Local Theatre Selects Hancock, Wandell for Performing Arts Scholarship

PLAZA THEATRE ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FOR 2023 The Plaza Theatre, a historic and cultural landmark on Monterey Square in Wharton, proudly announces Dante Hancock and Benjamin Wandell as the recipients of this year’s Plaza Theatre Scholarship in memory of...
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: A Review

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: A Review

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof took the stage for Chamber Night and Student/Press Night. Critics Becky & Kevin Blalock penned a review just in time for opening night: Even if you’ve never seen Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” you’ve definitely heard of this...
Dividing The Estate: A Review

Dividing The Estate: A Review

Dividing the Estate took the stage for Chamber Night and Student/Press Night. Local critic Benjamin Sharp has penned a review just in time for opening night: Leave it to a family inheritance to bring out the worst in people. But leave it to Horton Foote to turn it...
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella: A Review

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella: A Review

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella took the stage for Chamber Night and Student/Press Night. Critics Kevin & Becky Blalock have penned a review just in time for opening night: As the feminine half of this Review-Writing Duo, I have to say Rodgers and...

Historic Theatre Gives Direction, Experience to Local Students

SPOTLIGHT ON THE PLAZA’S SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM The Plaza Theatre, on Monterey Square in Wharton, is celebrating a successful summer internship program that offered hands-on learning and work experiences to local students. Cole Skinner is a senior enrolled at...