COSHOCTON – The final production of the Footlight Players 69th season will be the Tony Award winner “The Bridges of Madison County.” This new musical is based upon Robert James Waller’s 1992 best-selling novel, with a script written by Pulitzer Prize award playwright Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The play […]
COSHOCTON – The Footlight Players are taking a different direction this summer with their youth production by featuring a comical, murder mystery play. “We wanted to let the kids sharpen their acting teeth and it’s good to mix it up and not be predictable,” said Shelly Lillibridge. “Murder at The Goon Show,” a killer spoof […]
COSHOCTON – The Footlight Players newest production, “Incorruptible,” will take you from the Triple Locks Theater to Priseaux, France during the dark ages. Everything seems to be going wrong for the local monastery and their Saint Foy hasn’t worked a miracle in 13 years. They hoped that a visit from the Pope would save them, […]
COSHOCTON – The Coshocton Footlight Players upcoming production will make you laugh and tug at your heartstrings. “Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas” will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5, 11-12, and 18-19, at the Triple Locks Theater, 685 N. Whitewoman St. “The author, Robert Fulghum, wrote ‘Everything I Really Need to Know […]
COSHOCTON – The Footlight Players generally don’t precast plays, but when Susan Metz picked “Love Letters” to start this season, she knew Jim and Bettsy Gauerke were the perfect people for the production. “I was so pleased when I called and they accepted,” said Metz, who is directing “Love Letters.” The play, written by A.R. […]
COSHOCTON – The Coshocton Footlight Players are pleased to announce Season 67, “A Season of Love and Laughter,” to be performed at Triple Locks Theater, located at 685 N. Whitewoman Street, Coshocton, OH. The inaugural play of the season is “Love Letters”, written by A.R. Gurney and directed by Susan Metz. In “Love Letters”, Andrew […]
COSHOCTON – “Dial M for Murder” is a play filled with murder-for-hire, blackmail and betrayal and Director Susan Metz can’t wait to see her cast and crew present it to the public. “I’ve directed a lot of shows, but this one has such an outstanding cast and crew,” she said. “They are a dream. They […]
COSHOCTON – The Footlight Players current play, “Spoon River Anthology Project,” is described as beautifully haunting. “It’s what I call a nontraditional play,” said Nathan Mayse, director. “I like the feel of it. It’s done as prose poetry and actors play multiple characters. It also has some singing, but is not a musical.” The play […]
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James F. Gribble, age 97, of Coshocton, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2024. He was born on August 15, 1927, in Goshen, Ohio to the late Fred and Hazel (Rausch) Gribble. Jim was a 1945 graduate of Midvale High School; he then joined the United States Army serving in Korea from 1946 to 1948. […]
Marilyn Zimmer, 88, of Coshocton passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at Alter Care of Coshocton. She was born in Coshocton, OH on November 16, 1935 to the late Alphonse and Norma (Barrick) DeGendt. Marilyn had previously worked for Uhaul rentals and was the co-owner of “Leo’s Garage” with her late husband. In her spare […]
Rosalie Lucille (Grossenbaugh) Cunningham, 81, passed away Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born July 3, 1943 in Coshocton Co. to the late Frank E. and Ada B. (Gibbs) Grossenbaugh. She married K. Dale Cunningham on Nov. 12, 1960. He preceded her in death […]
James R. Gauerke, affectionately known as Jim, was born on June 27, 1931, in the quaint town of Danville, Illinois. He departed this earthly realm on November 9, 2024, in Zanesville, Ohio, leaving a legacy woven with threads of service, leadership, and creativity. A proud graduate of Northwestern University, Jim earned a business degree that […]
Jaxon Bernard Britton, age 5, passed away on the evening on November 4, 2024 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital from his ongoing battle with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). Jaxon was a light of joy shining on the world around him and was a true heart warrior, who fought for almost six years against the CHD, overcoming […]
David Eugene Eick, age 68, of Coshocton, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2024, with his family by his side at the Morrison House in Zanesville, after a 10 year hard fought battle with cancer. His was born on November 24, 1955, in Coshocton to the late Robert Eick and Marilyn Casey Eick. David was […]
Andrew Ryan Miller, age 9, of Coshocton, passed away at his home with his family by his side after a courageous 2 year battle with cancer on Monday, November 4, 2024. He was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on December 12, 2014, to Roman and Linda (Wengerd) Miller. He was in the 3rd grade having […]