King Lear
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Norman Roberts

Friday & Saturday, October 20th & 21st, 7:00 pm ~Lipkin Theatre
Wednesday, October 25th, 12:00 noon~Lipkin Theatre
Friday & Saturday, October 27th & 28th, 7:00 pm~ Lipkin Theatre

King Lear is a brillant combination of fairytale and medieval morality play, both myth and lesson. Arising from the more simple story of Lear and his three daughters is a profound tragedy of authority gone horribly awry. As a lesson in failed leadership, it is a morality play for our time too.

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Fall Touring Production: Tolerance through Theatre
Directed by: Ronald Heneghan

What do the great works of theatre teach us about hate, social injustice, and bias in our contemporary world?  Featuring scenes from the Crucible, Othello, A Raisin in the Sun, The Laramie Project, and more. This production will tour Bethlehem Main Campus, Southside Bethlehem,Monroe Campus, and The Ritz Theatre, Hawley

Thursday, November 9th, 11:00 am~ Lipkin Theatre
Friday, November 10th, 11:00 am & 7:00 pm~ Lipkin Theatre
Monday, November 13th,  7:00 pm~ Southside

Tuesday, November 14th, 7:00 pm~ Monroe Community Room
Wednesday, November 15th, 9:30 & 11:30 am~ Monroe Community Room
Thursday, November 16th, 9:30 am~ Monroe Community Room

November 17th, 9:30 & 11:30 am~ Ritz Theatre, Hawley, PA

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Defying Gravity
By: Jane Anderson
Directed by: Jaye Beetem

Jane Anderson's soaring play about Monet, space travel, spirituality and the Challenger disaster. Productions will be Lab Theatre and Monroe Campus Community Room

Tuesday, November 28th, 7:00 pm~ Lab Theatre

Thursday, November 30th, 12:30 pm~ Monroe Campus
Friday & Saturday, December 1st & 2nd, 7:00 pm~ Monroe Campus
Sunday, December 3rd, 1:30 pm~ Monroe Campus

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The Heidi Chronicles
By: Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by: Alix Griffin

A woman's journey of happiness from the 50'2 to the 90's.

Wednesday, December 13th, 12:00 noon~ Lab Theatre
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, December 14th, 15th, & 16th, 7:00 pm~ Lab Theatre

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Polish Joke
By: David Ives
Directed by: Mateusz Lewczenko

A hilarious search for a new heritage.

Wednesday, February 28, 12:00 noon~ Lab Theatre
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, March 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 7:00 pm~ Lab Theatre

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A Lesson Before Dying
By: Romulus Linney, based on Ernest J. Gaines' award-winning 1992 book
Directed by: Norman Roberts

A black man on death row in the segregated South teaches a community about dignity.

Tuesday, March 20th, 7:00 pm~ Lab Theatre
Friday, & Saturday, March 23rd, 24th, 7:00 pm~ Monroe Campus
Sunday, March 25th, 1:30 pm~  Monroe Campus

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A Funny Thing Happend On The Way To The Forum
Book by: Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart
Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Directed by: Ronald Heneghan

Stephen Sondheim's hysterical musical adaptation of the classic Roman comedies of Plautus.

Friday & Saturday, April 13th & 14th, 7:00 pm~ Lipkin Theatre
Wednesday, April 18th, 12:00 noon~ Lipkin Theatre
Friday & Saturday, April 20th & 21st, 7:00 pm~ Lipkin Theatre

For ticket reservations, please contact the Theatre Department @ 610-861-5524.
Tickets for NCC Theatre productions are free however, a reservation is necessary.
We ask that you bring a donation of non-perishable food items to benefit local food
banks and/or monetary donation to NCC's Theatre Scholarship Fund.