Historic Lincoln Hall

Lincoln Hall was built in 1875 and was  intended to be an important building for public functions of Lincoln County.  As the social center of the community, the hall was used for fire company drills, balls, graduations, dances, benefits, temperance meetings, town meetings and conventions.  Shortly after 1900, roller-skating became popular.  The original wooden floor that was laid in a circular pattern to facilitate speedier action by the skaters is still in place today.  Company productions took place against four backdrop scenes and actors made use of the two small dressing rooms that still flank the stage.  The walls of these dressing rooms are filled with the signatures of every actor who took part in a production here, and that tradition continues today.

Sometime in the twenties, the theater was outfitted to accommodate moving pictures.  Today, Lincoln Hall is a two unit condominium. The Maine Coast Book Shop & Cafe occupies Unit One on the lower level.  Unit Two, the upper level and annex, is owned by Lincoln County Community Theater & Orchestra, a local non-profit organization. 

Four to six live productions are presented each year. Movies continue to be shown year round, six nights a week in the summer and four nights a week in the winter.  Volunteers help keep things running smoothly, contributing to the maintenance of the building, as well as set-building, painting, lighting, ushering and helping to make plenty of popcorn. The original 1932 popcorn machine was retired last year due to the unavailability of repair parts and is on display in the lower lobby.

During the past seven years, LCCT has added a new annex with an elevator, office space & new handicap accessible bathrooms.  The building has been completely protected by a sprinkler system.  The movie projectors have been upgraded from the old carbon arc system to xenon lamps and surround sound was installed.  A new heating system was installed, and in the summer of 2008 the theater was air-conditioned for the first time in history. New seats and a Main Street marquee were added in 2009.  The final phase of renovation will include raking the seats and upgrading the stage and backstage areas.

Lincoln County Community Theater is a membership organization and is operated by a Board of Trustees. The mission of LCCT is to be a major community resource for the promotion, support, education, and production of all aspects of the performing arts, and to be stewards of the historic Lincoln Theater.

Past Productions

1977   Camelot, HMS Pinafore, No Sex Please, We're British
1978   Showboat, Oliver
1979   Sound of Music, See How They Run
1980   L'il Abner, Fiddler on the Roof,  A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981   King and I, Murder in the Magnolias
1982   Our Town, Brigadoon, Emperor's New Clothes
1983   Old Favorites & New Fancies, Guys & Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1984   I'm a Celebrity, Once Upon a Mattress, A Christmas Carol
1985   Harvey, Company, The Wizard of Oz
1986   The Murder Game, The Music Man, Wicked Good Band, Salt of the Earth, It's a Wonderful Life
1987   Godspell, Vaudeville Gold, The Man Who Came to Dinner
1988   Night Must Fall, Friends & Lovers, Bye Bye Birdie
1989   Oliver, Our Town, Twentieth Century
1990   Anne of Green Gables, A Man for All Seasons, Annie
1991   Fiddler on the Roof, The Little Foxes, Folk & Fancy
1992   The Haunting of Hill House, Finian's Rainbow, A Midsummer Night's Dream
1993   The Taming of the Shrew, The Most Happy Fella, You Can't Take It With You, The Old Lady Shows Her Medals & Rise and Shine
1994   It's a Wonderful Life, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Apple Tree
1995   Carousel, Big River, Lettice & Lovage
1996   Other People's Money, Damn Yankees, Vox Populi: One Act Plays, Candide
1997   The Mikado, Say It With Music, Kiss Me Kate, The Rainmaker, Secret Garden
1998   Come Back Little Sheba, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Music Man
1999   A Musical Trip to Broadway, Zeno's Arrow, Sylvia, Into the Woods,  Sondheim & Company
2000   Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Pirates of Penzance, Love Changes Everything, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Anything Goes
2001   Moon Over Buffalo, Charlie Brown, The Dining Room, The King & I
2002   A Talent for Murder, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Brigadoon, The Fantasticks
2003   Our Town, The Xmas Files, No No Nanette, Out of the Frying Pan, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2004   Lend Me a Tenor, LCCT's Dead of Winter Series, Steel Magnolias, Annie
2005   Present Laughter, A Dickens of a Christmas Carol, LCCT's Dead of  Winter Series, Ah, Wilderness!, HMS Pinafore
2006   I Hate Hamlet,  Nunsense, Cricket on the Hearth, Plaza Suite, Oklahoma!
2007   Jacques Brel, Miracle on 34th Street, The Sound of Music, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, Bye Bye Birdie
2008   Cinderella, A Hand for Murder, Sisters Rosensweig, The Odd Couple (female), Guys and Dolls
2009   Manny's War, Gypsy, Barefoot in the Park, Annie Get Your Gun
2010   Once Upon a Mattress, Molière's The Imaginary Invalid