Over The River and Through The Woods
By Joe DiPietro
Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn’t mean his family isn’t still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is routine until he has to tell them that he’s been offered a dream job. The job he’s been waiting for—marketing executive—would take him away from his beloved, but annoying, grandparents. He tells them. The news doesn’t sit so well. Thus begins a series of schemes to keep Nick around. How could he betray his family’s love to move to Seattle, for a job, wonder his grandparents? Well, Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma do their level best, and that includes bringing to dinner the lovely—and single— Caitlin O’Hare as bait…we won’t give the ending away here.
Show Dates: March 8, 9, 15 & 16 at 8:00 pm March 17 at 2:30 pm
Audition Dates: January 30 & 31 at 7:00 pm
Upcoming Auditions - March 12 & 13
Adapted by Patrick Barlow From the novel by John Buchan
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
Show Dates: April 19, 20, 26 & 27 at 8:00 pm April 28 at 2:30 pm
Audition Dates: March 12 & 13 at 7:00 pm
Crimes of the Heart - Auditions March 26 & 27
By Beth Henley
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. In the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future—but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended.
Show Dates: May 10, 11, 17 & 18 at 8:00 pm
Audition Dates: March 26 & 27 at 7:00 pm
Peter Pan Jr. - Auditions April 23 & 24
A Musical Based on the Play by Sir J.M. Barr
Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh Music by Morris (Moose) Charlap ie
Additional Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Additional Music by Jule Styne
Originally directed, choreographed and adapted by Jerome Robbins
Peter and his mischievous fairy sidekick, Tinkerbell, visit the nursery of the Darling children late one night and, with a sprinkle of pixie dust, begin a magical journey acro ss the stars that none of them will ever forget. In the adventure of a lifetime, the travelers come face to face with a ticking crocodile, the fierce Brave Girls, a band of bungling pirates and, of course, the villainous Captain Hook. Featuring the iconic songs, “I’m Flying,” “I’ve Gotta Crow,” “I Won’t Grow Up” and “Never Never Land,” and a rousing book full of magic, warmth and adventure, Peter Pan JR. is the perfect show for the child in all of us… who dreamed of soaring high and never growing up.
Show Dates: June 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:00 pm, June 23 at 2:30 pm
Audition Dates: April 23 & 24 at 6:00 pm
Family Friendly Standup - Friday May 3rd
Clean Comedy comes to Mansfield! Comedy for everyone to enjoy. Featuring comedian, Lee Hardin. Lee comes to us from Nashville, Tennessee. Lee has appeared on NBC, The Mike Huckabee Show, and has his own comedy special on DryBar Comedy. Lee has also shared the stage with notable acts like Henry Cho and Nate Bargatze.
Lee’s act is clean, family friendly, and meant for everyone to enjoy.
Also appearing on the show is Kari Jones. Kari is new to the scene but already tours the Midwest regularly.
2023-2024 Season!
Tickets and Reservations: 419-522-2883
Box Office Hours:
Wed-Fri 1pm-6pm and 1 hour prior to all performances.
What others are saying about the Playhouse
I laughed until I cried and thoroughly enjoyed the show. Perfect show for my first visit ever to the Mansfield Playhouse! Great show, great cast, great acting and a great theatre!
Kayla
I have been going to the Playhouse for over twenty years, and I have never seen a bad show.
Ken
My first time ever being at the Playhouse was this weekend … The kids are doing an amazing job. The director has done amazing with them. I will absolutely be returning.
Michelle