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The Long Christmas Ride Home at The Strand Theater

Reviews December 8, 2025 Erin Tarpley

author: Erin Tarpley

“Well, what a lovely Christmas you’ve given me”

The weather outside is frightful, but inside The Stand Theater, tidings of comfort and joy are complex and raw (and theatric!) in their opening production of their 18th season.

Directed by Tessara Morgan Farley, Paula Vogel’s The Long Christmas Ride Home is not merely a play: it is a profound, breathtaking piece of theatrical artistry that transcends the familiar boundaries of the American family drama.

Murder On The Orient Express at Manor Mill Playhouse 📷 Zoe Leonard

The Second Conductor: Murder On The Orient Express at Manor Mill Playhouse

Reviews October 7, 2025 Chris Pence

author: Chris Pence

It was the one case that kept Poirot awake at night, the one that had more twists and turns than a rail line through the mountains, the Murder On The Orient Express. Agatha Christie’s timeless mystery finally comes to the stage, roaring into the station at Manor Mill Playhouse.

Based on the novel of the same name by the Mistress of Murder herself, Dame Agatha Christie,

(L to R) Mira Lamson Klein, Madison Sims, Sandra Bulk, and Jane R. Frazier in 'The Most Massive Woman Wins' as a part of Manor Mill Playhouse Shorts 📷 Zoe Leonard

Manor Mill Playhouse Shorts: An Evening of One-Act Plays at Manor Mill Playhouse

Reviews April 4, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Everyone likes appetizers. Or hors d’oeuvres. Tapas? Small, delicious bites of flavorful morsels to tease the palette and titillate the senses. Well if that isn’t exactly what Manor Mill Playhouse has on their stage this weekend— earmarking their second-ever production— with Manor Mill Playhouse Shorts, three one-act plays with three different directors, three different sets of actors, and one deeply impressive evening of performances. Produced by Vanessa Eskridge, the evening’s spread has three unique stories on offer,

Our Town at Manor Mill Playhouse

Reviews October 17, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

Do any live people ever realize life every minute while they live it? Saints and poets…and theatergoers… maybe… It’s time to take a step back, take a breath, and come celebrate the simplistic joys in life. The sunrising… the birds in the trees…the seasons changing… a new theatre company opening its doors for the very first time… Okay, that last one isn’t quite so simple, but Angelo Otterbein (owner and operator and art enthusiast of Manor Mill) and Vanessa Eskridge (director and producer of Manor Mill Playhouse’s inaugural production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town) make it look simple,