Tag: The Spotlight Playhouse
Have a Nice Doomsday Puts Thanksgiving and the End of the World on the Same Stage 🔮
Our Bluegrass Players are bringing a very unusual Thanksgiving gathering to The Spotlight Playhouse this fall with Have a Nice Doomsday, an end-of-the-world comedy running October 30 through November 8. Directed by Erika Howard, the show begins with a familiar holiday goal. Joann Monroe wants to serve the perfect Thanksgiving dinner. The problem is that…
Zombie Night: The Musical Brings Spooky Fun to The Spotlight Playhouse 🦮
Halloween season at The Spotlight Playhouse will bring zombies, music, and a lot of humor to the stage when the Bluegrass Players present Zombie Night: The Musical from October 23 through November 1. I’m directing this production for the Bluegrass Players, our community theatre group at The Spotlight Playhouse, 214 Richmond Road in Berea. The…
Frozen KIDS Brings Arendelle to Berea: Spotlight Acting School’s Youngest Performers Take the Stage ❄️
The first time a child walks onto a stage under lights, something changes. You can see it in the shoulders. They stand a little taller, and they find their voice. That moment is what Spotlight Acting School has been building toward since 2004, and it is what families across Madison County will get to see…
A New Twist on an Old Tale: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Dinner Show Comes to The Spotlight Playhouse 🎃
Fall in Madison County brings a familiar rhythm. The air turns crisp, high school football lights up Friday nights, and our dinner theater season gets underway at The Spotlight Playhouse. This October, we are preparing to open an all-new interactive mystery production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The performances are scheduled for Friday, October…
Salem’s Daughter Returns to The Spotlight Playhouse for Fall Run 👻
Just in time for spooky season, the Spotlight Playhouse and the Bluegrass Players present Salem’s Daughter. I have been looking forward to seeing this one finally get its chance on our stage, because this is actually the second time we have scheduled the show at Spotlight. The first time was during the COVID year. The…
Honk! Jr. Runs Sept. 18-27 at The Spotlight Playhouse in Berea 🦢
A duckling gets born looking wrong for his family, gets picked on for it, and spends the whole show finding his way back to where he belongs. That is Honk! Jr., and it opens September 18 at The Spotlight Playhouse, 214 Richmond Road in Berea. I have always loved this musical. Honk! is one of…
EKU CityFest 2026 Brings Richmond to Life on Thursday Night 🎉
When the sun sets over the Intramural Field, a wave of color and sound rolls across Eastern Kentucky University’s campus. On Thursday, September 10, 2026, the university will open its gates to the city for its annual CityFest, a street-fair-style celebration that turns campus space into a marketplace of local business stalls, student-run activities, and…
Miss Spoonbread and Miss Berea Pageants Set for Saturday, September 5, at Berea Community Gym 👑
Every town has its own way of picking the young women who will wear its name for the next year. In Berea, we do it out in the open, on a gym floor, in front of everybody. This year that day is Saturday, September 5, 2026, when the Miss Spoonbread Festival and Miss Berea pageants…
Lexington Comic & Toy Con Adds a Fall Weekend at Central Bank Center, Sept. 4-6 🥶
If you have a kid who has worn the same superhero mask to Richmond Road all summer, or a closet bin of action figures you have been meaning to sort, this one is for you. Lexington Comic & Toy Con is adding a fall edition for the first time. It runs Friday through Sunday, September…
64West Brings Free Live Music to Griffin Gate’s Mansion Lawn Friday, September 4 🎷
Food vendors, a Lexington variety band, and an outdoor concert on the grounds of a 19th-century estate. If you have been looking for a free Friday night out that does not require a ticket or a reservation, Music at The Mansion has one for you. 64West takes the stage on the Mansion lawn at the…
Free Live Music Returns to Moondance Amphitheater with Honeychild 🎤
Free live music returns to the Moondance Amphitheater this September, offering a reliable, no-fuss Friday night tradition for residents of Madison County and the surrounding communities. On Friday, September 4, 2026, the Summer Nights in Suburbia concert series brings the high-energy local band Honeychild to the stage. The event runs from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.,…
Meet the Forest Reptiles of Madison County at the Forestry Outreach Center 🐢
If you have spent any time hiking the wooded hollows around Berea in late summer, you know the quiet rustle of dry leaves usually means someone small is on the move. Most often, it is a reptile going about its daily business. These cold-blooded neighbors are an essential part of our local ecosystem, yet they…
Free Concert: Lexington Legend Tee Dee Young Brings Blues to Berea College 🎸
Thursday, September 3, is a good night to clear your calendar. The Berea College convocation series is bringing Tee Dee Young to campus, and if you know anything about Kentucky blues, you already know his name means serious music. Young is a Lexington institution: 50-plus years of playing, singing, and leading bands in blues clubs…
Macbeth Belongs at The Spotlight Playhouse Because Big Stories Should Happen Close to Home 🎭
Some plays feel far away until the right people put them on stage. Macbeth is one of them. On paper, it can look like schoolwork. Witches. Kings. Scotland. Old language. A dagger that may or may not be there. But on stage, especially on a local stage like The Spotlight Playhouse, Macbeth becomes something much…