Another actor comes to join our project, coming to stay in the tip top of the tower... in the Tower House!
You may have wistnessed his evil villian side in last season's Bullshoot McCrummond and this year Jason Iannone will be adding his flair to characters seen in The Drowsy Chaperone which runs July 7th - 16th, Kong's Night Out August 4th - 19th, and Great Expectations September 1st - 10th
As I wrote in the "Swampy" post within this very blog (April 2019) "All of his summers since 2011 have been spent around the Lakewood Theater. He was part of several Young Performers/Teen, Tech & Tour performances, and has now also appeared in nearly a dozen main stage productions. Additionally he ushers regularly, and sometimes works backstage. He has acted, directed and stage managed with/at/for several other companies as well, but it is clear that Lakewood is his favorite and there's no place he'd rather be.[other than Salamanca Spain perhaps] He intends to be a part of the Lakewood community for a long, long, very long time indeed."
This is my son Jakob. (So perhaps I may seem biased about him being my favorite.)
He's here again for another season; ushering and being a Shanty Man, as well as recently adding spotlight operator for Bullshot McCrummond to his Lakewood list of experiances. This week he'll be on the stage again, bringing another charector to life in his portrayal of Leo, a mob boss's son in Scapino.
The Lakewood Theater website describes the show as follows: "In this hilarious update of Moliere’s classic farce, disgraced lawyer Scapino returns to Naples, Florida after serving jail time for helping a mob family. Though Scapino tries to put his past behind him, family pressure, old grudges, and the allure of new love all conspire to lead him back into trouble. Marx brothers meet the Three Stooges."
Come see Jakob and his other incredible cast mates (including our Perkins House artist in residence, Tucker Atwood) in this production that runs August 26th - September 4th (no performances on Monday or Tuesday) Tickets can be purchased online by clicking here, at the box office during open hours, or by calling 474- 7176
Often seen walking along Olive Street on his way to or from Lakewood Theater, is Jacob Coombs, man of many talents and an important part of the Lakewood community. Waiter at the Lakewood Inn Resturant, set builder/head carpenter at the theater, and actor. He has graced the main stage since 2013 and this season he appears in three of Lakewood's eight productions! Come see him in But Why Bump Off Barnaby?, Bullshot Crummond, and Who's in Bed with the Butler?
Tickets to all Lakewood Theater productions are available at the box office, by calling 474-7176 or online by clicking here
Tucker Atwood will be our first "artist is residence!" We haven't worked out what his barter exchange will involve yet, but he will be spending the entire Lakewood season in the Perkins House!
Very popular on the Lakewood Theater stage for eight seasons, you may see him this summer in the reprisal of But Why Bump Off Barnaby? plus Bullshot Crummond, and Scapino.
When not on stage, Tucker is a maths teacher, an avid hiker (he has had some adventures on the Appalachian Trail even), bicyclest, and a writer. He is in fact a self-published author, and here you can find two of his titles for sale https://bookshop.org/lists/titles-by-olive-street-guest-tucker-atwood
