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Auditions set for musical

| December 29, 2017

COSHOCTON – The final production of the Footlight Players 69th season will be the Tony Award winner “The Bridges of Madison County.” This new musical is based upon Robert James Waller’s 1992 best-selling novel, with a script written by Pulitzer Prize award playwright Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The play […]

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Youth putting on murder-mystery comedy

Youth putting on murder-mystery comedy

| June 24, 2016 | 0 Comments

COSHOCTON – The Footlight Players are taking a different direction this summer with their youth production by featuring a comical, murder mystery play. “We wanted to let the kids sharpen their acting teeth and it’s good to mix it up and not be predictable,” said Shelly Lillibridge. “Murder at The Goon Show,” a killer spoof […]

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Footlight Players to present ‘Incorruptible’

Footlight Players to present ‘Incorruptible’

| May 2, 2016 | 0 Comments

COSHOCTON – The Footlight Players newest production, “Incorruptible,” will take you from the Triple Locks Theater to Priseaux, France during the dark ages. Everything seems to be going wrong for the local monastery and their Saint Foy hasn’t worked a miracle in 13 years. They hoped that a visit from the Pope would save them, […]

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Footlight Players to present Christmas play

Footlight Players to present Christmas play

| November 22, 2015 | 0 Comments

COSHOCTON – The Coshocton Footlight Players upcoming production will make you laugh and tug at your heartstrings. “Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas” will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5, 11-12, and 18-19, at the Triple Locks Theater, 685 N. Whitewoman St. “The author, Robert Fulghum, wrote ‘Everything I Really Need to Know […]

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‘Love Letters’ starts theater season and honors Gauerkes

‘Love Letters’ starts theater season and honors Gauerkes

| September 30, 2015 | 0 Comments

COSHOCTON – The Footlight Players generally don’t precast plays, but when Susan Metz picked “Love Letters” to start this season, she knew Jim and Bettsy Gauerke were the perfect people for the production. “I was so pleased when I called and they accepted,” said Metz, who is directing “Love Letters.” The play, written by A.R. […]

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Coshocton Footlight Players announce upcoming season

| August 31, 2015 | 0 Comments

COSHOCTON – The Coshocton Footlight Players are pleased to announce Season 67, “A Season of Love and Laughter,” to be performed at Triple Locks Theater, located at 685 N. Whitewoman Street, Coshocton, OH. The inaugural play of the season is “Love Letters”, written by A.R. Gurney and directed by Susan Metz. In “Love Letters”, Andrew […]

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Footlight players to put on murder mystery

Footlight players to put on murder mystery

| May 4, 2015 | 0 Comments

COSHOCTON – “Dial M for Murder” is a play filled with murder-for-hire, blackmail and betrayal and Director Susan Metz can’t wait to see her cast and crew present it to the public. “I’ve directed a lot of shows, but this one has such an outstanding cast and crew,” she said. “They are a dream. They […]

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Footlight Players to present ‘Spoon River Anthology Project’

| November 5, 2014 | 0 Comments

COSHOCTON – The Footlight Players current play, “Spoon River Anthology Project,” is described as beautifully haunting. “It’s what I call a nontraditional play,” said Nathan Mayse, director. “I like the feel of it. It’s done as prose poetry and actors play multiple characters. It also has some singing, but is not a musical.” The play […]

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