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Lincoln Community Theatre opens
new Christmas show this week
[November 26, 2025]
Lincoln Community Theatre is
bringing Christmas cheer to Lincoln this season with their first LCT
Christmas Extravaganza. The LCT Christmas Extravaganza features
Christmas carols, choreography, and comedy with local actors
reprising favorite roles from previous seasons. The show goes up
Thanksgiving weekend with evening performances on Friday, November
28 and Saturday, November 29 at 7 p.m. and a Sunday matinee on
November 30 at 2 p.m. at Lincoln Community High School.
Conceived and directed by Tim Searby, Searby had a vision of
creating a family-friendly Christmas season opener akin to the
popular Christmas in the Chapel performed every year at the
now-closed Lincoln Christian University. Searby recalls families and
churches, both local and out-of-town, beginning their holidays by
attending a Christmas show together. He also remembers employers
purchasing tickets as gifts for employees to attend together with
their families. Searby wanted to fill the gap left in Lincoln by
Christmas in the Chapel with a new offering.
The LCT Christmas Extravaganza
begins at a Christmas party with popular songs and dancing, which
becomes a reunion of the Little Sisters of Lincoln and the Little
Brothers of Possum Hollow with more Christmas music and dancing. The
show concludes with a rousing Christmas carol sing-along and an
invitation to the audience to join in. Searby says, “From enchanting
Christmas Carols in new arrangements to beloved melodies from
classic movies and stage productions, this show promises to be a
delightful escapade filled with beautiful voices, whimsical antics
and a heartwarming celebration of love, joy, and friendship.”
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The cast of Little
Sisters is played by Claire (Conrady) Stanfield, Lauren
DeJarnette, Julie King, Nancy Nickerson, and Kim Peterson-Quinn.
The Little Brothers are played by Jeff Prince, Austin Garriott,
Curt Schleich, Caleb DeJarnette, Barry King, Grant Eales, Joshua
Hellman, and Cade Eales with special appearances from Norah
Judd. Julie Kasa is the accompanist along with Dinelle Frankland
on keyboard and Joe Kuhlman on drums. Devin Vannoy is the
lighting and sound technician and Jill Voyles is propsmistress.
Tickets for An LCT Christmas
Extravaganza are available at the door for $16 General Admission and
$11 for students. Patrons paying cash receive a $1 discount. The box
office opens one hour prior to show time and doors to the auditorium
open 30 minutes before the show. Don’t miss this chance to celebrate
the season!
Stephanie Hall
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