Playhouse Merced

It was wonderful to see the return of the annual Playhouse Merced Gala on the evening of Aug.13 — this time at a new venue, Vista Ranch, located at 7326 E. Highway 140 in Merced. The event was a prelude to its 2021-22 season, which features productions of Godspell, The Brothers Paranormal, White Christmas, The Mountaintop, Miss You…

Youngsters ages 6 through 18 will have fun this summer participating in Playhouse Merced’s Summer Youth Program where they will learn parts in a musical and…

Playhouse Merced will be back with its 2021-22 “The Story is Us” season of live, on stage productions starting this September! Its previous live season…

Merced has a diverse, bustling and rich arts scene. And not only downtown on Main Street, but also at Merced College, the UC Campus, high school auditoriums and stages, and more. The phrase that you might have heard, “There is nothing to do here,” is not true. But then the pandemic hit a year ago. Rehearsals stopped, shows had to be canceled,…

Theatre lovers have less than a month to wait until they find out what Playhouse Merced, located at 452 W. Main Street in Merced, has in store for its…

Playhouse Merced’s production of “Matilda, the Musical” is based on a well-loved novel by British author Roald Dahl, published in 1988. “Matilda,”…

Based on the success of the radio show format of “It’s A Wonderful Life” performed last year, Playhouse Merced decided to do another live radio play, this time presenting an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” in December at the theater. Dickens’ timeless story of the transformation and redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge…

From Jan. 10 through Jan. 19, Playhouse Merced will present Jaclyn Backhaus’ “Men On Boats,” a dramatization of the exploration of the upper portion of the…

It’s a Yuletide axiom that no holiday season is complete without at least one viewing of “A Christmas Carol.” Playhouse Merced’s holiday…

Actors elaborately and stunningly dressed as cats, strutting, leaping and singing, and otherwise moving and meowing just like the animals they were portraying, filled Playhouse Merced’s stage during the opening show of “Cats”, the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T. S. Elliot. The…