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Spectators fill into the Porthouse Theater at the Blossom Music Center to view a preview of “Annie.”

Broadway musical ‘Annie’ hits the Porthouse Theatre

Michael Neenan, Reporter July 20, 2024

The Broadway musical “Annie” premieres at the Porthouse Theatre Saturday, July 20.  Located in the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, the Porthouse Theatre is partnered with the Kent State...

Theater students rehearse at The Center of Performing Arts, located at 1325 Theatre Drive on campus.

Kent State’s summer theater gears up for its final show of the season

Lauren Cohen, Reporter July 18, 2024

Every day, the cast and crew of Porthouse Theatre turn an empty auditorium into a joyful rehearsal. Everyone attends to their roles, working on a prop, waiting for their cue or taking director’s notes....

Lane LaVonne (left), who plays Emma Nolan and Jocelyn Trimmer (right), who plays Alyssa Greene in the Porthouse Theatre's production of "The Prom." (Courtesy of Porthouse Theatre)

Porthouse Theatre’s ‘The Prom’ embraces love, sexuality

Aden Graves, Reporter July 30, 2023

Themes of acceptance and embracing each other’s differences are at the center of the hit Broadway musical “The Prom,” which opened at Porthouse Theatre July 21 and runs through Aug. 6. As the...

Turning back time: Porthouse Theatre stages ‘The Marvelous Wonderettes’

Turning back time: Porthouse Theatre stages ‘The Marvelous Wonderettes’

Aden Graves, Reporter July 2, 2023

Porthouse Theatre, Kent State’s covered outdoor summer theatre located at Blossom Music Center, opened their second production of the season Saturday with “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” a jukebox musical...

Photo courtesy of Kent State website 

Porthouse Theatre is back and better than ever

Sam Wright Reporter August 1, 2021

Porthouse Theatre is Kent State’s summer professional theater located at Blossom Music Center. The theater has reopened its doors to the public but not without rules and regulations never before seen...

Porthouse theatre

Porthouse Theatre to host full summer 2021 season

Lindsey Vlasic Reporter April 25, 2021

Kent State’s professional theater, Porthouse Theatre, will host a full season this summer. The season will take place in-person in compliance with the Flashes Safe Eight and state guidelines. “We...

The painting "Blossoming Garden," by the late School of Art alumna Jance Lentz-Hatch, was on display before its auction at the Blossoming Gala on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. 

Blossoming Gala celebrates 50 years of Kent Blossom partnership

Alexandra Sobczak September 23, 2018

For Christine Worthing Janicki, the Kent Blossom Music Festival was something she was aware of years before she was a Kent State student.Her father, Richard Worthing, is the former dean of what used to...