Review: DRACULA at Turner Theater
by Carolan Trbovich - Oct 14, 2025
What did our critic think of DRACULA at Turner Theater? Put on your turtlenecks, grab a crucifix, and lock your doors. Dracula is on the loose in Franklin!
Previews: COPPER MOON at Kechi Playhouse
by Paula Makar - Sep 26, 2025
Kechi Playhouse’s fifth and final play in their 43rd year is Copper Moon, written by Misty Maynard. This is the third production of this hilarious comedy and the second to feature real life couple Heather and Andrew Johnson.
Review: PYGMALION 1940 at Kechi Playhouse
by John Dalton-White - Sep 15, 2025
Most theatregoers only know George Bernard Shaw’s popular play, PYGMALION, through the Broadway musical classic, MY FAIR LADY. But Kechi Playhouse owner/producer/director Misty Maynard takes Shaw’s 1913 classic and smartly transforms it into a 1940s radio drama set in war-ravaged London during World War II.
Previews: PYGMALION, THE RADIO PLAY at Kechi Playhouse
by Paula Makar - Sep 2, 2025
Kechi Playhouse’s fourth play in their 43rd year is a new radio play adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s classic, Pygmalion. The adaptation has been done by director, Misty Maynard, and workshopped by the cast.
Review: CHARLEY'S AUNT at Kechi Playhouse
by John Dalton-White - Jul 14, 2025
When my college choral professor pulled out a song that the choir had sung frequently, he would call it “a sugar stick.” Sugar stick refers to something that has been repeated repeatedly and needs very little work to prepare. Charley’s Aunt is Kechi Playhouse owner/director Misty Maynard’s sugar stick.
Previews: CHARLEY'S AUNT at Kechi Playhouse
by Paula Makar - Jul 7, 2025
Kechi Playhouse’s second play in their 43rd year is the beloved classic comedy, Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas. First produced in London 1892, this farce has been a Kechi Playhouse favorite for many years. It was last performed on our stage in 2016.
Review: YOU TAKE THE CAKE at Kechi Playhouse
by Greg Dalton-White - Jun 9, 2025
What did oKechi Playhouse’s current revival of a Misty Maynard play is a family friendly comic romp. You Take The Cake, set in 1925 when times were tough but dreams still existed, promises an evening of nostalgia and delivers.