Edgewater Resident Featured in “The Last Five Years” at Oil Lamp Theater

Edgewater resident Eli Blanks is featured in Oil Lamp Theater’s next production of its 2026 season, The Last Five Years, written and composed by Jason Robert Brown and directed by Christina Ramirez, June 5 - July 5, at Oil Lamp Theater, 1723 Glenview Road. Blanks is the understudy for the role of “Jamie.”

The Last Five Years debuted at Northlight Theatre in 2001 and returns to the North Shore after runs on Broadway, Off-Broadway, the West End and, most recently, a concert version at Radio City Music Hall with Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt and Golden Globe and NBR winner Rachel Zegler. Jason Robert Brown’s musical masterpiece The Last Five Years is a widely beloved show and the Drama Desk Award-winner for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics, taking audiences on the romantic rollercoaster of Jamie and Cathy as they fall in… and out of love over the last five years. Told from each individual’s perspective – one chronologically and one backwards – audiences will be swept into the unique storytelling and find an anti-love story full of humor and heart.

The performance schedule is Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. with additional Wednesday performances Wednesday, June 10 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.; Wednesday June 17 at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, June 24 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.; and Wednesday July 1 at 7:30 p.m. There are no performances on Saturday July 4. Tickets are on sale now for $30 for previews and $55 for the run at OilLampTheater.org.