MANSFIELD — What do you do in May between shows when you are the artistic director of the second oldest continuously-producing community theater in Ohio? In the case of Doug Wertz, you take a breath — and you announce a full, nine-show schedule for the 2024-2025 season at the Mansfield Playhouse. “We are very happy […]
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Newest Playhouse production tells heartwarming story of family ties
MANSFIELD — Family: Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em. At least, that’s what the characters learn in “Over the River and Through the Woods,” the newest creative endeavor gracing the stage of the Mansfield Playhouse this weekend. The show tells the story of Nick, a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey, played by […]
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Audience won’t let it go: Disney’s ‘Frozen Jr.’ adds 3rd weekend at Mansfield Playhouse
MANSFIELD — Performing in Disney’s “Frozen Jr.” is a role for which Beatrice Jones has been preparing her entire life. All 10 years, that is. “My mom and dad took my whole family (to see the Disney classic movie) when I was an infant. My whole childhood, me and my sister have been doing this […]
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Former GM worker makes Mansfield Playhouse debut in ‘A Christmas Carol’
MANSFIELD — Thomas Cline came into acting through an unusual door. He was working out at the Mansfield YCMA a few years ago. “I was at the Y one day and a good friend of mine, (local actor) Chris Hahn asked me if I would like to be in a movie,” said Cline, who was […]
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Sluss Realty, Elzy Milling & Trade win Small Business of the Year awards
MANSFIELD — Elzy Milling & Trade won the 14-and-fewer employees category and Sluss Realty Co. won the 15-and-over category.
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NAMI graduates 31st class of crisis intervention trained officers
MANSFIELD — A collaboration between mental health boards, police departments and the Mansfield Playhouse graduated 23 officers on Friday.
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‘Angel Street (Gaslight)’ arrives at Mansfield Playhouse
MANSFIELD — One gets the notion Scott Woodlee would have relished the opportunity to meet and perhaps counsel Patrick Hamilton. The 45-year-old pastor of Mohicanville Community Church in Loudonville plays a lead role in the British playwright’s “Angel Street (Gaslight),” a psychological drama at the Mansfield Playhouse that opens Friday night. Hamilton wrote the 1938 […]
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Turn back the clock: ‘Golden Summers Revisited’ returns to Mansfield Playhouse
MANSFIELD — Dale Powers believes great music tells stories — and that there are always great stories still left to tell. That’s part of the reason the 75-year-old Mansfield native, a founding member of The Ohio Express, will take to the Mansfield Playhouse stage again this weekend for “Golden Summers Revisited.” It’s the second straight […]
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‘The Prince is Giving a Ball!’ Mansfield Playhouse opens season with ‘Cinderella’
MANSFIELD — Alayna Ross was like any little girl growing up around Lexington, dreaming of being Cinderella and meeting Prince Charming at a fabulous ball. Those dreams become theatrical musical reality on Friday night at the Mansfield Playhouse when the community theater begins a two-weekend run of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. “Cinderella’s always been […]