Local Performing Arts

Stephanie Atkinson, who has been Office Manager at Playhouse Merced since last September, feels she is working at the new and improved Playhouse because the theater is doing things that haven’t been done before, and everyone is excited. She told the Times, “Part of the reason I feel this way is we have a new Artistic Director and new Education…

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…

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 the evening, guests sampled hors d’oeuvres and sipped wine in the lobby before making their way into the theater. The main focus of the evening was to get acquainted with Neubert, but…