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YSU announces 2026-27 theater season

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 ...

Sips & Scripts gets ‘Sin’-ful start

“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,” ...

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Anniversary event features car show, animals, music on Sunday Penguin City Brewing Co. and DOPE Cider & Wine House, 460 E. Federal St., Youngstown, will celebrate their fourth anniversary together with a Car & Bike Show fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The anniversary celebration will feature cars, motorcycles, local vendors, food, raffles, and the release of a special Penguin City x DOPE collaboration cider ale. Vehicle registration is $10, and proceeds will benefit Animal Charity of Ohio. No Funk No Justice will perform from 1 to 4 p.m. Animal Charity will host “Meet ...

That’s not all folks for ‘Coyote vs. Acme’

NEW YORK — Before it was dubbed “the funeral screening,” it was just when Will Forte was going to see the movie. “Coyote vs. Acme” was finished. Director Dave Green, inspired by “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” had completed the editing on the Looney Tunes blend of cartoon and live ...

Reader Series presents poets from Pittsburgh

Two Pittsburgh poets will be the featured readers at Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Reader Series event. Diane Kerr, a longtime member of Carlow University’s Madwomen in the Attic Creative Writing Workshops in Pittsburgh, holds a master’s degree from Warren Wilson. Published in Alaska Quarterly Review, Pearl, Poetry East, and the Mississippi Review among others, her second book, “Perigee,” won the Brittingham Prize in 2020. Nancy Krygowski is the author of “The Woman in the Corner,” one of Library Journal’s top 100 (or so) poetry books of 2020, and ...

Jay Leno plays Stambaugh for United Way benefit

Comedian Jay Leno returns to Stambaugh Auditorium on Jan. 7, 2027, for a benefit performance. The show is presented by The Muransky Companies, and all proceeds will benefit United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley and the work it does to support programs and services in the local community. Leno hosted NBC’s “The Tonight Show” from 1992 to 2009 and 2010 to 2014 after serving as a frequent guest host for Johnny Carson during his tenure. Leno, 76, continues to tour nationwide, and the car enthusiast hosts “Jay Leno’s Garage” on YouTube. He is a recipient of the ...