This article is published in collaboration with the Renaissance Performing Arts Association. For nearly 100 years, the Renaissance has been serving audiences throughout the North Central Ohio - and beyond - delivering top-tier live theatre and broadway performances, youth arts programs and cultural events.
MANSFIELD, OHIO — The Renaissance Theatre’s Emerging Artists Festival enters a new chapter during the 2026–2027 season, expanding beyond workshop readings to present selected original works as black box productions at Theatre 166. Directed by Renaissance Artistic Director Michael Thomas, this season’s festival will feature two original musicals: Rathskeller: A Musical Elixir, with book, music, […]
MANSFIELD, OHIO – Dating can be funny, frustrating, hopeful, heartbreaking, and sometimes all of the above in a single evening. Singer, actress, songwriter, and recording artist Lisa Fishman brings it all to the stage when she opens the Renaissance Theatre’s 2026–27 Ghostlight Cabaret Series with Dating (And The Search For Love) on Friday, October 23 […]
MANSFIELD, OHIO – The music of one of rock’s most legendary bands comes to the Renaissance Theatre when GoodTimes/BadTimes: The Led Zeppelin Experience takes the Main Stage on Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 PM. The concert is part of the Avita Health System Concert Series. GoodTimes/BadTimes celebrates the unmistakable sound and energy of Led Zeppelin, […]
The Renaissance Theatre will host the first of its three Teddy Bear Concerts of the 2026-27 Mechanics Bank Education Series on Saturday, October 24 at 2:30 PM. “The Spooky Old House” concert will be held in the Community Room at the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library’s Main Location, located at 43 West Third Street, in Downtown […]
MANSFIELD, OHIO – The Mansfield Partners in Education Team, composed of the Renaissance Performing Arts Association, the Mansfield Art Center, and Mansfield City Schools, will host a one-day professional development workshop on arts integration for educators and administrators on Thursday, October 15, 2025, at the Renaissance Theatre. The workshop is an in-person session, and will […]
Fourteen years after their first performance with the Mansfield Symphony, PROJECT Trio returns to the Renaissance Theatre stage on Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 PM for Game On! The Sound of Play, part of the OhioHealth Symphony Series. Conducted by Music Director Octavio Más-Arocas, the concert pairs one of the most inventive ensembles in classical […]
MANSFIELD – The Renaissance Theatre proudly announces the return of Carnegie Hall’s Link Up program with this year’s theme, The Orchestra Moves, to be held on Thursday, October 15, 2026, with performances at 9:45 AM and 11:45 AM on the Renaissance Theatre’s main stage, located at 138 Park Avenue West in Mansfield, Ohio. Part of […]
MANSFIELD – From psychological suspense and silent-era horror to a Halloween night cult classic, the Renaissance Theatre is bringing three very different movie experiences to the big screen this October. The Renaissance’s Spooky Season film lineup begins Thursday, October 1 with a free screening of The Silence of the Lambs as part of Ohio Goes […]
MANSFIELD – The Renaissance Theatre invites audiences downstairs and into the intimate Ghostlight Lounge for its 2026–27 Ghostlight Cabaret Series, featuring three evenings of live music with Lisa Fishman, Leah Gesouras, and Adena King. Located beneath the Renaissance Theatre lobby, the Ghostlight Lounge offers a distinctly different experience from the theatre’s Main Stage. With a […]
MANSFIELD, OHIO – He’s back. After a sold-out run last fall, the Renaissance Theatre’s terrifying stage adaptation of Dracula returns to the intimate Theatre 166 this October, bringing blood, jump scares, 70s rock, and a few new surprises along with it. Written and directed by Ryan Shealy and adapted from Bram Stoker’s classic novel, Dracula […]
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