LAWRENCE LESHER

DIRECTOR'S RESUME

Lawrence Lesher
SDC


SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

PLAYS

Misery                                            Millbrook Playhouse                       Mill Hall, PA 
Around the World in 80 Days      Ocala Civic Theatre                        Ocala, FL
Tom Jones                                    Florida Southern College                 Lakeland, FL
Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike     Ocala Civic Theatre                     Ocala, FL
Rounding Third                            San Luis Obispo Rep. Theatre         San Luis Obispo, CA
The Foreigner                              Thin Air Theatre Co.                           Cripple Creek, CO
I Hate Hamlet                               Ocala Civic Theatre                          Ocala, FL
King Charles III                             Stagedoor Manor                               Loch Sheldrake, NY

The Diviners                                    Stagedoor Manor                               Loch Sheldrake, NY
The Liar                                          Stagedoor Manor                                  Loch Sheldrake, NY
Tom Jones                                    Stagedoor Manor                                   Loch Sheldrake, NY
Crimes of the Heart                     Stagedoor Manor                               Loch Sheldrake, NY
Around the World in 80 Days      Stagedoor Manor                               Loch Sheldrake, NY

The Quest for Don Quixote             Stagedoor Manor                               Loch Sheldrake, NY
Haunting at the Old Homestead Thin Air Theatre Co.                     Cripple Creek, CO
​Caught in the Net                        Theatre Winter Haven                         Winter Haven, FL
Unnecessary Farce                     Theatre Winter Haven                         Winter Haven, FL 

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940  Stagedoor Manor                        Loch Sheldrake, NY
Rounding Third                           Millbrook Playhouse                                     Mill Hall, PA   
Every Xmas Story Ever Told...    Millbrook Playhouse                                      Mill Hall, PA
All of Greek Mythology in 99...  Stagedoor Manor                               Loch Sheldrake, NY
The 39 Steps                               Millbrook Playhouse                                      Mill Hall, PA

Twelfth Night                                Random Access Theatre                    New York City, NY
Vice Girl Confidential                  Theatre Row/Gracye Prods.               New York City, NY
Com. Works of Shakes. (Abr)      Millbrook Playhouse                                      Mill Hall, PA
A Tuna Christmas                        Millbrook Playhouse                                     Mill Hall, PA
Flowers for Algernon                    Stagedoor Manor                              Loch Sheldrake, NY
The Laramie Project                     Stagedoor Manor                              Loch Sheldrake, NY
Picasso at the Lapin Agile           Astoria Performing Arts Center          New York City, NY
The Asphalt Christmas                Theatre Row/Gracye Productions       New York City, NY

Arsenic & Old Lace                      Queens Shakespeare                         New York City, NY
Tamed                                          Pioneer Playhouse                                        Danville, KY

The Servant of Two Masters        Pioneer Playhouse                                        Danville, KY
Run For Your Wife                       Pioneer Playhouse                                        Danville, KY
The Odd Couple (Female)           Pioneer Playhouse                                        Danville, KY
Death by Darkness                       Pioneer Playhouse                                        Danville, KY

Cookin' With Gus                          Pioneer Playhouse                                       Danville, KY
Leading Ladies                             Theatre Winter Haven                          Winter Haven, FL
Run For Your Wife                        Theatre Winter Haven                          Winter Haven, FL
Canterbury Tales                          Theatre Winter Haven                          Winter Haven, FL
Twelve Angry Women                  Stagedoor Manor                              Loch Sheldrake, NY
Daisy Pulls It Off                           Stagedoor Manor                              Loch Sheldrake, NY

Com. Works of Shakes. (Abr)       Stagedoor Manor  (2 times)              Loch Sheldrake, NY
A Midsummer Night’s Dream       Stagedoor Manor                              Loch Sheldrake, NY
Player’s Ensemble (5 times)         Stagedoor Manor                             
Loch Sheldrake, NY
Lunar Academy of St. Augustine  Endtimes Productions                        New York City, NY
Zombie Frathouse Bash               Endtimes Productions                        New York City, NY

Savage Hot Babe Massacre         Endtimes Productions                        New York City, NY
Void                                               Endtimes Productions                      New York City, NY

Com. Works of W. Shakes (Abr)   SteppenDwarf Theatre                               Lakeland, FL
Runs with Scissors 1-7                 SteppenDwarf Theatre       Lakeland, FL (7 productions)
Picasso at the Lapin Agile            SteppenDwarf Theatre                                Lakeland, FL
Our Fantasies Are Eating Us Alive SANDrep                                          New York City, NY
The Play                                        Networks Festival                               New York City, NY
Four Ives and a Vogelstein            Orlando Fringe Festival                                Orlando, FL
Pillow Talk                                     Orlando Fringe Festival                                Orlando, FL
Hidden In This Picture                   Orlando Fringe Festival                                Orlando, FL
The Zoo Story                                Buckner Theatre                                         Lakeland, FL
Hidden in This Picture                   iMPACTE! Theatre, FL                                Orlando, FL
A Night of One-Acts                       Great American Melodrama                         Oceano, CA




MUSICALS

25th Annual Putnam Cnty Spelling Bee Theatre Winter Haven            Winter Haven, FL
Disaster!​                                                       Stagedoor Manor                      Loch Sheldrake, NY
Halloween Olio                                           Thin Air Theatre Co                 Cripple Creek, CO
Sidekicks!  (reading)                                  New York Musical Theatre Festival      NYC, NY

Staycation Vaudeville                                Great American Melodrama             Oceano, CA
Once On This Island                                  Stagedoor Manor                   Loch Sheldrake, NY

Oliver!                                                             Stagedoor Manor                   Loch Sheldrake, NY
I Love You,You’re Perfect,Now Change    Theatre Winter Haven            Winter Haven, FL 
Nunsensations:  a Vegas Revue               Theatre Winter Haven            Winter Haven, FL
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown          St. Joseph School (guest director) Lakeland, FL
Perils of Pismo Peg                                     Camp Melodrama                             Oceano, CA
New York Vaudeville Revue                      Camp Melodrama                             Oceano, CA

Sleeping Beauty                                           Missoula Childrens Theatre Missoula, MT(Tour)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • Bachelor of Arts, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL

OTHER

  • ​Won “Best Director” from Endtimes Productions for production of Lunar Academy of St. Augustine.
  • Won “Best Director” and “Best Show” from Endtimes Productions for Savage Hot Babe Massacre.
  • Death by Darkness earned more per performance than any other show in Pioneer Playhouse’s 60 year history to date.
  • Run For Your Wife set single night box office record for Pioneer Playhouse for tickets sold.
  • Picasso at the Lapin Agile selected to represent Lakeland in the statewide Florida Theatre Conference competition.
  • Canterbury Tales remounted months later due to popular demand in community
  • Hidden In This Picture selected “Best of Fringe Festival” evening at iMPACTE Theatre
  • Served as company road manager for Windwood Theatricals in an east coast tour of “Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)”
  • Served as the Associate Artistic Director at Stagedoor Manor
  • Ran all aspects (directing, producing, etc.) of my own theatre company for 4 years

I also own this cup below.

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