4th of July (49)
created: Jul 21, 2009
City Lights Youth Theatre performed on Liberty Island this 4th of July to celebrate the reopening of the crown of the Statue of Liberty!
SPF 2009 - Once Upon a Wolf (68)
created: Jul 21, 2009
By Steph DeFerie
Performed by the students of Junior Acting Ensemble
SPF 2009 - Comedy Tonight! (55)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Written and Performed by the students of Musical Theatre Revue A
SPF 2009 - Definitely Eric Geddis (45)
created: Jul 21, 2009
By Michael Snelgrove
Performed by the students of All About Acting
SPF 2009 - Not Another Teen Musical (67)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Written and performed by the students of Musical Theatre Revue B
SPF 2009 - Guys and Dolls (32)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Book by Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling
Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Performed by the students of Junior Musical Ensemble
Footloose (77)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
Based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford
Music by Tom Snow
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small
Metamorphoses (56)
created: Jul 21, 2009
By Mary Zimmerman
Performed by the students of Acting Intensive
Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of The Metamorphoses of Ovid is a thrilling theatrical exploration of the eternal power of myth.
The Origins Project 2008 (41)
created: Jul 21, 2009
With Nothing But A Dream: Stories from Ellis Island is an original play directed by Katharine Connor and written by Dana Leslie Goldstein in collaboration with the students of The Origins Project.
SPF 2008 - Half Hour Comedy Hour (52)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Written and performed by the students of Playmakers Workshop
SPF 2008 - Ease on Down (54)
created: Jul 21, 2009
featuring songs from: Oklahoma, The Wiz, Chess, Company, West Side Story, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof and RENT
Written and performed by the students of Musical Theatre Revue B
SPF 2008 - The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood (54)
created: Jul 21, 2009
By Mary Lynn Dobson
Performed by the students of Junior Acting Ensemble
SPF 2008 - Bobby Wilson Can Eat His Own Face (78)
created: Jul 21, 2009
By Don Zoldis
Performed by the students of All About Acting
SPF 2008 - Summer of Love (80)
created: Jul 21, 2009
By Andrew Hertz featuring songs from:
Bye Bye Birdie, hair, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Wiz, A Chorus Line, and Dreamgirls
Performed by the students of Musical Theatre Revue
SPF 2008 - Honk! jr (114)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Book and Lyrics are by Anthony Drewe Music by George Stiles
Performed by the students of Junior Musical Ensemble
Pippin (104)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
A groundbreaking musical theatre classic will be revived in City Lights 2008 Mainstage Musical production of PIPPIN, a musical comedy abou
The Crucible (18)
created: Jul 21, 2009
By Arthur Miller
This thrilling drama about the Salem witch trials is both a gripping historical play and a chilling parable of our contemporary society. The story focuses on a young farmer, his wif
The Origins Project 2007 (64)
created: Jul 21, 2009
East Side Stories is an original play directed by Katharine Connor, with musical direction by John Bronston, and written by Dana Leslie Goldstein in collaboration with the students of the Origins Proj
SPF 2007 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (63)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Written by Richard George
Performed by the students of Junior Acting Ensemble
SPF 2007 - You Got School'd (47)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Written and performed by the students of Musical Theatre Revue B
SPF 2007 - The Music Man Jr. (59)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Book by Meredith Willson
Lyrics by Meredith Willson
Music by Meredith Willson
Based on a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
Performed by the students of Junior Musical Ensemble
(May 20
SPF 2007 - Lights, Camera, Accident! (61)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Written and performed by the students of Musical Theatre Revue A
Carousel (37)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Adapted from Ferenc Molnar's 1909 play "Liliom"
A Rodgers & Hammerstein classic come to life in City Lights 2007 Maintage Musical Prod
The Laramie Project (41)
created: Jul 21, 2009
The Laramie Project,
by Moises Kaufman and members of Tectonic Theater Project
The Laramie Project, chronicling the life in the town of Laramie after the murder of Matthew Shepard, is a breathtaking
The Origins Project 2006 (13)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Seeds of Bondage
Seeds of Bondage, an original play directed by Katharine Connor and written by Kent Jackman in collaboration with the students of the Origins Project, chronicles the roots of New Yor
Spring Performance Festival 2006 (11)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Annie, Jr.
Not Another Musical?!?!?
The Spectacular and Really Quite Good Extravaganza and Show
New York, New York: A Wonderful Town!
Performed in Repertory
(May 2006)
What If...? (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
by David Austin
A modern retelling of The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Anderson’s tragic tale of forbidden love, that follows the characters on their personal journeys to find answers to their ow
Now You See Me/Bang Bang You’re Dead! (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Now You See Me
by Jon Dorf
&
Bang Bang You’re Dead!
by William Mastrosimone
Two plays which explore, in vastly different ways, the potential causes and ramifications of teen violence in the school
The Origins Project 2005 (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
The City Lights 10th Anniversary
The Origins Project:
Lost & Found
An original production, created in collaboration with the City Lights Kids, professional playwright Kent Jackman and professional d
Spring Performance Festival 2005 (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Broadway Bound: Beneath the Bridge
Miss Nelson is Missing
Fear Nothing!
Hollywood Revue: Take Two!
Performed in Repertory.
(May 2005)
Into the Woods (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Into the Woods weaves various familiar fairy tales through a twisting journey on the road to "Happily Ever After".
(March 2005)
Anne Frank and Me (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Writen by Cherie Bennett, this play is about the awakening of a modern teen who doubts the truth of, but ultimately comes face to face with, the reality of the Holocaust.
(February 2005)
The Origins Project 2004 (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Dirty Dough
An original production, created in collaboration with the City Lights Kids and professional playwright Kent Jackman.
(August 2004)
Spring Performance Festival 2004 (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Pirates of Penzance, You Can’t Take The Train To Maine, Lights On Broadway, and Hollywood Revue Performed in Repertory.
(May 2004)
The Wiz (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Book by William F. Brown
Music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls
(March 2004)
The Good Times Are Killing Me (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
by Lynda Barry
(February 2004)
Letters of Approval (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
by Kent Jackman and the students of City Lights' The Origins Project
(August 2003)
Of Thee I Sing (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Music by George & Ira Gershwin
Book by George Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind
(May 2003)
Lights On Broadway (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Libretto by Jesse Kearney
Libretto commissioned by City Lights Youth Theatre
(May 2003)
Golden Myths (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
King Midas and the Golden Touch
Freya's Golden Necklace
(May 2003)
Rags (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
(March 2003)
One Girl Drummer (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
A New Play by Susan Johnston
Commissioned by City Lights Youth Theatre
(February 2003)
Home-Work (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Home-Work: A Journey into the Garment Industry
by Kent Jackman and the students of City Lights' The Origins Project
(August 2002)
West Side Story (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
based on a conception of Jerome Robbins
book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
(May 2002)
Mama Love (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
A new play by Glyn O'Malley
Commissioned by City Lights Youth Theatre
(March 2002)
Ancestor's Breath (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Ancestor's Breath: The Story of Enslaved Africans of 1828
by Carmen Rivera and the students of City Lights' The Origins Project
(August 2001)
Best Friends (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
book, lyrics and music by Will Holt and Aaron Hagan
Best Friends was an original musical commissioned by City Lights
(April 2001)
Winter One-Acts (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
The Wrestling Season by Laurie Brooks
Sparkleshark by Philip Ridley
(March 2001)
Forward Into Light (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Forward Into Light: The Story of the First Women Voters of 97 Orchard Street
by Carmen Rivera and the students of City Lights' The Origins Project
(August 2000)
Susannah and the Star Thing (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
book and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, music by Matthew Sklar
Susannah was a new musical commissioned by City Lights.
(May 2000)
The "C" Files (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
written, costumed, designed, and performed by City Lights students
(February 2000)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
by William Shakespeare
(March 2000)
Right Makes Might (0)
created: Jul 21, 2009
Right Makes Might: The Story of the Civil War Draft Riots in New York and the Mysterious Disappearance of Julius Gumpertz
by Carmen Rivera and the students of City Lights' The Origins Project
(Augu
Grease (5)
created: Jul 21, 2009
book, music, and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
(May 1999)
Once On This Island (7)
created: Jul 21, 2009
book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty
(May 1998)