From 1949 to 2009 the Huron Playhouse received funding from the Bowling Green State University theater department. That support ended during the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. The theater tried to survive by seeking funds from foundations, businesses and individual. Despite those efforts, 2016 marked the Playhouse’s last season and it was formally dissolved in 2018. (Video: Frank Glann, 2009)
Jann and Frank Glann met at the Huron Playhouse in 1965 and were with the theater for 44 and 45 years respectively. The Playhouse became a family affair when the Glanns' sons Kerry (right) joined the company as the musical director and conductor, and John (left) served as box office manager, vocal instructor and performer. Frank died in 2011 and Jann left her role as managing and artistic director in 2012.Community residents, both children and adults, were often cast in the Playhouse shows to support the company actors. Steve Koenig, George Muehlhauser, Cynthia Matthews, and Dick Schuh were often featured.This group of young women from Mrs. Irma Fries' Presbyterian Church sunday school class assisted the Child Conservation League in establishing the Huron Public Library in 1933. Back: Marian Hammond, Jean Maxim, Mary Lou McCormick, Ruth Diamond. Front: Betty Louise Reed, Betty Jackway, Betty Campbell, Phylis Klein .Inset: Betty Wikel.Founded by the Child Conservation League the Huron Public Library opened in February, 1933, in an upstairs room of the Stein Building on Main St. In 1943, the library moved to its present location on Williams St., then a school building owned by the Huron Board of Education. The Library Board of Trustees purchased the building and the land fronting Center St. in 1953. Improvements followed in 1961 and 1978. The addition and renovation of 2000 - 2002 created the Huron Public Library of today.
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