Established in 1981, Lake County Repertory Theater successfully produced its first musical play—Li’l Abner—and went on to entertain Lake County audiences with ambitious productions of well-known plays. Among them were Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey, as well as challenging musicals—including The Sound of Music and Fiddler On the Roof. Between 1987 and 1994, the group went dark due to the lack of a performance space.

In 1994, when the Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum auditorium was dedicated and ready for a resident theater company, some of the original members regrouped and began anew with its mission to "Bring quality community theatre to the people of Lake County."

Since then, we have won acclaim for our productions of works such as On Golden Pond, Steel Magnolias, The Mousetrap, Blithe Spirit, Driving Miss Daisy, The Exonerated, To Kill a Mockingbird and Bus Stop.

Lake County Repertory Theater is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community theater and an auxiliary of the Lake County Arts Council. Charitable contributions to Lake County Rep are tax-deductible to the amount allowed by law.

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The Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum, with its distinctive Mansard roof, stands at the east end of Lower Lake's main street. It was built in 1877 of locally manufactured brick and served the community as a grammar school until 1935.

In 1994, the restored second floor of the Old Schoolhouse was reopened. In honor of the work of John and Jane Weaver in the restoration of the Old Schoolhouse, the theater at the Schoolhouse Museum was renamed "Weaver Auditorium" by the Lake County Board of Supervisors. Since then, the Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum and Weaver Auditorium have been Lake County Repertory Theater's home.

The Schoolhouse Museum is open 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Wednesdays thru Saturdays.  For a map and driving directions to our theatre (and the Museum), visit the Directions & Map page.

To learn more, visit The Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum.