Kiss Me, Kate is a classic musical that promises as many onstage fireworks as a Roman candle factory afire.
Farragut North is the Perfect Play for an Election Year
by Dan Schank6/8/2016, 9:45 AM
What could be more cathartic than turning off your cell phone for a few hours and soaking in the betrayals, adultery, and backstabbing of a fictional election before returning (reluctantly) to the real one?
Marionettes Bring Sleeping Beauty to Life at PACA
by Nick Warren5/25/2016, 9:45 AM
Building upon old-world traditions, the National Marionette Theatre uses the art of puppetry to tell stories that everyone can enjoy.
All An Act Theatre Stages The Servant's Last Serve in British Farce Style
by Gregory Greenleaf-Knepp5/11/2016, 9:45 AM
A British play – imported from, well, New York state – is making its Erie debut at All An Act Theatre.
Women Blends Louisa May Alcott with Lena Dunham
by Nick Warren3/30/2016, 1:00 PM
The spin is contemporary, but the story is timeless.
Laugh/Riot Presents Pirandello's Milestone, Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Gregory Greenleaf-Knepp3/16/2016, 11:30 AM
Laugh/Riot Performing Arts Company, resident theater of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, is staging playwright Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author.
Tinfoil Haberdashery Dramatizes Conspiracy Theories at PACA
by Sara Toth3/16/2016, 9:30 AM
Tinfoil Haberdashery, a darkly comedic play from Erie's own Ernest Hemmings.
WOW is Wow: Women of Word Celebrates its Sixth Year with Choices, and a Few "Man-Made" Words
by Mary Birdsong3/16/2016, 9:15 AM
The sixth Women of Word promises to be a powerful and dramatic event.
Matty B Presents a Theatrical Concert Featuring Music from the 50s at PACA
by Ryan Smith3/2/2016, 12:30 PM
It's "a step back in time, bringing you the authentic feel of walking into a late 1950s concert.
Delightfully Thoughtful, 'The Miserable Mrs. Head' Shines at PACA
by Ben Speggen2/17/2016, 5:30 PM
Playwright Richard Boler debuts a new one-act comedy in Erie.
Dramashop Stages the Award-winning Dark Comedy, A Bright New Boise
by Sara Toth2/17/2016, 4:45 PM
Dark comedy is the phrase that best comes to mind with Samuel D. Hunter's Boise, set to begin its run as part of Dramashop's Mainstage series.
Nice Work If You Can Get It Brings 20s Charm to Erie Playhouse
by Gregory Greenleaf-Knepp2/3/2016, 2:45 PM
The 1920's have returned!
The Miserable Mrs. Head Premieres at PACA
by Katie Chriest2/3/2016, 2:00 PM
Leave it to the writer who made a hugely popular play out of a bad haircut to follow up with another deceptively mundane premise.
Black Coffee Preview
by Gregory Greenleaf-Knepp2/3/2016, 10:30 AM
All An Act Theatre (A3) will be presenting the 1930 Agatha Christie play that promises all the expected-unexpected thrills from the Queen of Crime.
Gannon University Theatre's Fringe Fest Erie 2016 Takes Multiple Stages Throughout February
by Gregory Greenleaf-Knepp1/20/2016, 1:00 PM
A local university theatre department once again brings Erie a slice of Scotland as sweet as a strawberry scone.