“Stone Girl Dreaming” to be performed as a free staged reading!
Valley Playhouse is pleased to announce: “Stone Girl Dreaming” by Lisa Railsback Free Staged Reading on Thursday, May 23 at 7 pm The Gathering Place Valley Playhouse is pleased to announce that Lisa Railsback’s moving one act, “Stone Girls Dreaming” will be the second production in our Staged Reading Series. Winner of the National [...]
For Your Consideration: New York Recommendations
Now that the Oscars are over, for those planning a spring trip to New York City, Valley Playhouse board members Tom and Kay Arthur have some live theater recommendations. Annie at the Palace Theater offers lively music and dancing blended with plot set in another time of economic troubles – the 1930s Depression. Based on [...]
Mary Ruberry to direct “Enchanted April”
Valley Playhouse is pleased to announce that our newest board member Mary Ruberry will be the director of “Enchanted April”, our March 2013 production. Mary has performed numerous leading roles in Washington, DC, New York City, and Los Angeles. In addition, she has written, directed and produced plays, as well as coached professional actors. Her [...]
A Director’s Perspective on “Love Song”
“Shortly after “Love Song” was originally produced, a New York Magazine reviewer observed that love in all of its complexity was at the play’s core. Kolvenbach’s “song” for the stage included “married love, imagined love, desperate love, withered love, love lost, love reborn, love as argument, love as phantasm, love as liberator, love as anarchic [...]
Coming March 2013!
Enchanted April by Matthew Barber Directed by Mary Ruberry March 7 – 17, 2013 Thursdays – Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 3pm Thursday, March 14 is “Pay What You Will” night. THE STORY: When two frustrated London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from their bleak marriages, [...]
Auditions & Additional Information
Auditions this June! The Nerd by Larry Shue “One of the funniest plays ever written.” 4 men, 2 women, 1 young boy Monday, June 3 and Tuesday, June 4 from 6pm – 8 pm at Massenutten Regional Library Directed by Jay Zehr Performances August 8 – 18 at Court Square Theater. THE STORY: Now [...]

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In 2012, The Playhouse will be celebrating its 46th year. In 1966, a group of faculty members from James Madison University established a group from the community to perform and explore theater as the Valley Players. We continue their mission today, and we invite you to join us.