CURTAIN UP!
Raising the curtain on all the latest from the Playhouse!
SPRING 2026 EDITION
Welcome to the Sharon Playhouse 2026 Season! The Playhouse and its many iterations has a fascinating history, dating back almost 100 years. In honor of the 250th birthday of the United States, this season, the Sharon Playhouse is celebrating the very best of American values and the spirit of the country’s founding. Every production this summer has been curated to commemorate the quintessentially American essence of community, and how we have all historically come together to lift each other up—and this common thread runs through all our season’s offerings.
“Did you always know you wanted to be a race car driver…” I ask Skip Barber over coffee at J.P. Gifford’s. “… from the time you were a little kid?”
“Yes,” he said. “I don’t ever remember not wanting to race.”
There was no “Sharon Playhouse” in the summer of 1989. At the time, Sharon Creative Arts Foundation (SCAF) inhabited the familiar barn building – the first of many courageous theater companies attempting to launch a successful performing arts business there. The show that summer was The Music Man. SCAF hired Ray Roderick to direct and his wife, Sarah Combs to produce. If there is such a thing as destiny, its seeds were surely sown that summer.
Savannah Stevenson, who is often seen onstage at the Sharon Playhouse, has stepped into the role of President of its Board of Directors this year. She succeeds a powerhouse president in Emily Soell, who held the role for 10 years and has served on the Board for 20 years. With Savannah’s encouragement, Emily will remain on the Board this year and begin chairing a new Advisory Board as another avenue for community engagement with our beloved Playhouse.
It can feel impossible to escape the conversation surrounding AI. Even opening your favorite Playhouse's newsletter isn't safe. Whether you think it's going to usher in a productivity-powered utopia or a dystopian hellscape, the technology is impacting the way each of us lives and works. And few groups may feel its effects more deeply than young people.