2025 Season
Written in 2001, Topdog/Underdog is a Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy about brothers Lincoln & Booth begrudgingly living together. In 2002 the New York Times wrote, “‘Topdog’ is of course a variation of sorts on the story of Cain and Abel…” Their father named them as a dark joke. The play explores themes of family, rivalry, race, and destiny through the complex relationship between these brothers. This is a historic production with two female actors playing Lincoln & Booth.
Topdog/Underdog
By Suzan-Lori Parks, Directed by Kadeem Ali Harris
CLICK HERE for Cast & Crew Bios Directed by Kadeem Ali Harri
GLOWING “New England Theatre Geek” review! Click HERE
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Presented Indoors in the Chapel
Love’s Labour’s Lost
by William Shakespeare
July 11th GALA Tickets - See Below
Tickets July 12th - July 27th
Directed by Justin Genna
Indulgent bands of lovers abound; a group of academics think they can swear off love and replace all temptation with rigorous study…good luck!
Harold Bloom, "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world" calls Love’s Labour’s Lost "astonishing" and refers to it as Shakespeare's "first absolute achievement."
Love’s Labour’s Lost is a lyrical farce — romantic nobles meet comedic clowns. Like an early version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream — both titles were private commissions that Shakespeare wrote for the aristocratic Southampton family during the English plague 1592-1593. Another opinion says Love’s Labour’s Lost is the prequel to Much Ado About Nothing (subtitled in some versions as “Love’s Labour’s Won.”)
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Cape Ann is made up of four towns; Lanes Coven is on the island part where it’s 2 towns: Gloucester & Rockport. Windhover Performing Arts Center is technically in Rockport, but very close to the Gloucester town line.
Financial Accessibility 2025
Theater is for everyone.
If money is ever an issue, and/or if you are an educator, it is Lanes Coven’s policy, since the beginning, that you may reach out and ask for a complimentary ticket.
Card to Culture
We are proud to participate in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Department of Public Health's WIC Nutrition Program, the Massachusetts Health Connector, and hundreds of organizations by making cultural programming accessible to those for whom cost is a participation barrier.
EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders can use the code C2C5 to purchase a $5 ticket to any performance Lanes Coven offers, excluding fundraisers. This is on a first-come-first-serve basis. Tickets may be reserved online. But we cannot guarantee that walk-ins can receive this discount. We encourage online reservations, as our capacity at Hammond Castle is 75 seats, and at Windhover is 125 seats, and we do sell out. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
$5 Buck Sundays - 2025 - made possible by CAPE ANN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
July 13th at 7PM, Love’s Labour’s Lost
In 2024, $5 Buck Sundays were SOLD OUT! And made possible by ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, Creative County Initiative.
Want your name on the bill as the sponsor for these accessible nights of theater? Reach out to Lily at lanescoven@gmail.com about subsidizing tickets for this program!
Own a business? Want to underwrite admission for audience? REACH OUT! lanescoven@gmail.com
Windhover Center for the Performing Arts
257R Granite St, Rockport, MA 01966
Enter where you see the Lanes Coven Sandwich Board / Black Sail / Windhover blue & white sign
Performances are outdoors under a large performance tent
Parking provided
Please bring 1) sunscreen 2) bug spray 3) a layer to stay warm when the sun goes down
The performance space and restrooms are ADA accessible
Bring Your Own Wine/Beer and Picnic. No alcohol for sale!
