Our Programs

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• Our dedication to theater is complete. We are always working to create new productions with revised text or a re-examined interpretation of a script. No matter what, they're always exciting!

•  CORCORAN PARK PLAYERS TIMELINE

Our previous theater company, Corcoran Park Players, was in existence from 1982 to 2016.  Here is a listing of CPP shows:

• (*denotes premiere)
• 1982 – 
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis; 
• Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
• 1983 -  
• The Miracle Worker by William Goldman
• Cold Storage by Ronald Ribman
• Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin
• Grumblemuch, an original children’s show
• All My Sons by Arthur Miller
• Tap Dancing Across the Universe * 
• 1984 - 
•  A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner
• You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner
• The Bad Children/The Patchwork Quilt 
• The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash 
• A Thurber Carnival by James Thurber.
• 1985 -  
• A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O’Neill (Full production and MACT Festival entry)
• Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henle 
• Winterthing by Joan Aiken
• On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson
• Working, a musical.  
• 1986 -  
• The Dresser by Ronald Harwood
• Merton of the Movies by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly
• The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
• A Cocktail at Porter’s. 
• 1987 -  
• The Good Doctor by Neil Simon
• Laundry and Bourbon by James McLure (MACT Festival entry) Play It Again, Sam by Woody Allen
• Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
• Hay Fever by Noel Coward
• 1988 – 
• Anna Christie by Eugene O’Neill
• Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon
• Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
• 1989 -  
• Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams and Joe Sears (Full production and MACT Festival entry)
• You Can’t Take it With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
• 1990 – 
• The Hot l Baltimore by Lanford Wilson 
• Vanities by Jack Heifner
• Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
• 1991 -  
• The Royal Family by George S Kaufman and Edna Ferber
• The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder 
• 1992 -  
• Auntie Mame by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Dark of the Moon by Howard Richardson
• 1993 -  
• The Hollow by Agatha Christie
• And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little by Paul Zindel
• 1994 –
•  The Odd Couple by Neil Simon (female version)
• The Solid Gold Cadillac by George S. Kaufman and Howard Tiechmann
• 1995 -  
• Dear Ruth by Norman Krasna
• And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians) by Agatha Christie
• 1996 -  
• The Autumn Garden by Lillian Hellman
• Out of Sight Out of Murder by Fred Carmichael
• 1997 -  
• The Whole Shebang by Richard Orloff (MACT Festival entry - Winner: Third place; Winner:  Pam Kaufman, Outstanding Achievement in Acting)
• The Trip to Bountiful by Horton Foote
• The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
• 1998 -  
• The Women by Clare Boothe Luce
• Picnic by William Inge
• 1999 -  The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco (MACT Festival entry - Winner: Greg Toltzman, Outstanding Achievement in Directing)
• Don’t Drink the Water by Woody Allen
• Done to Death by Fred Carmichael
• 2000: 
• Nuts by Tom Toper
• A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
• 2001 -  
• Chamber Music by Arthur Kopit (MACT Festival entry - Winner:  Joanne Voves, Outstanding Achievement in Acting)
• God’s Favorite by Neil Simon
• 2002 -  
• The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux
• Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
• 2003 -  
• The American Dream by Edward Albee (MACT Festival entry - Winner:  Joanne Voves, Outstanding Achievement in Acting)
• Tour Bus From Hell * by Noreen K. Brandt (MN Fringe Festival production)
• The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang  (co-produced as a fundraiser with Sweet Charities Theatre Company)
• 2004 – 
• Alien Potluck * by Noreen K. Brandt (MN Fringe Festival) 
• 2005 – 
• The Comedy Murder Mystery Spoof Radio Show (MACT Festival entry)
• Morning’s at Seven by Paul Osborn
• 2006 -  
• Death by Anchovy * by Noreen K. Brandt
• Altered Egos by Noreen K. Brandt
• The Presbyterian Blues * by Noreen K. Brandt (FASTFest entries) 
• 2007 – 
• Send My Regrets to Winn-Dixie * by Noreen K. Brandt (MACT Festival entry)
• 2008 – 
• Meet the Taylors * by Noreen K. Brandt (FASTFest entry, also performed at a Fundraiser for Heritage Community Theater)
• 2009 –
•  Still Life (MACTFest entry)  
• 2010 -  No show 
• 2011 – 
• The Belles of Winn-Dixie * by Noreen K. Brandt (MACTFest entry)
• 2012 - No show 
• 2013 – 
• Ole Olson: Norwegian Boy Wonder * by Noreen K. Brandt (MN Fringe Festival) 
• 2014 – 
• Audition 101 * by Noreen K. Brandt (FASTFest entry) 
• 2015 – 
• Ghoulies and Ghosties: Tales of Horror and Suspense * by Noreen K Brandt (MACTFEST entry) 
• 2016 -  
• The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan 

• Please note:  Those of you with a discerning eye will say "Oh, no! You missed a show!"  However, we did not list shows that were produced solely by other theater companies, even if they involved our actors.  For example, we had six actors perform in three scripts for the 2014 FASTfest - but two of the scripts were produced by other theaters.  We’d like to thank our fellow theater companies - NKBProductions, Sweet Charities Theater Company, Pargeter Players and Powderhorn Arts Theater - for supporting us.

  CLFTC Timeline: 

About our Theater: Corcoran Park Players was established in 1982 in the Neighborhood Community Center at Corcoran Park in South Minneapolis. We continued to perform there and eventually moved on to such venues as The People’s Center, The Lowry Lab and Dreamland Arts. We performed at various Minnesota Fringe Festivals, MACTFests and FASTFests throughout Minnesota. In 2016, we staged our final production, Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s Restoration comedy, The Rivals, at Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church. We then became Classics Lost N Found Theater, dedicating ourselves to performing lesser seen "classic" plays and original scripts by local playwrights.

(*Denotes area premiere)

2017

 May: Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale, directed by Steven LaVigne. The first play written by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church.

October: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Noreen K. Brandt. Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church.

December: Dick Whittington and His Cat,* a Holiday panto, written and directed by Steven LaVigne. Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church

Fundraiser for Minnehaha food Shelf.

2018 

May: Home-Not So Sweet-Homeless * by Noreen K. Brandt, directed by Frank Blomgren. Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church. Fundraiser, over $1500 for a local organization helping the homeless.

October: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, directed by Steven LaVigne. Walker Church.

December: Snow White,* a Holiday panto by Steven LaVigne; directed by Dawn Linnell and Steven LaVigne.

2019 

May: A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, directed by Greg Bastien. Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church, our new home in South Minneapolis.

October: Ghosts of the Emerald Isle * by Noreen K. Brandt

December: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum, adapted and directed by Steven LaVigne. 

2020: 

The Covid-19 season. No “live” theater, but Zoom to the rescue! MN FASTFest went virtual for the first time. In August the cast members for Twelfth Night (postponed in the Spring) performed the following:

In a Time of Masks, presented in cooperation with Pargeter Players. Written and directed by Greg Bastien, the script focuses on what happens when people wearing masks communicate badly. This play is available on our website and on our Facebook page.

Bad Mystery Suspense/Science Fiction Theater, presented on cooperation with NKB Productions. Written and directed by Noreen K. Brandt the script is about what happens when a bad mystery and bad science fiction serial come to life.

Two scenes from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Greg Bastien. In this video Feste (Don Larsson) torments Malvolio (Corey Allred), and the haughty Olivia (Selma Pettersen) falls for Viola (Helen Collins) who’s in disguise as her twin brother.

In 2020, we filmed three scenes to be shown as YouTube productions. In the Hound of the Baskervilles by A. Conan Doyle, adapted by Steven LaVigne and directed by Daniel L. Dyke, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson hear for the first time about the infamous Baskerville curse.

Tobey, written and directed by Greg Bastien. In this scene, Tobey, a rather snarky cat in British society knows way too many secrets for his own good. 

Cats: A non-musical, written and directed by Noreen K. Brandt is about three aloof and preening female cats who take delight in tormenting Bob, the dog. 

These videos should be available for viewing in 2022.

2021 

Summer: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Greg Bastien, Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church and Lake Nokomis Community Center (outside)

October: The Hound of the Baskervilles by A. Conan Doyle, adapted by Steven LaVigne, directed by Greg Bastien. Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church.

2022 

May: The Miser by Jean Baptiste Moliere, adapted and directed by Steven LaVigne. Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church.

Summer: Robin Hood and Her Merry Band of Thieves by Noreen K. Brandt; directed by Greg Bastien, Lake Nokomis Community Center.

October: An Evening of Thrills, Chills and Murder by Noreen K. Brandt; GHOULIES & GHOSTIES and the premiere of The Cozy Tea Party Murders.

December: The premiere of A Christmas Carol Krampus by Lisa Phelps

Using theater to connect to our community is important to us. We look forward to welcoming new talent who join with "old timers" as we work together for a quality theatrical project!