The Catskill Chronicle

Review by Carol Montana
Photos by Leni Santoro

When they pass out bug spray at the box office, you know this is isn’t your ordinary theater piece.
And the NACL Theatre in Highland Lake – never a company to offer anything that is even remotely ordinary – is presenting another fun and unusual show.
The Lost Book of Lakewood House is a sequel to NACL’s 2005 play, The Mystery of Lakewood House.
There’s something for everyone in this show, which takes place outside the theatre at the former resort hotel next to NACL, and later moves inside the theatre.
From 1929 to 1969, psychics and ghosts, Henry Ford and Adolf Hitler, music, dance, shadow puppetry, acrobatics and peace symbols, temperance, gambling, anti-Semitism and religion combine with creative license in a tribute to Sullivan County’s Bicentennial.
The Lost Book of Lakewood House was created over a six day period by 10 people including director Brad Krumholz. The performers/creators are: John Bevan, Glenn Hall, Sarah Dey Hirshan, Brett Keyser, Tannis Kowalchuk, Sean LaRocca, Laura E.J. Moran and Kathy Randels.
And Dramaturg Mimi McGurl (simply put the R&D person within a theatre company) has done a fantastic job pulling together the history of Lakewood House with the events and happenings in the rest of the world.
The Lost Book of Lakewood House will be presented for one more performance on Saturday, June 20 at 8 p.m. NACL is located at 110 Highland Lake Road in Highland Lake. Tickets are$15 general admission and $10 for students and seniors. Call 845-557-0694.
Don’t worry if you forget the bug spray. NACL provides it at no extra charge.

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