The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre is a

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theater in

Arrow Rock, Missouri Arrow Rock is a village in Saline County, Missouri, United States, located near the Missouri River. The entire village is part of the National Historic Landmark Arrow Rock Historic District, designated by the Department of the Interior, Nationa ...

. Opening in 1961, the theatre is located in an historic church building within the

Arrow Rock Historic District Arrow Rock Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the village of Arrow Rock, Missouri and the adjacent Arrow Rock State Historic Site. The Arrow Rock area was where the historic Santa Fe Trail crossed the Missou ...

, a

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District. The 416-seat auditorium host over 33,000 patrons a year, and is Missouri's oldest professional regional theater.

History

The theater was created in 1961, and for its first season performed three nineteenth century plays on a budget of 3,500 dollars. The venue was originally a "1872 Gothic Revival Style" Baptist Church, whose congregation had consolidated with others in town and no longer used the building. Two families, the Lawrences and the Argubrights co-owned the building and offered to let it be used as a theater. Henry Swanson, a professor at Columbia College was the first artistic director. In 1993, the theatre underwent a renovation project to expand the capacity of the venue. In 2004, the theaters dormitory was damaged by a fire. The community provided housing for the cast for the following three seasons. In 2019, the theatre was the first in the state to receive the “Missouri Historical Theatre” designation. The theatre celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2021.

Productions

2021

The Little Mermaid (musical) ''The Little Mermaid'' is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up ...

Singin' in the Rain (musical) ''Singin' in the Rain'' is a stage musical with story by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown. Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, the plot closely adheres to the original. Set in Hollyw ...

Sister Act (musical) ''Sister Act'' is a musical based on the hit 1992 film of the same name with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, and additional material by Douglas Carter Beane. After having a regional premiere i ...

Murder on the Orient Express ''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the U ...

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas C ...

Our Town ''Our Town'' is a 1938 metatheatrical three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 throug ...

Charley's Aunt ''Charley's Aunt'' is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate whose friends Jack and Charley persuade him to impersonate the latter's aunt. The complications of the plot inc ...

Elvis (musical) ''Elvis'' is a jukebox musical based upon the life of American singer Elvis Presley, conceived by and Ray Cooney (Producer and Co-Devisor) and Jack Good (Director and Co-devisor). It tells the story of Elvis's life and career, from the beginning ...

References

External links

luceumtheatre.org
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