Lantern Theatre
Lantern Theatre
Lantern Theatre
Lantern Theatre is a professional theatre company based out of Dana Point, California. All of our works are written in house and performed by professional actors. The characters in our plays revolt against laws of physics, the objectivity of memory, historical facts, and even the constructed reality that the playwright has set forth for them. Their struggle is that they must learn to deal with the consequences of their transfigured world: the reinvention of rules, physics, memories, histories, and technologies.
The Goat Walk (Part 3)
A poet, aspiring to obtain omnipresence, attempts to alter the laws of nature, only to find himself metamorphosing into a goat and being drawn into a loveless marriage. FULL SYNOPSIS: Catullus, the poet, desires something unobtainable: Omnipresence, to be everywhere at once, to move faster than the laws of nature will permit so that he can establish an experimental form of freedom: sovereignty through motion. Using his words, the poet manages to alter the laws of nature and demolishes boundar...
Nov 9, 2024
50 min
The Goat Walk (Part 2)
A poet, aspiring to obtain omnipresence, attempts to alter the laws of nature, only to find himself metamorphosing into a goat and being drawn into a loveless marriage. FULL SYNOPSIS: Catullus, the poet, desires something unobtainable: Omnipresence, to be everywhere at once, to move faster than the laws of nature will permit so that he can establish an experimental form of freedom: sovereignty through motion. Using his words, the poet manages to alter the laws of nature and demolishes boundar...
Nov 9, 2024
51 min
The Goat Walk (Part 1)
A poet, aspiring to obtain omnipresence, attempts to alter the laws of nature, only to find himself metamorphosing into a goat and being drawn into a loveless marriage. FULL SYNOPSIS: Catullus, the poet, desires something unobtainable: Omnipresence, to be everywhere at once, to move faster than the laws of nature will permit so that he can establish an experimental form of freedom: sovereignty through motion. Using his words, the poet manages to alter the laws of nature and demolishes boundar...
Nov 8, 2024
48 min
The Narwhals
After a brief, but intense, romance, Arthur, a poet and failed scientist, recalls the ecstasy, while Kate, a student biochemist, relives the trauma. FEATURING: RICHARD FOLLIN as Catullus CALEDONIA WILSON as Kate
Mar 23, 2023
1 hr 13 min
The Foxes (Part 3)
In Sarai's first act as Arbiter, she has decided to place Tuckerson, her former mentor, on trial. CREATED BY: JORDAN PAUL SULLIVAN CAST: GRANT CLEAVELAND as Tuckerson, Grumfeld, and Louis CK RACHANEE LUMAYNO as Sarai Gehrood AMY FESS as Thara Gehrood, Zahraa Gehrood, and The White Woman RAY HURD as Narrator and The Enslaved MUSIC: Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, performed by the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra (2007) Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Credits), Piano Cov...
Jan 10, 2023
24 min
The Foxes (Part 2)
Sarai Gehrood arrives before the Council of Pathetiques and attempts to make use of her new "philosophy" to prove that she is, in fact, the most pathetic member of society. CREATED BY: JORDAN PAUL SULLIVAN CAST: GRANT CLEAVELAND as Tuckerson, Grumfeld, and Louis CK RACHANEE LUMAYNO as Sarai Gehrood AMY FESS as Thara Gehrood, Zahraa Gehrood, and The White Woman RAY HURD as Narrator and The Enslaved MUSIC: Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, performed by the UC Davis Symphony...
Jan 9, 2023
37 min
The Foxes (Part 1)
The mysterious Council of Pathetiques is suing Sarai Gehrood, the gambling addict, for every last pig on her late father's farm. Sarai must make a difficult decision: forfeit the riches her father left her, or betray her personal code of ethics and seek the wisdom of The Fox Den's Tuckerson. Tuckerson is a philosopher of dubious reputation, who trains the youth of Dana Point to "summon proofs from the aether" and defend their wealth in the city's socially progressive courts. CREATED B...
Jan 8, 2023
37 min