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Mass Arts Center generously recognized with 2024-2025 DASH awards and nominations MANSFIELD, Mass – The Mass Arts Center is proud to announce numerous awards for the 2024-2025 Season, as recognized by the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres’ DASH Awards: Specialty Ensemble – Play: Caroline Kautsire, Kathleen Carr Foster, Barbara Schapiro, The Witches, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center. Stage Management for a Play: Marianne Phinney, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center. Lead Performer in a Play – Drama: Christian Roulleau, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center. Direction of a Play: Steve Dooner, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center. Production – Play: Macbeth, Mass Arts Center. Consultant Choice More info…

Dori Bryan-Ployer honored with two awards from Kennedy Center July 10, 2025 DORI BRYAN-PLOYER HONORED WITH TWO NATIONAL AWARDS BY KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATER FESTIVAL MANSFIELD, Mass. ─ Dori Bryan-Ployer, the Mass Arts Center’s Education and Artistic Director, has been honored with two prestigious awards by The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) for her work on the musical “Alice by Heart.” Bryan-Ployer choreographed “Alice by Heart” at Middlesex Community College, collaborating with her colleague Karen Oster, who directed the production. Bryan-Ployer received two awards: one for Distinguished Choreography or Movement Direction and another for Distinguished Intimacy Choreography or Fight Direction. The spring performance was More info…

AACT awards the Spier Family Foundation June 18, 2025 SPIER FAMILY FOUNDATION HONORED FOR ITS TRANSFORMATIVE SUPPORT OF MASS ARTS CENTER MORE PHOTOS FROM EVENT MANSFIELD, Mass. ─ The Spier Family Foundation was honored by the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) for its support of community theater, especially for its transformative impact at the Mass Arts Center. Beverley Lord, regional representative from AACT, presented Greg Spier with the Spotlight Award during a ceremony at the Mass Arts Center on Wednesday, June 18. Through generous funding from the Spier Family Foundation, the Mass Arts Center has completed major accessibility upgrades, More info…

Student artists shine in The Future Is Now exhibit at Morini Gallery FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2025 MANSFIELD, Mass. ─ More than two dozen student artists were celebrated on Sunday, June 8, and six were recognized officially during a reception at “The Future Is Now” exhibition at the Mass Arts Center’s Morini Gallery. “The Future Is Now” is the second annual juried exhibit featuring the work of high school students, this year from Mansfield and Norton. The exhibition, which runs through June 25, provides a unique platform for young artists to present their work to the public. The reception More info…

Ken Butler to receive national theater award QUICK GUIDE: Who: Ken Butler, Executive Director, The Mass Arts Center What: American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) Award Where: Des Moine, Iowa When: June 25–28 Web preview: https://aact.org/awards CONTACTS: Michelle Swink – michelle@aact.org, 817-231-0482, Ext. 108 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 30, 2025 MANSFIELD, Mass. ─ Ken Butler, Executive Director and founder of the Mass Arts Center, has been selected to receive the Special Recognition Award from the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT). Butler will be honored at the 2025 AACT National Awards ceremony during AACTFest 2025, taking place June 25–28 in Des Moines, Iowa. The AACT Special Recognition More info…

Mass Arts Center honors artist who created Betty White Forever® stamp FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 24, 2025 MANSFIELD, Mass. ─  The Mass Arts Center is thrilled to announce that Dale Stephanos, creator of the soon-to-be-released Betty White Forever® stamp, will receive the Distinguished Artist Award at its MAC Masquerade Gala on Friday, March 14th. Since 2009, MAC has been at the forefront of the local art scene with the creation of the Morini Gallery. MAC will recognize Stephanos for his contributions to the art world and recent success as creator of the stamp in honor of the late actress. Stephanos, from Foxboro, More info…