Two year-round arts nonprofits will be combining forces in the new year, forming a creative coalition that encompasses theatre, film, literary and arts education. The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse and Circuit Arts announced this week that they plan to merge in 2026.

In this week's 10-minute wrap-up of the news from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom,The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse and Circuit Arts say the organizations will soon come together as one entity. And where did all the turkeys roaming the Vineyard come from?

The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse and Circuit Arts issued statements Monday morning saying the organizations will soon come together as one entity.

In this week's 10-minute wrap-up of the news from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, the Steamship Authority is getting a new general manager, and the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse is losing its iconic director.

Longtime Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse artistic and executive director MJ Bruder Munafo announced this week that she will retire at the end of December after more than 40 years with the nonprofit theatre, with 30 of them in the top job.

MJ Bruder Munafo has worked at the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse for 40 years and led the organization for the past 30 years, beginning in 1995.

In Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, which runs through Sept. 27 at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, playwright Jenny Lyn Bader has created a subtle intellectual thriller.

A high-caliber cast of deaf and hearing actors at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse is bringing to life the seldom-told story of Chilmark in the 19th century.

In the Island’s latest production of The Tempest, director MJ Bruder Munafo focuses on themes of reconciliation and familial love, as opposed to the revenge for which the play is known.

In Dear Edvard: Munch and His Muses, composer Steven Shoenberg and librettist Richard Michelson weave a captivating musical tale of longing, despair and redemption in a Copenhagen clinic for the mentally unwell.