Theatre Three, located in Port Jefferson, New York, is a year-round, not-for-profit professional regional theatre that was founded in 1969. For the past
21 seasons, Theatre Three has occupied Athena Hall, a 125-year-old historic building.
Each year, Theatre Three presents a Mainstage season of seven productions (four musicals, two plays, and A Christmas Carol.) The Second Stage presents an ongoing series of events including small plays, original one-acts, staged readings, and cabaret performances. The in-house
Children's Theatre presents nine original topical musicals. The
Touring Children's Theatre offers four original programs dealing with child-at-risk or educational issues. Theatre Three's Dramatic Academy offers three semesters each year (Fall, Winter/Spring, and Summer) with classes for ages
6 through adult.
Theatre Three's Mainstage seasons have offered a wide variety of productions including the Long Island premieres of Into the Woods, Children of a Lesser God, M. Butterfly, Prelude to a Kiss, Mr. Cinders, Someone To Watch Over Me, and All in the Timing, as well as the world premiere of The Irish Legacy, Before I Wake, and The Faculty Room.
Theatre Three's Second Stage has produced an outstanding roster of cutting-edge dramas (including Blood Knot, The Puppetmaster of Lodz, A Man with Connections, Samm-Art Williams Home, Agnes of God, My Sister in This House, Three Tall Women, and Death and the Maiden) and delightful comedies (Shirley Valentine, Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de Lune, and The Mystery of Irma Vep). The Second Stage has hosted such cabaret luminaries as Tovah Feldshuh, K. T. Sullivan, Marilyn Sokol, Julie Wilson, Billy Stritch, and the late Nancy LaMott.
The in-house Children's
Theatre has presented programs on a wide array of subjects: (Robinson Robot and the Lost Halloween), the dangers of smoking (Puff-The-Not-So-Magic Dragon), honesty (The Boy Who Cried Werewolf), and race relations and the homeless (The Three Little Pigs, or Home Is Where You Hold Your Heart). Our in-house children's programs are both entertaining and educational.
The children's touring productions have included the nationally acclaimed anti-DWI play
And These, Our Friends which has been performing for the past
11 years. From the Fires: Voices of the Holocaust, the most recent addition to our touring productions, has been seen in schools and community centers on Long Island, as well as in Manhattan and in four other states, for a total of over
200 performances in the past three years.
For three decades, Theatre Three has been committed to bringing the finest in live theatre to the Long Island community.
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