Welcome!
The purpose of the Greater Lewisville Community Theatre is to stimulate and promote education in the theatre and the performing arts by providing the highest quality of productions possible. GLCT endeavors to broaden and enrich the theatrical experience and participation opportunities for the citizens of not only Lewisville but the surrounding area. We encourage all who are interested to come sample what we have to offer, whether it be acting, directing, music, dance or the technical aspect of the theatre.
Our 2007-08 Season: A Silver Celebration
Looking back and looking forward! That's the watchword for GLCT's 2007-2008 Silver Anniversary season. For twenty-five years, the Greater Lewisville area has been home to the best of community theatre. With over 120 productions presented to some 37,000 patrons, GLCT has enriched the area with the best comedies, dramas and musicals in the American theatre.
Founded in 1983 as Poco Mas Players, the organizers performed in a variety of venues from cabaret settings to the Lewisville High School auditorium. For some years, GLCT had an indoor stage at Delay Auditorium, but presented its summer musicals outdoors at the Vista Ridge Amphitheatre. In 1995, it took up residence at its present location in Old Town. By 2006, the theatre had completed renovation work to restore the building to its original 1885 look and added an authentic “old-timey” marquee.
GLCT partnered with the Coppell Community Theatre to produce Little Shop of Horrors in 1989, and co-produced The Music Man with the other Lewisville Arts Council organizations, the symphony, art league and community chorus, in 1996. It has operated a children’s theatre and workshop, produced works by local playwrights and performed benefit shows for charitable causes. GLCT awards annual scholarships to high school seniors active in theatre arts and has loaned out the building to a variety of civic organizations.
With twenty-five years of serving the community behind it, GLCT now anticipates a future filled with exciting entertainment. To celebrate its Silver Anniversary, GLCT has chosen a 2007-2008 lineup that mixes highlights from seasons past with some wonderful selections never before presented on our stage. Come celebrate with us as we honor our past and look to our future.
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Music by Jimmy Roberts
September 6–16
Scholarship Fundraiser
Proceeds from this show go toward scholarships for deserving Lewisville ISD students.
This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as “the relationship”. Four actors take on the lives of over forty characters as they face the trials and tribulations of dealing with dating, romance, marriage, infidelity and in-laws.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dramatized by Christopher Sergei
from the book by Harper Lee
October 12–28
Directed by Harry Friedman
GLCT is thrilled to re-create the first production mounted in its Old Town venue. Set in Depression era Alabama, this faithful adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, as told through the eyes of a child, deals with the themes of dignity, tolerance and a father's love for his children.
Little Women
Dramatized by Marian de Forest
from the book by Louisa M. Alcott
November 30–December 16
Another Silver Anniversary re-production by GLCT, this much loved story interweaves the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War, and is based on Alcott's own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts, with her three sisters, Anna, May and Elizabeth.
Proposals
by Neil Simon
February 8–24
This delightful memory play recalls the last gathering of the Hines family at their retreat in the Poconos. It's the summer of 1953, and a time of animated romantic entanglements that overlap all on one afternoon. With the arrival of each character, audiences experience both comic hilarity and heartbreaking honesty.
Crowns
by Regina Taylor
Adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry
April 25–May 11
A musical tribute to the fabulous church hats and the African-American women for whom they are symbolic crowns, a means to express themselves in the presence of God. The story of a Brooklyn girl, staying with her grandmother in the South following a tragedy, is a springboard for an exploration of black cultural history and identity.
Oklahoma!
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Based on a book by Lyn Riggs
July 11–August 3
Oklahoma! was the first American musical where songs and dances grew out of the characters and their emotions rather than just the story or the need for singing and dancing. It was also the first musical with a “rural” theme and the first to have its score recorded. GLCT first brought Oklahoma! to Lewisville audiences at the Vista Ridge Amphitheater in 1992.
Auditions will be held May 18 & 19, at 7:00 p.m., at the theatre. Please bring a non-returnable headshot and your resume. Prepare two songs that show your vocal range, if possible. Click here for more information.