Lawrence Lesher is a professional director and actor
based in New York City.
Recent News:
Lawrence is currently directing “The Quest For Don Quixote” at Florida Southern College
Lawrence acted in “Unnecessary Farce” at St Vincent Summer Theatre in the role of “Agent Frank” in June
Lawrence directed “Stones In His Pockets” at Millbrook Playhouse in July.
Lawrence will be directing “Misery” at San Luis Obispo Rep in the fall.
Lawrence directed “Baskerville” at Ocala Civic Theatre. It opened on 3/21/2024
Lawrence directed “Unnecessary Farce” at Florida Southern College. It opened on 9/28/2023
Lawrence directed “Stones In His Pockets” at San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre. It opened on 8/11/2023.
Lawrence directed "Boeing Boeing" at Millbrook Playhouse. It opened 7/13/23.
Lawrence acted in “Moon Over Buffalo” at St Vincent Summer Theatre in the role of “George.” The show opened on 6/27/2023.
Lawrence was the guest director for "The Liar" at Florida Southern College. It opened on 11/3/2022.
Lawrence directed "Around the World in 80 Days" at San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre. It opened on 9/9/2022.
Lawrence directed "Misery" at Millbrook Playhouse in Mill Hall, PA. He also played the role of "Buster". It opened on 8/5/2022
Lawrence played Saunders in “Lend Me A Tenor” at St Vincent Summer Theatre in PA from 7/5-7/12/2022
Lawrence directed "Around the World in 80 Days" by Mark Brown at Ocala Civic Theatre. It opened on 1/20/2022.
Lawrence guest directed “Tom Jones” by Mark Brown at Florida Southern College.
Lawrence directed “Haunting at the Old Homestead” and the Halloween Olio at Thin Air Theatre Company in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Lawrence directed “The 39 Steps” and “Around the World in 80 Days” at Stagedoor Manor.
Lawrence directed "I Hate Hamlet" at Ocala Civic Theatre in Florida.
Lawrence taught a directing course online for Ocala Civic Theatre.
Lawrence helped coordinate and lead the first ever online Stagedoor Manor.
Lawrence directed "The Laramie Project" via Zoom for Stagedoor Manor online.
Lawrence directed "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" at the Ocala Civic Theatre in Florida.
Lawrence directed "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" at Stagedoor Manor.
Lawrence directed "The Quest for Don Quixote" by Mark Brown at Stagedoor Manor.
Lawrence directed "The Diviners" at Stagedoor Manor.
Lawrence directed "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at Theatre Winter Haven in Florida.
Lawrence acted in "Art" by Yasmina Reza (Serge) at the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre on the Central Coast of California. http://www.slorep.org/
Lawrence taught an Acting Master Class for Stagedoor Manor's "Stagedoor Studios" in NYC.
Lawrence directed and acted in “Rounding Third" in the inaugural season of the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre in California.
Lawrence directed the Staycation Vaudeville at the Great American Melodrama in Oceano, CA.
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Lawrence acted in "The Foreigner" (Froggy Leseur) and the vaudeville review at The Great American Melodrama in Oceano, CA.
Lawrence acted in "Million Dollar Quartet" (Sam Phillips) at the Roxy Regional Theatre in TN.
Lawrence directed "The Foreigner" at the Thin Air Theatre Company in Cripple Creek, CO.
Lawrence appeared as the antagonist "Mr. Golfman" in the second season of the webseries "Ghost Light"
Lawrence performed as Charlie Cowell (and U/S for Harold Hill) at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
Lawrence directed "Savage Hot Babe Massacre" for the "Ded Sullivan Show" at Times Scare in NYC.
Lawrence appeared as "Drake" in Troika's national tour of "Annie"
Lawrence served as the Associate Artistic Director at Stagedoor Manor in the Catkskills.