Duluth Playhouse Announces New Executive Director

The Duluth Playhouse Board of Directors announces that Wes Drummond has been hired as Executive Director, effective May 11, 2021. He joins Phillip Fazio, who was recently hired as Producing Artistic Director. Over the past 21 years, Christine Gradl Seitz served as both the Artistic and Executive Director at the Playhouse. She will remain with […]

A message from the Playhouse regarding COVID-19

Dear Playhouse Patrons, Your health and well-being are our first priority here at the Duluth Playhouse. We realize the recent news of the coronavirus (COVID-19) may have you thinking about attending upcoming events. We wanted to give you an update on Playhouse activities at this time. There are no changes to our performance calendar. All […]

REVIEW: ‘Steel Magnolias’ offers laughter, tears

This theatre review was written by Lawrance Bernabo, for the Duluth News Tribune | Jan 31st 2020 As soon as I saw the cast that director Julie Ahasay had assembled for Steel Magnolias, I looked forward to the production that opened Thursday night (1/30) at the NorShor Theatre. I was eager to see what those six actresses would […]

REVIEW: ‘Government Inspector’ a funny Russian farce full of big, bold moments

THE REVIEW The Duluth Playhouse is putting on The Government Inspector. It is a farce. A Russian farce. About politicians. (No, not that one.) This version of The Government Inspector has been adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, who strips Nikolai Gogol’s script down to the skeleton and rebuilds it with jokes guaranteed to hit an American […]

Announcing the ‘Sweeney Todd’ cast list

Thank you to all who came out to audition! Yes, we are very excited to announce the cast list of the musical thriller for Sweeney Todd, but first, we want to say THANK YOU. Thank you to each and every one of you who walked into the rehearsal studio to share your talents at auditions. We can’t […]