In support of efforts to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Gamut Theatre, a professional regional theatre located in downtown Harrisburg, PA announced today that it is canceling all public programming through at least September 1, 2020.

“No one knows for certain when COVID-19 will reach its apex and how long it will take to come down off of that,” said Melissa Nicholson, Co-Founder/Executive Director. “But I think we can all agree that it will be a significant amount of time before we can safely put 50 students from a five-county area together onstage, backstage, and in classrooms.”

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In support of efforts to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Gamut Theatre, a professional regional theatre located in downtown Harrisburg, PA announced today that it is canceling all public programming through at least September 1, 2020.

“No one knows for certain when COVID-19 will reach its apex and how long it will take to come down off of that,” said Melissa Nicholson, Co-Founder/Executive Director. “But I think we can all agree that it will be a significant amount of time before we can safely put 50 students from a five-county area together onstage, backstage, and in classrooms.”

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A four-part profile of the challenges posed to arts organizations by COVID-19

Part 4 of 4

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A four-part profile of the challenges posed to arts organizations by COVID-19

Part 3 of 4

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A four-part profile of the challenges posed to arts organizations by COVID-19

Part 2 of 4

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A four-part profile of the challenges posed to arts organizations by COVID-19

Part 1 of 4

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Theatre Harrisburg to suspend remainder of 2019-2020 season in an effort to conserve resources and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 closures

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Updated March 14: Oyster Mill Playhouse updated information on performances, auditions and more in response to the spread of COVID-19

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Updated March 13: Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg’s updated information on performances, auditions and more in response to the spread of COVID-19

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Updated March 12: Theatre Harrisburg’s updated information on performances, auditions and more in response to the spread of COVID-19

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Updated March 12:Open Stage’s updated information on performances, auditions and more in response to the spread of COVID-19

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Updated March 12: Gamut Theatre’s updated information on performances, auditions and more in response to the spread of COVID-19

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Updated March 12: Keystone Theatrics’ updated information on performances, auditions and more in response to the spread of COVID-19

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Have you ever been in the audience where a performance was ruined by a ringing cell phone? Some theatres in New York are using a unique device to take matters into their own hands.

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In this fifth article in PA On Stage’s popular Behind The Scenes series, Ghost Light interviewed choreographers Steven Flom, Kelly Strange and Trish Baillie Koser to find out a few things about the way choreographers approach their craft for the theatre – and some of the challenges they experience in doing so.

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When you hear the term “children’s theatre,” what comes to mind?  An elementary school pageant about the digestive system? A high school musical? A group of adults performing an interactive play for kids about the virtues of working together?

Make no mistake – children’s theatre can encompass all of those things and more. Local theatres and school districts devote substantial time, funding and personnel to the creation of programs and opportunities for young people to get involved with and learn from the craft of performance. 

Even so, a big question regularly resurfaces: Is theatre for young audiences seen as more than just “something for the kids to do?” 

This topic was explored in a series of interviews in the September 2018 issue of American Theatre magazine. As a short companion to that article, Ghostlight asked local theatre professionals about their views on this subject. 

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In this fourth article in PA On Stage’s Behind The Scenes series, we will take a look at lighting designers, one of the many technical artists that help bring productions to life.

PA On Stage interviewed lighting designers Karen ‘K.G.’ Gasser, Tristan Stasiulis, and Matt Mitra to learn a bit more about the way lighting designers approach their craft for a theatre production – and some of the challenges they experience in doing so.

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Open Stage recently unveiled its 34th season, and has adopted the term ‘Metamorphosis’ as its theme – an appropriate term, as the season’s productions will all feature some aspect of the process of change and will be performed in the theatre’s newly transformed space.

Click below to read more about Open Stage of Harrisburg’s Season 34

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Men might get the headlines when it comes to murder, but throughout history, women had taken on their fair share of the crime. And in many cases - those crimes have been committed for good reason. The play Murderess explores just a few of them.

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In this series of articles, which will run throughout the next few months of Ghost Light, we will be taking a look at a variety of local behind-the-scenes artists that help bring your favorite stage productions to life. Our third section takes a look at costume design.

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