Meet Our Staff
Davey Beyer, Artistic Director since 2024, has been involved with Cresson Lake Playhouse since 2010, and is excited to be working behind the scenes as the new Artistic Director! Davey is currently the Elementary Art Teacher at Cambria Heights School District where he also runs the High School Theater Department.
Tara Brodish, Executive Director since 2024, has been volunteering and working behind the scenes at Cresson Lake since 2017 as a board member, stage manager, and social media manager. Tara currently teaches English Language Arts at Windber Middle School and enjoys the playhouse as another artistic outlet.
Tarabrodish@gmail.com
Josh Duman, Facilities Director since 2022, has been involved with Cresson Lake Playhouse as a performer and music director since 2015. Now, he puts on his tool belt and uses his extensive carpentry skills to keep the facilities looking great and operational
Claire Lowmaster, Production Manager since 2012, has been involved at Cresson Lake Playhouse for more than 10 years. She has been a director, stage manager, and many other roles including some onstage at the barn. Claire is also the owner/photographer of Claire Therese Photography in Ebensburg and is employed by Admiral Peary Vo-Tech in Ebensburg.
Katie Vescovi, Accounting Clerk since 2024, has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has spent the last 10 years working at a local CPA firm. She is looking forward to being a good financial resource to the Playhouse.
Cressonlakeplayhouse@verizon.net
Cresson Lake Playhouse is ADA accessible, and we can accommodate people who use a wheelchair.
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Office Phone: (814) 472-4333
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Theatre Location: 279 Shapiro Road | Loretto, PA 15940
Mailing Address: PO Box 368 | Ebensburg, PA 15931
Business Office Location: 427 S Center Street | Ebensburg, PA 15931
CLP History
In 1974, Eleanor Lantzy initiated the revitalization of a pre-Civil War barn between Cresson and Loretto as a theatre. She was determined that the project would be handled in a sensible, efficient, and lasting manner.Eleanor created Cresson Lake Playhouse, Inc. as a professionally-directed, not-for-profit theatre company. Fund-raising efforts began, and by spring, the playhouse had contributions of more than $6,000. The funds were used for renovation of the barn and general operating expenses. The Leifsta Corporation, owners of the property, gave the theatre company a rent-free lease. Improvements began, volunteers were recruited, and Cresson Lake Playhouse became a reality.From 1974 to 1981, the playhouse presented three to four productions annually including five original productions highlighting the region’s heritage, culture, and history. The five original productions were Prince Among Priests, Out of the Dark, Mountain Myths, Tycoon, and Local Color. It was during this period that the theatre began to receive funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.In April 1982, the company moved from being a “summer theatre group” to production of a six-play season from April through November. The initial budget of $6,000 has expanded to almost $200,000.
The organization now owns the barn theatre, parking lot, and surrounding property. The theatre has both heat and air conditioning for the comfort of our patrons along with other ongoing facility improvements.Past Productions at Cresson Lake
2024
50th Anniversary Cabaret
The Last Five Years
Pippin
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
Greater Tuna
2022
Crooner Cabaret
Nunsense
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The 39 Steps
Almost Maine
2021
The Drowsy Chaperone
110 Stories
2019
Disenchanted
Newsies
The Odd Couple
Of Mice and Men
2018
Ordinary Days
Annie
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare…Abridged
Always, Patsy Kline
2017
Disney’s Mulan Jr.
Crimes of the Heart
Ring of Fire
Beauty & the Beast
Cheat Sheets
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
CLP Unplugged (3)
Christmas Cabaret
2016
Dr Dolittle Jr
My Way
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Doubt
Zombie Prom
CLP Unplugged (3)
Christmas Cabaret
2015
Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.
Kick-off Cabaret
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Smokey Joe’s Café
CLP Unplugged (2)
Little Shop of Horrors
The Nerd
Silhouettes
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2014
101 Dalmations
9 to 5
Camp Rock
West Side Story
40th Anniversary Cabaret
The Addams Family
It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
2005-2013 under construction
2004
Schoolhouse Rock
Arsenic and Old Lace
Annie
It Runs in the Family
Fully Committed
Talley’s Folly
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
A Christmas Carol
2003
Footloose
The Great All American Musical Disaster
South Pacific
Bull in a China Shop
Miracle on 34th Street
2002
Nunsense
Funny Money
Grease
Lend Me A Tenor
Nuncrackers
2001
Broadway Bound
Gypsy
Look Back in Anger
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
It’s A Wonderful Life
2000
The King and I
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Two by Two
The Octette Bridge Club
1999
Love Letters
You, the Jury
Three Viewings
Nunsense
The Dining Room
West Side Story
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1998
Nuts
Always Patsy Cline
Steel Magnolias
My Fair Lady
California Suite
Dracula
1997
Forever Plaid
The Rainmaker
The Sound of Music
Blithe Spirit
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1996
They’re Playing Our Song
Hello Dolly
Angel Street
Barefoot in the Park
Charlotte’s Web
1995
Godspell
Deathtrap
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Happy Hunter
1994
Great Expectations
Moon Over the Brewery
Tintypes
The Nerd
Smoke on the Mountain
1993
Meet Me in St. Louis
On the Verge
Arsenic & Old Lace
Children of a Lesser God
Waiting for the Parade
1992
Anything Goes
The Foreigner
Quilters
A Streetcar Named Desire
I’m Not Rapppaport
1991
Our Town
Much Ado About Nothing
The Robber Bridegroom
Greater Tuna
Oliver!
Driving Miss Daisy
1990
Oklahoma!
All My Sons
The Odd Couple (female version)
The Philadelphia Story
Sleuth
The 1940’s Radio Hour
Different States
1989
George M
Private Lives
The Fantasticks
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Cabaret
Harvey
1988
Fiddler on the Roof
She Stoops to Conquer
Little Shop of Horrors
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Corpse!
Damon Runyon’s Tales of Broadway
Annie
1987
Evita
Charley’s Aunt
Carnival
Mr. Roberts
On Golden Pond
The Crucifer of Blood
Cinderella
1986
Shenandoah
Life With Father
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Crimes of the Heart
Some Enchanted Evening
Amadeus
1985
A Man for all Seasons
Death on the Nile
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Come Blow Your Horn
Brigadoon
A Christmas Carol
1984
Camelot
I Do! I Do!
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Dear Fashion Lady
Flower Drum Song
1983
All’s Well That Ends Well
Ten Little Indians
The Belle of Amherst
My Fair Lady
The Lion in Winter
Little Women
1982
Oliver!
The Curious Savage
Same Time Next Year
Man of LaMancha
California Suite
A Christmas Carol
1981
Murder at the Vicarage
Butterflies Are Free
The Sound of Music
1980
A Company of Wayward Saints
Local Color
Gypsy
1979
Light Up The Sky
Tycoon
Kismet
1978
The Mousetrap
Mountain Myths
The Music Man
1977
The Glass Menagerie
Out of the Dark
Camelot
1976
The Fantasticks
Prince Among Priests
South Pacific
1975
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Indian Captive
The Drunkard
Bye Bye Birdie
1974
I Remember Mama
Hello Dolly!