Together Now" -a New Musical Revue
Nov 12 – Nov 14, 2021

Lost Nation Theater is back with "All Together Now!" This New Musical Revue, made possible by MTI (November 12-14, 2021), is a global event is...

Annie Oakley Staged Reading
"Annie Oakley" Staged Reading
Oct 2 – Oct 3, 2021

Maura OBrien stars in Annie Oakley; a work-in-progress staged reading of a new play by Jeanne Beckwith, written especially for her. Despite her fame, very...

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Dec 18

Famed, beloved Yankee Storyteller Willem Lange joins Lost Nation Theater as he performs his reading of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story.Lost Nation...

WILLEM LANGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL LIVE
Dec 1 – Dec 18, 2020

How did Willem Lange get that script used by Dickens himself? Another performer found the script in a Boston bookstore in 1903, and Lange recorded...

A Midsommer Nights Dreame
A Midsommer Nights Dreame
Sep 20

The Bard is Back at LNT! Shakespeares most beloved comedy of lost lovers, magical fairies and crude mechanicals A Midsommer Nights Dreame takes the stage...

GRUFF!  The Musical!
GRUFF! The Musical!
Apr 16 – May 3, 2020

Gruff! The Musical! is a silly and subversive epic eco-musical and interactive reinvention of Three Billy Goats Gruff for all ages. In a world that's...

The Little Prince
The Little Prince
Feb 28 – Feb 29, 2020

LOST NATION THEATER presents the culminating project of its one-week Dance-Theater Camp: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupry. Its Theater FOR Kids BY Kids!...

Stories for the Season
Stories for the Season
Dec 18

Lost Nation Theater presents STORIES FOR THE SEASON a special holiday-inspired special event - one night only Wednesday December 18th at Montpelier City Hall Arts...

LNT-AID! Mega Benefit Concert
LNT-AID! Mega Benefit Concert
Nov 21

LNT AID Vermont Stars Come Out for Lost Nation Theater - one night only Thursday November 21st.Its the 6th annual mega concert with mega-talented &...

The Impossible Voyage
The Impossible Voyage
Mar 1 – Mar 2, 2019

Original dance-theater created by campers ages 9 & up and director/choreographer Taryn NoelleInspired by the silent films of George Mlis - pioneering film-maker, illusionist, "grandfather...

DISAPPEARANCES
DISAPPEARANCES
Oct 4 – Oct 21, 2018

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