We are committed to making quality live theatre accessible to our community and providing a space for anyone to perform, learn, and practice all aspects of theatrical arts.
ABOUT LAKE PLAINS PLAYERS
Lake Plains Players began in 1982, when a group of local actors from the Rotary Club of Middleport, decided to continue the tradition of bringing live theatre to our community. Since then, Lake Plains Players, the little theatre company without a theatre, has committed to making quality live theatre accessible to all who live in our community. Historically, the group made the decision to welcome anyone who was interested in performing into the casts of their shows, a tradition that continues to this day.
In 2014, Lake Plains Players committed to investing in theatre education at a wider, community level. A summer theatre program for students was formed, in addition to the formation of what is now known as the Lance Anderson Memorial Scholarship. Lake Plains Players continues to perform multiple shows a year, collaborating with groups like Royalton-Hartland High School and Leonard Oakes Estate Winery, who generously provide venues for performances.
In 2020, as the pandemic shuttered many performance venues across Western New York, Lake Plains Players remained a consistent presence in the community and online, producing weekly content via social media that has included Living Room Concerts, Mad-Libs, Trivia, Name that Tune, Member Questions, and Guess that Broadway Show puzzles. This content plus the production of three virtual recitals and a night of monologues and one acts served as a form of continuous entertainment for the community as well as branding Lake Plains Players as a social media leader among the local theatre community.
Today, Lake Plains Players remains dedicated to the tradition of welcoming anyone from the community who has an interest in performing into the ensemble for their fall musicals. All of the members of Lake Plains Players are volunteers from the community who freely give their time and talents to create live theater. Our dream is to continue to be able to bring quality theatre to our community and to someday create a space that we can invest in and call “our own.”