Acting Roles

Below is a list of the numerous plays and experiences Lonn has been a part of.

The Cross of Challenge:  A Passion Play in Two Acts by Ben Sweet; 'played Pontius Pilate in 1959 in Wymore, NE.

The Egg and I by Betty McDonald; 'played the father in Wymore, NE in H.S. Senior Class Play in 1961. 

Dirty Work at the Crossroads or Tempted , Tried and True: directed by R. D. Moore; 'played Monroe Murgatroyd in 1962 at Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska in Homecoming Fall Play.

The Zoo Story by Edward Albee: directed by R.D. Moore; 'played Jerry in 1963 Homecoming Play.

Between Two Thieves adapted by Warner LeRoy from Diego Fabbis; adapted from "Processeo A Gesu";  'played priest and Pontius Pilate

1984 by adapted by Wilton Hall and Robert Owens; 'played Winston Smith

Look Away, Look Away: directed by Dore Schary; 'played the Deputy

A Midsummer Night's Dream: directed by Joel Freidman; 'played Peter Quince

Cat on the Hot Tin Roof  by Tennessee Williams: directed by Clara Berhinger

One-Way Pendulum by N. F. Simpson: directed by Bernard Hewett; 'played Arthur Groomkirby

Under the Gaslight by Augustin Daly: directed by John Ahart; 'played the Snorky

The Comedy of Errors: directed by Joe Straka; played Antiphales of Syracuse

You Can't Take it With You by Kaufman and Hart: directed by Sam Straka; 'played Kolenkov

Noises Off by Michael Frayn: directed by Joe Straka; 'played Selsdon

Picasso at Lapin Agile by Steve Martin: directed by Joe Straka; 'played Gaston

The Foreigner by Larry Shue; 'played Owen Musser twice: once at Theatre 7 in Decatur, IL in 1992 and again at the Phoenix Theatre in Monticello, IL  in 2012.

'Played several other roles, but these are the ones I particularly enjoyed and/or advanced as an actor.