MISSION
"Physical Productions of Cerebral Works"
Since 1999, Longacre Lea has been producing professional, absurdist theatre in Washington, DC. The company is in annual summer residence in The Callan Theatre at The Catholic University of America.
PEOPLE
Artistic Director - Kathleen Akerley
Managing Director - Séamus Miller
Resident Stage Manager - Solomon HaileSelassie
Director of Media Relations - Heather Haney
Artistic Associates - Tom Carman, Ashley DeMain, Michael Glenn, Jason Lott, Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden, Neil McFadden, Séamus Miller, Daniel Vito Siefring
Board Members - Kathleen Akerley, Edwin L. Fountain, Séamus Miller, Abby Wood
PAST SHOWS
1998: Macbeth
1999: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
2000: The Hothouse
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
2004: Man With Bags
2005: Energumen, The Real Inspector Hound
2006: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Helen Hayes Awards Nomination for Outstanding Ensemble)
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
2012: Goldfish Thinking
2014: Pol Pot & Associates, LLP
2015: How We Died of Disease-Related Illness, Bones in Whispers (Helen Hayes Awards Recommended)
2016: FEAR a comedy? about performing Shakespeare (Helen Hayes Awards Recommended)
2017: Whipping, or The Football Hamlet (Helen Hayes Awards Recommended)
2018: The Interstellar Ghost Hour (Helen Hayes Awards Recommended, Helen Hayes Nomination - Outstanding Supporting Actor)
2019: The Watchlist Festival