Oglebay Institute Towngate Theatre Archives

August Wilson, Towngate, and the Importance of Black Theatre

Makayla Carney July 8, 2024

“Don’t you try and go through life worrying about if somebody like you or not. You best be making sure...

Towngate Welcomes you to Come to the Cabaret!

Makayla Carney May 31, 2024

After a full season of dramatic and funny board-treading, Towngate is offering a different experience from their plays and musicals....

From Wheeling to Minden: The Unexpected Link in ‘Impossible Town’ Film

Alex Panas October 3, 2023

“Impossible Town” is a new feature-length documentary that follows Dr. Ayne Amjad’s journey to confront a cancer crisis in the...

Towngate Remembers One of its First Performers with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Makayla Carney September 26, 2023

The year was 1969, and the Towngate Theatre was about to stage its first-ever show: Cat on a Hot Tin...

Wheeling Native is Bringing Shakespeare Home

Adam Payne July 12, 2023

Rue 151 Productions, a buoyant bunch of Shakespeare-based actors and educators, will be kicking off its Band of Bards educational...

New Group Forms to Explore Shakespearean Literature

Karin Butyn May 3, 2023

“All things are ready, if our minds be so,” William Shakespeare penned when writing Henry V in the 1500s, today...

The Inspiration Behind A Female-Driven Documentary Screening

Alex Panas March 14, 2023

When it comes to community involvement, one of the perks of living in a city the size of Wheeling is...

Coming Soon: Citywide Ceramics Take Over!

Alex Panas February 23, 2023

Wheeling is about to get a whole lot more creative as local ceramic artists, along with Oglebay Institute, Wheeling Heritage,...

Oglebay Institute Invites You to a Lavish Party to Support the Arts in Wheeling

Provided August 16, 2022

Each year near the end of the summer season, friends, members, and supporters of the nonprofit, arts, nature, and cultural...

Talented Cast Delivers New Take on Well-Known Story

Provided July 13, 2022

Oglebay Institute’s Parcel Players present a new stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel “Little Women.” The production is...

From Abandoned Baby in Wheeling to Hollywood Hills

Provided April 21, 2022

“Tally Ho Baby” was the name the local media gave to an unidentified, 10-day-old, baby girl found in a cardboard...

Local Artist Shares His Work With First In-Person Exhibit

Jessica Broverman February 18, 2022

Vondel Bell, a Wheeling Park High School graduate and standout athlete, has a lot more to him than what meets...

The Friendly Ghost Who Loved The Theatre

Alex Panas and Natalie Kovacs October 31, 2021

According to local lore, if you visit the historic Towngate Theatre in Centre Market you might have an encounter with...

Crazy 8s Improv Troupe Performs at Towngate Theatre

Provided October 19, 2021

In addition to a full season of community theater and children’s theater, Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre hosts a variety of...

A Very Bridge + Tunnel Christmas: A Rocking Holiday Concert at Towngate

Provided December 15, 2019

Members of The Bridge + Tunnel Collective and some very special guests continue their annual holiday revue benefiting Wheeling-area neighbors...

Towngate to Present ‘Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit’

Provided October 27, 2019

Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre continues its children’s theater season with a production of “Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit,” playwright...

Towngate Ends 50th Season With ‘Our Town’

Provided April 28, 2019

Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre ends its 50th season of community theater with Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “Our Town,” considered...

Film Society Offers Free Screening of Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ at Towngate

Provided April 7, 2019

“Rear Window,” Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic 1954 suspenseful thriller starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, will be shown on the big...

Rustic Mechanicals to Stage Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ at Towngate

Provided April 7, 2019

The Rustic Mechanicals, West Virginia’s only professional Shakespeare troupe, bring their Truth is Truth tour of William Shakespeare’s “Measure for...

Irish Comedy Coming to Towngate Stage

Provided March 10, 2019

Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre continues its main stage season with a production of Dion Boucicault’s Irish comedy/melodrama “The Shaughraun,” to...

Community

Elmhurst: A Legacy of Friendship and Philanthropy in Wheeling

Why Wheeling: The Viles Family (The Christmas House)

If We Could Talk to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Thoughts from Wheeling Students

People

Why Wheeling: The Viles Family (The Christmas House)

If We Could Talk to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Thoughts from Wheeling Students

Founding Families of Wheeling: The Dimmey Family Journey and Legacy

History

Elmhurst: A Legacy of Friendship and Philanthropy in Wheeling

Founding Families of Wheeling: The Dimmey Family Journey and Legacy

After 24 Years, Wheeling’s Imperial Teacher Store Says Goodbye

Bulletin Board

If We Could Talk to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Thoughts from Wheeling Students

Celebrate the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 2025 Weekend Itinerary

Founding Families of Wheeling: The Dimmey Family Journey and Legacy

Multimedia

QUIZ: Which Historic Wheeling Building Are You?

QUIZ: Who Were These Famous Wheeling Women?

Welcome to Herstory, a podcast by Wheeling Heritage Media

August Wilson, Towngate, and the Importance of Black Theatre

Towngate Welcomes you to Come to the Cabaret!

From Wheeling to Minden: The Unexpected Link in ‘Impossible Town’ Film

Towngate Remembers One of its First Performers with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Wheeling Native is Bringing Shakespeare Home

New Group Forms to Explore Shakespearean Literature

The Inspiration Behind A Female-Driven Documentary Screening

Coming Soon: Citywide Ceramics Take Over!

Oglebay Institute Invites You to a Lavish Party to Support the Arts in Wheeling

Talented Cast Delivers New Take on Well-Known Story

From Abandoned Baby in Wheeling to Hollywood Hills

Local Artist Shares His Work With First In-Person Exhibit

The Friendly Ghost Who Loved The Theatre

Crazy 8s Improv Troupe Performs at Towngate Theatre

A Very Bridge + Tunnel Christmas: A Rocking Holiday Concert at Towngate

Towngate to Present ‘Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit’

Towngate Ends 50th Season With ‘Our Town’

Film Society Offers Free Screening of Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ at Towngate

Rustic Mechanicals to Stage Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ at Towngate

Irish Comedy Coming to Towngate Stage