Apple Hill Playhouse

Apple Hill Playhouse is a theatre company located in Delmont, Pennsylvania. Established as a theatre space around 1956 in a pre-Civil War barn that was part of Martz Farm, the theater grew when Bill Loucks and a group from Pittsburgh Playhouse expanded the building and christened it the William Penn Theater. It was renamed Apple Hill Playhouse when a trio of theatre practitioners associated with Mountain Playhouse bought the building in 1964; their first production was a one-woman show starring Totie Fields. In 1982, the theater was bought by Pat Beyer, who has served as artistic director for the theater ever since.[1][2] The theater produces a season that runs from May to October. During the summer, children's plays are produced under the moniker Johnny Appleseed Children's Theater; many of the plays are staged versions of classic stories such as Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, and The Emperor's New Clothes.[1][3][4][5][6][7] Apple Hill also produces a season of adult programming, which has included contemporary plays such as Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge, Rabbit Hole, and Suite Surrender as well as plays from earlier eras such as Butterflies Are Free and The Prisoner of Second Avenue.[2][8][9][10][11] They have also produced the courtroom drama Nuts in the Westmoreland County Courthouse.[12] Apple Hill has also produced many musicals over the years, including Evita, Sweet Charity, and And the World Goes 'Round.[13][14][15]

See also

Theatre in Pittsburgh

References

  1. 1 2 "Apple Hill Playhouse: Best little theater in the suburbs | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". post-gazette.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  2. 1 2 "Apple Hill opens another season May 28 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". post-gazette.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Apple Hill Playhouse takes on an updated 'Snow White' | TribLIVE". triblive.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  4. ↑ "Troll gets a feminine look in Apple Hill Playhouse's 'Straw Into Gold' | TribLIVE". triblive.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  5. ↑ "Children's theater takes 'Aladdin' in new direction | TribLIVE". triblive.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  6. ↑ http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/theater/s_634035.html#axzz3fzCYiSmI
  7. ↑ "Apple Hill Playhouse's production of 'Cool Suit' is a classic children's tale with updated music | TribLIVE". triblive.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  8. ↑ "'Mrs. Cratchit' spins traditional story in another direction | TribLIVE". triblive.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  9. ↑ "Apple Hill tackles the tragedy of 'Rabbit Hole' | TribLIVE". triblive.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  10. ↑ "Suite Surrender at Apple Hill | Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh City Paper". pghcitypaper.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  11. ↑ "Actors continue onstage relationship in Apple Hill Playhouse's 'Prisoner of Second Avenue' | TribLIVE". triblive.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  12. ↑ "Nuts | Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh City Paper". pghcitypaper.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  13. ↑ "Stage Review: 'Evita' overpowers Apple Hill's stage". old.post-gazette.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  14. ↑ "Sweet Charity | Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh City Paper". pghcitypaper.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  15. ↑ "Apple Hill 'revues' the Broadway music of Kander and Ebb | TribLIVE". triblive.com. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
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