Local Performing Arts

In this new year of 2021 the local Shakespeare Festival will be celebrating its 20th season. This season will look different, but local thespians have learned a lot over the past year by filming the “Ricardo/Richard” episodes and recording The Tempest as a radio play. The first virtual event of 2021 will be “Passion for Shakespeare” — a…

After attending the opening season performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Playhouse Merced, we realized, once again, how much talent…

Alyse Neubert, 29, was introduced as the new artistic director of Playhouse Merced during a social party held at the theater in Merced on Feb. 27. During…