The Long Beach Playhouse is one of the oldest continually running Community Theaters in the western United States.
The Long Beach Playhouse was established in 1929, and has become a landmark in the City of Long Beach. The Playhouse produces 13 shows a year while actively collaborating with other artists and arts organizations. They offer adult acting workshops, summer youth workshops in acting, vocal music, and dance, the Student Educational Outreach Program, internships in costuming, A New Works Festival of stage readings of original plays, and special fundraising performances for your non-profit organization.
TWO THEATERS The Mainstage has a thrust stage with horseshoe seating for 200 on three sides. Contemporary and classic dramas, comedies, and musicals are presented on the Mainstage each season. The Studio Theater, a 98-seat proscenium stage on which experimental, contemporary, and adult-oriented works are performed. CULTURAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION The Long Beach Playhouse cultivates a diverse and inclusive environment for the community that it serves. As a community theatre organization, they strive to reflect the diverse Long Beach community. Long Beach Playhouse will strive to carry out this commitment with regard to variances in culture and circumstance including gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, class, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other inclusive ideologies reflected in the programming, casting, and staffing. |