Lincoln Community Playhouse Booklists

Master Index of Playhouse Booklists

These booklists were created by Gere Branch library staff, starting in the 2010/2011 season, to accompany various stage productions at Gere’s neighbor, The Lincoln Community Playhouse.

2024 Playhouse Booklists

• Annie Jr.: A Penguin Project Production (forthcoming June 2024)
• The Play That Goes Wrong (forthcoming May 2024)
• Cabaret (forthcoming March 2024)
• Simply Simone (forthcoming January/February 2024)

2023 Playhouse Booklists

• A Christmas Carol (forthcoming December 2023)
• Finding Nemo Jr. (forthcoming December 2023)
• Over the River and Through the Woods (October 2023)
• Little Shop of Horrors (September 2023)
• Newsies Jr.: A Penguin Project Production (June 2023)
• The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (May 2023)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (March 2023) (also: printer-friendly 1-page PDF)
• The Mountaintop (January/February 2023) (also: printer-friendly 2-page PDF)

2022 Playhouse Booklists

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Jr. (December 2022)
• A Christmas Carol (November 2022)
• Pride and Prejudice (October/November 2022)
• Something Rotten (September 2022)
• Every Brilliant Thing (June 2022)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (May 2022)
• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters (March 2022)

2021 Playhouse Booklists

• (portions of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons were interrupted by COVID-19)
• Elf Jr.: A Penguin Project production (December 2021)
• A Christmas Carol (November 2021 one-man show)
• Calendar Girls (October 2021)
• The Fantasticks (September 2021)
• A Toby Show (Cinderella) (July 2021) (performed in various Lincoln parks)
• Say Goodnight Gracie (February 2021)
• Recreated Radio Plays (January – April 2021) (listen to 16 recreated radio plays, performed by local actors, at THIS YOUTUBE page)

2020 Playhouse Booklists

• (portions of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons were interrupted by COVID-19)
• A Visit From St. Nicholas (December 2020 — cancelled due to COVID-19] ( no list produced )
• Almost, Maine (November 2020 — production run reduced due to COVID-19)
• Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End (September/October 2020, second run —  originally performed in Jan/Feb 2019)
• Parking Lot Plays — variety of different musical and/or melodrama performances (July/August 2020) ( no lists produced )
• Willy Wonka Jr.: A Penguin Project production (June 2020 — cancelled due to COVID-19) (no list produced)
• The Sunshine Boys (March 2020)
• An Oscar Wilde Festival (Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde & The Importance of Being Earnest) (January/February 2020)

2019 Playhouse Booklists

• Frozen Jr. (December 2019)
• Be More Chill (October-November 2019) ( no list produced )
• Ring of Fire (September 2019)
• The Wizard of Oz (Young Performers Edition): A Penguin Project production (June 2019)
• Mame! (May 2019)
• Pinkalicious (March 2019)
• Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End (January/February 2019 and again September/October 2020)
• Finishing School (January/February 2019)

2018 Playhouse Booklists

• A Little House Christmas (December 2018)
• Black Coffee: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (October 2018)
• Hello, Dolly! (September 2018)
• Girls’ Weekend (July 2018)
• The Music Man Jr.: A Penguin Project production (June 2018)
• Mamma Mia! (April/May 2018)
• The Lion King Jr. (March 2018)
• TBD (To Be Determined) (January 2018)

2017 Playhouse Booklists

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (December 2017)
• Ethan Claymore (November 2017)
• The Hundred Dresses (October 2017)
• Camelot (September 2017)
• The Fox on the Fairway (July/August 2017)
• High School Musical Jr.: A Penguin Project production (June 2017)
• Ragtime (May 2017)
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins (March/April 2017)
• Exit Laughing (February 2017)
• Mothers & Sons (January 2017)

2016 Playhouse Booklists

• Elf Jr. (December 2016)
• The Boxcar Children (October/November 2016)
• My Fair Lady (September/October 2016)
• Miracle on South Division Street (July/August 2016)
• Beauty and  the Beast Jr.: A Penguin Project production (June 2016)
• Catch Me If You Can (May 2016)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (April 2016)
• Anne of Green Gables (February 2016)
• lower case (January 2016)

2015 Playhouse Booklists

• Peter Pan (December 2015)
• You Can’t Take it With You (November 2015)
• Sister Act (September/October 2015)
• The Giver (August 2015)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (July/August 2015)
• The Little Mermaid Jr.: A Penguin Project production (June 2015)
• Oklahoma! (May 2015)
• Miss Nelson is Missing (April 2015)
• Next to Normal (March/April 2015)
• The Game’s Afoot (January/February 2015)

2014 Playhouse Booklists

• Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (December 2014)
• Second Samuel (November 2014)
• Mary Poppins (October/November 2014)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (August/September 2014)
• Annie Jr.: A Penguin Project production (June 2014)
• Oliver! (May 2014)
• Stepping Out (April 2014)
• The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley (March 2014)
• Barefoot in the Park (January 2014)

2013 Playhouse Booklists

• Little Women: The Musical (December 2013)
• The Bad Seed (October/November 2013)
• Monty Python’s Spamalot! (September 2013)
• The Little Mermaid Jr. (July/August 2013)
• Les Misérables (May 2013)
• Harvey (March 2013)
• Pinkalicious (February 2013)
• Doubt (January/February 2013)

2012 Playhouse Booklists

• A Little House Christmas (December 2012)
• How I Became a Pirate (November 2012)
• Legally Blonde: The Musical (September/October 2012)
• 9 to 5: The Musical (July/August 2012)
• Anything Goes (May 2012)
• Charlotte’s Web (April 2012)
• Dearly Beloved (March 2012)
• The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood (February 2012)
• 12 Angry Men (January 2012)

2011 Playhouse Booklists

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (December 2011)
• Lend Me a Tenor (October/November 2011)
• West Side Story (September 2011)
• RENT (July 2011)
• The Sound of Music (May 2011)
• Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits (April 2011)
• Disney’s My Son Pinnochio (March 2011)