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NOW THROUGH MONDAY, DECEMBER 1: purchase any Playhouse Subscription and get one FREE admission – for yourself, or to give – during the Red Hot Holiday Sale!  Warm up your frozen winter as the Playhouse Red Hot Holiday Sale sizzles all week long! You’ll receive one FREE admission voucher for any 2026 Mainstage or Youtheatre performance, including […]

The Erie Playhouse is grateful for the support of incredible community partners like MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton LLP. Bill Speros (Partner, MacDonald Illig), a Playhouse alum himself, stopped by the EP stage during EMMA! A POP MUSICAL JR to share their EITC grant contribution supporting the collaborative work that happens here every day! Thank you! […]

Join us at the Playhouse as we make history, marking a spectacular theatrical milestone: EMMA! A POP MUSICAL JV is the 1400th production by the Erie Playhouse!  The Playhouse’s storied past leading to this night began on January 18, 1916, with an evening of one act plays performed at the Reed Hotel on North Park […]

There’s something for everyone this season at the Erie Playhouse!  ON STAGE NOW, CLOSING SUNDAY: the Tony Award-winning play THE ELEPHANT MAN, a true story of humanity beyond appearances centers on the extraordinary true story of John Merrick (Zach Flock), a horribly deformed young man afflicted with rare skin and bone diseases, who has become […]

Playhouse alum and JET 24/FOX 66/YourErie.com news reporter Jade Leah Burns features executive director Zach Flock on episode 3 of her new podcast, Jade’s Best Day Ever! Listen in and watch below. Meet Jade:  Jade Leah Burns is your favorite ray of sunshine from one of the most snowiest cities in America, Erie, Pennsylvania. With […]

We’re often asked if there are prosthetics used to create the image of the Elephant Man for this production – and the answer, dictated by the playwright, is no. “In film versions of shows like this, including the film version of The Elephant Man, there’s such a focus on realism. One of the cool things […]

The 110th Season at the Erie Playhouse is Red Hot, and new subscriptions for the 2026 season are on sale now! Which title are you most looking forward to? MEAN GIRLS January 30 – February 15 | Mainstage From the comedic genius of Tina Fey comes the hilarious musical Mean Girls! Cady Heron may have […]

Save ten dollars off the ticket price when you join us for Premiere Weekend of THE ELEPHANT MAN, October 10 & 11! THE ELEPHANT MAN specialty cocktail will be served at the Playhouse’s lobby bar: the Whitechapel Fog, featuring Altered State Mystic Fox rum, apple cider, honey syrup, lime juice and ginger beer. Following the Opening Night Performance, Room 33 will host […]

The Playhouse is giving away $4,000 in the month of October! The 30 for $30 raffle is on with DAILY chances to win: $100 a day October 1-30, and $1,000 on October 31! Winners:  Oct 1: Robert Manchester Oct. 2: Barbara Farmer Oct. 3: Jerry Gill Oct. 4: Sharon Dugan Oct. 5: Cece Dohoda Oct. […]