Olive Street guest & artist

MJ Clifford has created more of her beautiful seasonal cross-stiched cards again this year. They are  5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches with matching envelopes. Sold as a baker's dozen for $10. Also available the adorable little magnets for $1 each. Shipping & handling on your entire order would be $5

Please contact MJ via email at emjsee@yahoo.com

tiny studio into guest room

The transformation in the corner of the Sugar Tree cottage from tiny studio to special guest room has begun to take place... which can only mean one thing... we're getting ready for the return of MJ & Willow soon! 
 

sunrise & the new season

Watching the beautiful sun rise over Lakewood Theater from my porch* with my cup of tea & the cat.

This comming week marks new beginnings, with three new theater guests moving into the Tower House.

Colton Bagley is returning to the costume shop to lend his talent, and will also be found waiting tables at the Lakewood Inn Restaurant.

August Thornton returns to our stage -  you may remember him from  Mid-Summer and  Living on Love in 2021 -  and can be seen in  The Girl on the Train  playing June 9th - 18th, and  Great Expectations which runs September 1st - 10th.  He will be one of your waiters at the Inn as well.

Travis Harden is making his debut on the Lakewood Theater stage, in The Girl on the Train.

Tucker Atwood & Autumn Stupica are going to be staying in the Perkins House again this season. Autumn will be making her Lakewood debut in Critic's Choice  which runs June 23rd - July 2nd, and will also be in  Anything to Declare  September 15th - 24th. . Tucker can be seen in  The Drowsy Chaperone  July 7th - 16th,  and  Anything to Declare.

Arriving later this season, MJ Clifford & Willow-the-cat will be my very honored guests at the Sugar Tree Cottage again, with MJ performing in  Halfway There  July 21st - July 30th while Willow keeps an eye on the cottage and soaks up some sun: and then returning for Great Expectations. 

Already here on Olive Street of course is Jakob Sutton.  Jakob will be in the opening production of the year  Drinking Habits  May 26th - June 4th, an ensemble member in both of the musicals -  The Drowsy Chaperone  July 7th - 16th &  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels  August 18th - 27th - and in the closing production of the year Anything to Declare  September 15th - 24th.

Looking forward to the 2022 Season!

*The theater building itself may be hidden from view in the photo by the porch screen door frame in this photo, but it is surely there, standing fast. One of the benefits of being at the cottage through the late autumn to early springtime is the view during and following abscission, through the time of budding.

 

MJ is back!

MJ Clifford (with Willow) has returned to be our guests again at the Sugar Tree cottage! The art room has once more been converted into a cozy little space, as we welcome MJ for her time on stage in Lakewood Theater's season closer  Who's in Bed with the Butler?

The production runs September 9th - 18th (with no performances on Monday or Tuesday) and as before mentioned, also stars our honorary Olive Street guy, Jacob Coombs. 

Tickets can be purchased online by clicking here, at the box office during open hours, or by calling 474- 7176

Chaunticleer

This is one of the creative crossstitch art peices made by MJ Clifford, during her stay at the Sugar Tree Cottage this June. I have named him Chaunticleer, and he is now very proudly hanging and watching over the cottage's breakfast nook!

 

More of MJ's crossstichery creations can/will be found hanging in other cabins we have on Olive Street, and many are available for sale right in the Lakewood Theater lobby, or through her own Wee Willow facebook shop which includes her sweet magnets and greeting cards as well.   

special guest

A very special guest will be staying at the Sugar Tree Cottage for a few weeks this summer: we are delighted that MJ Clifford (and one of her cats, Willow) will be using the cottage while MJ is performing in the first two plays of the Lakewood Theater season!

MJ is very well known at Lakewood, as one of the founders of Curtain Up Enterprises and a member of the Cornville Players, taking the stage during more than thirty seasons! When she wasn't on the stage, she was quite often the one taking your tickets and welcoming you as you entered the theater. 

She will be reprising her role in But Why Bump Off Barnaby? during an encore run of the 2020 production, and also appearing in Four Old Broads, and Who's in Bed with the Butler? at Lakewood Theater this season. 

"Wee Willow" is the name under which MJ creates colorful cross stitch, and you'll find a selection available for sale in the Lakewood Theater lobby,  through the Wee Willow facebook page and some will be gracing the walls of these cabins on Olive Street!

My current personal project is turning the little artist room into a temporary bedroom, and then the Sugar Tree Cottage will be able to say a Lakewood Theater legend "slept here!"