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Fort Wayne Youtheatre will have auditions in February for a tale of a girls strength during integration, an adaptation of a classic childrens book at a piece written by local

Fort Wayne Youtheatre has partnered with Western Michigan University to bring the magical world of Jeremy Thatcher to the First Presbyterian Theater stage at the end of this month.

“The Neurodivergent Project: The Wonderful World of Aesop” is a project from a collaboration with Audiences Unlimited and Fort Wayne Youtheatre to bring neurotypical and neurodivergent school-aged actors together.

Todd Espeland hopes audiences at this weekend’s performances of “Baghdad Zoo” leave thinking about how they can make a difference in the world – whether for people or for other

After over two decades as a football coach, and 19 as a head coach, Chad Moore has decided to hang up the whistle - for now. The Forest City Community

As Fort Wayne Youtheatre circles back for the first time on its holiday repertoire, it already has a success on its hands. Opening tonight, the two-weekend run of “Frozen Jr.”

On a recent Wednesday evening, one could hear grunts, groans and other sounds of pain coming from the theater in the basement of First Presbyterian Church.

Fort Wayne Youtheatre presents A Midsummer Nights Dream this weekend.

Harvey Cocks Jr. has taken his final bow and left the stage. Harvey may not have been “born in a trunk,” as the saying goes, but as the scion of a theatrical family, he did sleep in one as a baby.  He was born April 3, 1925 in Glen Cove, Long Island. 

Harvey Cocks, a longtime and much-beloved member of the Fort Wayne areas theater community, died Thursday at Stillwater Hospice. He was 96. Executiv ...