is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 the nonprofit equity professional east lynne theater company was founded in 1980 by warren kliewer . at the time there was no theater company in the united states dedicated to american stage classics . mr. kliewer saw the need to change this by creating a company where theater goers actors and directors alike could experience entertaining and provocative plays by american masters such as washington irving rachel crothers and eugene o neill . many of the company s productions have not been produced for over fifty years and in some cases almost ninety . still the topics characters and situations are relevant to today . overview edit eltc gives voice to the current generation of playwrights by producing world and nj premieres based on american literature and history many of which have gone on to other stages and or become part of the company s touring show offerings . eltc s intern and artist in residence programs teach students acting playwriting and production . in 1996 ohio state university asked to house the company s archives at its jerome lawrence and robert e. lee theatre research institute . playbills reviews photographs and other memorabilia are sent to ohio state every year . the company was founded in north jersey calling the william carlos williams center in rutherford its home until the mid atlantic center for the arts mac asked eltc to move its production season to cape may nj . eltc became known to mac through its touring productions . in 1989 eltc produced its first season in cape may comprising four different shows running for four weeks in the fall . in 1998 after the death of founding artist director warren kliewer the board of trustees asked gayle stahlhuth to helm the company . her background is in acting directing playwriting and producing . the company has grown to 71 performances of seven different productions a season running from mid june through mid december and march in cape may . the company is a member of the new jersey theater alliance and the south jersey cultural alliance and has received grants from the new jersey state council on the arts the cape may county freeholders fund new jersey council for the humanities and the new jersey historical commission . the company employs members of actors equity association mostly coming from new york city and north jersey . during the cape may performing season the company is in residence at the first presbyterian church of cape may . touring and educational outreach is throughout the year throughout the country . the title east lynne is derived from a famous american play that was seen throughout the country during the last half of the 1800s . external links edit official website this united states theatre related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title east lynne theater company & oldid 601781128 categories companies established in 1980companies based in new jerseyunited states theatre stubshidden categories orphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 march 2014 at 09 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view