Hershey Area Playhouse
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Hershey Area Playhouse was founded in 1999 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. From 1999 until 2007, it was a nomadic troupe that performed more than two dozen productions in venues ranging from a tent at Hersheypark to the Hershey Volunteer Fire Department to a room at Country Meadows Retirement Community. With the generous support of Country Meadows which made a barn available on the campus, the organization embarked on a capital campaign to build its permanent home. Donations of $100,000 each from Country Meadows and The Hershey Company helped the Playhouse raise more than $1 million toward a goal of $1.6 million. The doors to its new theatre, Hershey Area Playhouse at Country Meadows, opened to a production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, directed by Skip Becker, the founder of Hershey Area Playhouse, in April 2007. This all-volunteer community theatre relies on the support of the community and local businesses for its operations.
The Playhouse season schedule is as follows:
1999-2000 Season
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
2000-2001 Season
2001-2002 Season
2002-2003 Season
The Guys
The Odd Couple – Female Version
2003-2004 Season
Little Women: Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth
2004-2005 Season
2005-2006 Season
Nuncrackers
2006-2007 Season
Into the Woods Junior
The Homecoming
2008 Season
The Other Woman (special world premiere event)
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
In addition to regular productions, Hershey Area Playhouse provides musical and theatrical entertainment at community events including Hershey Gardens Gardenfest, Hershey's Centennial Parade, New Year's Eve in Hershey and others. The Playhouse holds an annual Cabaret Night fundraising gala, which features talented singers, auction and dinner, to help support its annual operating budget.
The theatre also hosts hosts Movies at the Playhouse, which features themed film weekends such as romantic films around Valentine's Day and a Steve McQueen festival.
Hershey Area Playhouse Theatre Academy is expanding and evolving its curriculum to provide a service to members of the Hershey area, from youth to adult camps and classes.
Hershey Area Playhouse was preceded by a Thespian Society and Hershey Community Theatre, which had been defunct for more than 40 years. Hershey Area Playhouse reaches thousands of people around Central Pennsylvania each year as they are involved on stage, back stage and in the audience.
Further information can be found at HersheyAreaPlayhouse.com. Hershey Area Playhouse at Country Meadows is located on Sand Hill Road at Cherry Drive in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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