2004: Man With Bags
2005: Energumen, The Real Inspector Hound
2006: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
(Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble)
2001: Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth
(City Paper #6 Best Productions of the Year)
2002: Bald Soprano, After Magritte, The Dumb Waiter
2003: The Power of the Dog

About the Company

Kathleen Akerley Artistic Director
Gail Stewart Beach Resident Costume Designer
John Burkland Resident Lighting Designer
Michael John Casey Artistic Associate
Jon Danforth Business Advisor
Michael Glenn Artistic Associate
Heather Haney Artistic Associate
Elliot Homburg Photographer
Jeremiah Jourdan Website
Jason Lott Artistic Associate
Neil McFadden Resident Sound Designer
Daniel Vito Siefring Artistic Associate

The Board
Kathleen Akerley, Edwin L. Fountain, Abby Wood

Past Company Members
Charlie M. Berfield, Jonathon Church, Caitlin Griffin, Jason Stiles


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Founded in 1998, Longacre Lea is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) theater company specializing in absurdism, magical realism, and whatever other isms explore the role of the unseen and unexplained in the human condition.




In an over-saturated theater market, Longacre Lea remains committed to a one-show season and to making that show count. Performances are every August/September in the Callan Theater in northeast D.C.


In 2006, Artistic Director Kathleen Akerley was one of the recipients of the Theater Lobby “Mary Goldwater” Award for her direction of the company’s shows.
1998: Macbeth
1999: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
2000: The Hothouse










2007: The Hothouse
2008: Theories of the Sun
2009: The Oogatz Man,
Artist Descending A Staircase
2010: Cat's Cradle
2011: Something Past in Front of the Light

 



Significantly vital support for the company has come from:

Helen Akerley
Anonymous
Ian Armstrong and Adrienne Nelson
Carol Arthur and Jon Danforth
Sara Cormeny and Pete Miller
Jeffrey P. Cunard
Sarah Farmer and Michael Glenn
Dorothy and John Foellmer
Edwin L. Fountain
Linda and Norman Hardee
Robert and Wendy Kenney
Kevin J. McIntyre
Pamela Meek

Declan Murphy
Marc Okrand
Louise Oliver
Victor Shargai
Gerald and Suzanne Siefring
Allison Stockman
Mary Stone
Carolyn Thompson
Judy and Steven Waldhauser
John Z. Walker
Kathy and Gary Wood
Chris and David Zepf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contact: longacre_lea@hotmail.com
202.460.2188

 

 

 

ontent for New Div Tag Goes Here
The company recently made the “green” move of eliminating programs and tickets (admission is by hand stamp; information about the performers is posted on the walls or available by email upon request).