Act II Playhouse
A professional regional theater in a room small enough that every seat feels close. The 2026–27 season opens with a one-man Eisenhower drama and closes its fall run with The Lifespan of a Fact.
Theater in the burbs
Every theater spot we vouch for, across every town we cover. Cross a town line for the good ones. That's the whole point.
The picks
- Act II Playhouse
- Acting Without Boundaries
- Arcadia University Theater
- Broad Theater
- Bucks County Playhouse
- Forge Theatre
- Goodhart Hall
- Keswick Theatre
- Montgomery Theater
- Newtown Theatre
- People's Light
- Playcrafters of Skippack
- REEL CINEMAS NARBERTH STADIUM 2
- Sellersville Theater
- Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center
- Wolf Performing Arts Center
- Zlock Performing Arts Center
Acting Without Boundaries
A nonprofit theater company on East Haverford Road that casts young people with physical disabilities in full stage productions.
Arcadia University Theater
Arcadia's campus theater on South Easton Road, home to the university's performing arts program and the student productions it stages during the school year.
Broad Theater
A downtown movie theater on West Broad Street, marquee lit over the sidewalk. First-run films a short walk from Main Street's dinner spots.
Bucks County Playhouse
A converted 1790 grist mill on the Delaware that's been staging shows since 1939, where Grace Kelly made her professional debut and Robert Redford premiered "Barefoot in the Park." Summers still mean full-scale musicals like this season's South Pacific and Rent, with dinner on the Playhouse Deck over the river before curtain.
Forge Theatre
A community theater a block off downtown, running five productions a year plus Script Tease, a free staged-reading series for local playwrights. The 2026-27 lineup marks its 65th season.
Goodhart Hall
Bryn Mawr College's performance hall on the Merion Ave side of campus, a stone building from 1928. Concerts, dance and student theater, much of it open to the public with a ticket.
Keswick Theatre
The big live room of the Old York Road corridor, in Glenside just past Jenkintown. Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., and Marc Maron are all on the 2026 calendar.
Montgomery Theater
A professional theater company on North Main, staging plays and musicals in a room where every seat sits close to the stage. It's why downtown Souderton has a curtain time.
Newtown Theatre
America's oldest continuously operating movie theater: it screened footage of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and never stopped. The 1883 brick building on State Street still runs about 50 films a year, plus tribute bands and stand-up nights.
People's Light
Professional theater on a seven-acre campus with two stages, the 140-seat Steinbright and the 340-seat Leonard C. Haas, the latter built into a historic stone barn. Classes, student matinees, and the Fern and Fable restaurant round out the year-round operation.
Playcrafters of Skippack
Community theater in an old barn on Store Road, converted for the stage after the company moved out from Lansdale in 1956. Playcrafters has been at it since 1949 and now runs six shows and 60 performances a year.
REEL CINEMAS NARBERTH STADIUM 2
Narberth's own two-screen movie house on Narberth Avenue, first-run films a short walk from dinner. The neighborhood answer to a multiplex parking lot.
Sellersville Theater
The 325-seat room behind the ST94 name marks 1894, the year on the building, and books national touring music, comedy, and theater. Grab dinner next door at the Washington House before the lights drop.
Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center
Broadway-style theater, opera, jazz, comedy, and film on one High Street stage, running since 2017. Performing-arts classes for preschoolers through adults fill the gaps between shows.
Wolf Performing Arts Center
A performing arts theater on Montrose Avenue, a few blocks off Lancaster. Programming runs by season, so the schedule is the thing to check before you go.
Zlock Performing Arts Center
A 339-seat theater on Bucks County Community College's Newtown campus, booking concerts, theater, and dance all year. Small enough that there isn't a bad seat in the house.
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