Registration is now open for Summer Youth Theatre Conservatory 2023 at www.playhouseonthesquare.org/summer-youth-conservatory/ or by emailing education@playhouseonthesquare.org. Circuit Playhouse, Inc. will offer three summer sessions for…
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Playhouse on the Square, in partnership with Gene and Carol Katz, Karen McCarthy, and Super Sponsor Dr. Thomas Ratliff, present Lisa Loomer’s new play dedicated…
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As a community of artists, educators, support staff, family, and friends, Circuit Playhouse, Inc. is committed to our organization’s vision to engage with our community…
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1978: Sweet Transvestites In London, circa 1973, adventurous theatregoers were flocking to a small movie-house-turned-live theatre outside the West End where a cult phenomenon had…
Read More Expansion: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 5
“For me, the experience was daunting, certainly in the beginning. To be the leader of a production, and have all these folk who I know…
Read More SB 30 Episode 79: On Directing, with Playhouse’s Marcus Cox
1975: New Look, New Logo The Playhouse on the Square logo may have an Art Nouveau vibe, but it was in fact designed in 1975…
Read More Innovating: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 4
The first play to open on Broadway after the Covid pandemic shut everything down is now the first play to open in Memphis that directly…
Read More PASS OVER at Circuit, in the wake of violence, could not be more timely
1969 – 1971: The Lumbering Saga of Grace Slick, Chairman of the Board Visitors to Playhouse’s executive offices have occasionally commented on an ugly, yet…
Read More Reuse and Adapt: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 3
If you missed part 1 of the history of Playhouse on the Square, you can read it here. Spring 1969: First Brushes with Celebrity As…
Read More Borrowed Spaces: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 2
1963: First Steps As students at Overton High School, Walter Slaughter and Jackie Nichols frequently worked on school productions together. But in the summer of…
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