Back in 2022, Caitlyn Santiago and Isa Foltz were working together on a show at Youngstown Playhouse and were the only two people with Hispanic backgrounds involved in the production. “I looked at her one day and I was like, ‘you know, what would be really cool? I really want to direct ...
A hidden art gem at Youngstown State University and an exhibition featuring four artists exploring ecological themes are on display at McDonough Museum of Art. The works featured in the “Kilcawley Print Collection” haven’t been seen by anyone for decades unless they were in one of the ...
As a father of young children in the ’90s, I’m all-too-familiar with “Barney & Friends,” “Bear in the Big Blue House,” “The Big Comfy Couch” and other shows targeted to the preschool set. Burrowed in the deep recesses of my brain are the lyrics to Barney songs I can sing with ...
Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Shaping Space: PIttsburgh Society of Sculptors” and “Nicole May Luga — City Scrolls: Everyday Beauty,” both through Sept. 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday ...
Three shows and a cabaret production make up the 2026-27 season for Youngstown State University Theatre. The season opens Oct. 2 in Spotlight Theatre with the gothic mystery-comedy “Ravenscroft,” written by Don Nigro. A police inspector investigating a death in a remote manor house finds herself entangled with five women, each offering a different version of events, in a story full of twists and comic misdirection. “Clue, The Musical” opens Nov 13 in Ford Theatre. Based on the classic board game, the production follows Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum and the ...
“Sin Eaters” is the first of eight plays that will be presented as part of Kent State University at Trumbull Theatre’s 2026-27 Sips & Scripts season. New works are presented in reader's theater style — actors are reading from scripts and performing without costumes and sets and usually without props — and staged readings play an important role in the development of unproduced productions. “They (the playwrights) can hear the words and hear them coming out of someone else’s mouth in a way where they haven’t been able to coach the actors and explain what they mean,” ...
