Tag Archives: Lanes Coven Theater Company

Apr 27

Absurdism, Profundity, Religiosity: “Church”

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The cast. Photo by Jason Grow.

Presented by Lanes Coven Theater Company
By Young Jean Lee
Directed by Justin Genna
Featuring: Alex Highsmith, Lily Narbonne, Cheryl D. Singleton, Hannah Young

April 24 – May 10
American Legion Post 3
8 Washington Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

Review by Maegan Clearwood

GLOUCESTER, Mass. – Church opens in emptiness: a lone voice carries over the audiences’ heads from behind, a familiar diatribe about ego and earthly trivialities. The American Legion hall is dark, a lectern ironically unoccupied as the disembodied sermon goes on and on and on. But Church ends in light, sound, frenetic movement – a smorgasbord for the senses, worlds apart from the solemnity of its beginning. Continue reading →

Jun 10

A harmonious masterpiece that’s worth the trek: “Topdog/Underdog”

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Presented by Lanes Coven Theater Company
By Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Kadeem Ali Harris
Featuring Akilah A. Walker and Adrianna Mitchell

Windhover Performing Arts Center
257R Granite Street
Rockport, MA 01966
May 30 – June 15, 2025

Review by Maegan Bergeron-Clearwood

ROCKPORT, Mass. — Lanes Coven Theater Company sets up shop at Windhover Performing Arts Center, a picturesque campus of indoor and outdoor workspaces in Cape Ann, nestled away at the end of a trail of winding, seaside roads. The company’s current production of Topdog/Underdog is being staged in the Chapel, a tall, barn-like structure that reverberates from whatever elements are roiling outside, with just enough room for 50 or so intrepid audience members who are in on a secret: there’s some damn good theatre in the corners of New England if you’re willing to make the trek. Continue reading →