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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…