2021 Shows and Events
2021 Shows and Events
Author: Steve Ide
2023-Jimmy Mazz – Legends & Laughter – June 2
Jimmy Mazz returns to the Mass Arts Center on Friday, June June 2, 2023 to perform his Legends & Laughter show. More info…
2023 Frampton Comes Alive! – March 18, 2023
Jam Band legend Gary Backstrom (Jiggle the Handle) returns with his latest creation: an entire recreation of the 1976 Peter Frampton classic Frampton Comes Alive! More info…
2022 Review: Blithe Spirit
Review: Blithe Spirit Reviewed by Tony Annicone, June 3, 2022 Mass Art Center’s current production is “Blithe Spirit”, a farce by Noel Coward. This show focuses around Charles Condomine, a skeptical novelist of Provincetown, MA. In search of inspiration for his new novel, Charles invites self proclaimed medium and local eccentric Madame Arcati to his home for a seance. When the hapless psychic ends up in contact with the spirit of his first husband, Lucien, who makes his presence well known, much to the consternation of his second husband, Richard. Soon his life and home are in a shambles as More info…
World Tai Chi Day – April 29, 2023
The Mass Arts Center is hosting a World Tai Chi Day event on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 10am outside at 888 South Main Street, Mansfield, overlooking the reservoir. More info…
2023 Love’s Whispers – Spiritual Psychic Mediums – April 30
Elaine Rusk and Karen Gillis, renowned spiritual psychic mediums, will provide insight and healing messages from the spiritual realm at the Mass Arts Center on April 30 from 4-6 p.m., with doors opening at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 in advance / $60 at door More info…
2023 British Landscape Tour
Travel from Edinburgh, Scotland to London on a special Collette group tour with Ken Butler and the Mass Arts Center. Highlights of the tour will include: Edinburgh Castle, Choices on Tour: York, Chester, Llangollen, Wales, Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, London More info…
2022 Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Reviewed by Tony Annicone, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2022 Mass Arts Center’s opening show of their 23rd season is “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare. It was suggested by “A Knight’s Tale” from Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” and was written between 1594 and 1596. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur performers. Moonlight, magic and midsummer madness infect the lovers, tradesmen and fairies in this tale. This version is set in the Southern United States forest and the plot revolves around Theseus, the King More info…
2021-2022 DASH Awards
2021-2022 DASH Awards The Mass Arts Center’s Megan Laliberte won for Best Stage Management (Play) for Blithe Spirit, and Kenneth Butler won for Best Set Design (Play) for Blithe Spirit, in the 2021-2022 DASH Awards. The Mass Arts Center received 10 Distinguished Awards and Special Recognition (DASH) nominations from the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatre the 2021-2022 DASH Awards. All categories and nominations are shown below, or visit the EMACT website. 2021-2022 DASH NOMINEES & WINNERS SUPPORTING PERFORMER FEMALE-IDENTIFYING ROLE (PLAY) Kathleen Larson Day, Our Town – Eventide Theatre Company Sue Gilbert, Morning’s At Seven – Quannapowitt Players Hannah Schuurman, Translations – Marblehead Little Theatre Rachael More info…
Fall 2022 Mass Arts Academy Open House
Fall 2022 Mass Arts Academy Open House Tuesday, Sept. 6, from 3-7 p.m. 888 South Main Street, Mansfield MA 02048 (Directly across from the Xfinity Center) On Tuesday September 6, 2022, the Academy at the Mass Arts Center will host an open house that will give new and returning families the chance to meet with the faculty, tour our newly renovated facility, discuss the curriculum, and register for their preferred classes! We will also be facilitating free performance lessons, ending with a showcase performance by Academy students. ** Class size in free workshops is limited. Students registering in the free More info…