Lex-Ham Community Theater

09/20/2026

Save the date for Arts & Crafts 2026 - Lex-Ham Community Arts' annual event to celebrate the arts and sample delicious craft beverages. 2-5:00 p.m., Saturday, October 24 at 1882 Goodrich Avenue, Saint Paul.

We're always looking for live entertainment for the event. If you have a monologue, fun two-person scene, or other way to show off your talents, let us know and we can add you to the program.

There will be a silent auction to add to the fun.
A few of the silent auction supporters include Vocalessence, Minnesota Opera, and the Lakeshore Players.

We hope to see you there.

Help support Lex-Ham Community Arts with an informal gathering and sample some local craft beverages.There will be live entertainment and a silent auction to add to the fun.A few of the silent auction supporters include Vocalessence, Minnesota Opera, and the Lakeshore Players.  Event Date Sat, 10/2...

09/16/2026

The Lex-Ham Community Theater's monthly play reading event will be Shakespeare's Macbeth this Friday, September 18.

This classic story of ambition, enigmatic predictions, and unintended consequences for one's actions will likely be performed "To the last syllable of recorded time".

The event starts at 6:00 p.m. with a potluck supper with the play reading immediately afterwards. 1184 Portland Avenue, Saint Paul.

First-timers are always welcome to come.

07/17/2026

Quick reminder that we'll be doing a reading of The Fall of British Tyranny by John Leacock tonight. Relive the events of 1776 with the smash-hit play from the Colonies.

One important note: Tonight's reading will take place at 450 Beacon Avenue, Saint Paul - not the usual location.

The potluck supper starts at 6:00 with the play reading to follow. Everyone who comes gets to read and first-timers are always welcome.

07/11/2026

Wanting to celebrate America's 250th Anniversary, but the Great American State Fair in Washington not doing it for you?

Come to the next Lex-Ham Community Theater play reading of The Fall of British Tyranny by John Leacock - the "Saturday Night Live" theatrical hit of 1776 in the Colonies.

The fun starts with a potluck meal starting at 6:00 p.m., Friday, July 17, 1184 Portland Avenue, Saint Paul with the play reading to follow.

Everyone who comes gets to read. First-timers are always welcome.

05/16/2026

The talented "cast" from last night's reading of King Lear.

05/12/2026

Want to make plans for next Friday, May 15?

How about coming to Lex-Ham Community Theater's play reading of Shakespeare's King Lear?

The story about an elderly ruler who wants to surround himself with people who compliment him and rails violently against anyone who displeases him or doesn't show enough gratitude - "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child”.

The potluck supper starts at 6:00 p.m., 1184 Portland Avenue, Saint Paul.

Everyone who comes gets to read. First timers are always welcome.

05/04/2026

Congratulations go out to Bess Wohl for winning the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Liberation which explores the Feminist groups of the 1970s.

04/28/2026

April 2026 is the 30th anniversary of the first production by the Lex-Ham Community Theater - The Neighborhood on the Hill - a set of monologues by John Solensten.

A lot has happened since that first production, but many things have stayed the same.

Lex-Ham is committed to, as the saying goes, "Good stories, told well". The theater has always chosen powerful theatrical works such as Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's The Front Page, Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, or most recently This Is Not A Dream by contemporary Ukrainian playwrights.

The Neighborhood on the Hill was a partnership with Concordia College in Saint Paul. The theater has always emphasized community building as a key focus. This focus includes having a relationship with St Paul Central's theater program, local businesses, non-profit organizations in the area, and local experts to come in for talk-back sessions after performances.

2026 is a rough era for theaters of all types. Young audiences are content to stay home and watch TikTok videos. Funding for the Arts has been cut drastically at the Federal level. Inflation has raised the costs of putting on full productions.

As Lex-Ham enters its 31st year, we hope to continue to provide opportunities for local residents to participate and to present this powerful art form to touch, challenge, and inspire.

04/14/2026

This month's play reading is Maxwell Anderson's Both Your Houses - the winner of the 1933 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Alan McClean is a young member of the House of Representatives from Nevada who gets upset with the pork barrel politics at the national level and is determined to take action.

The event starts at 6:00 p.m., Friday, April 17 with a potluck supper with the reading immediately following. 1184 Portland Avenue, Saint Paul.

First-timers are always welcome. Everyone who comes gets to read.