Town Players Little Theatre — Attraction in Newtown

The Town Players Little Theater is hidden off the beaten path in a residential neighborhood. Whats beautiful is it's a great place for aspiring area actors and directors to hone their craft in an 80 seat intimate setting. The all volunteer staff go to great lengths to provide refreshments during the intermission. The economical ticket pricing and refreshment offerings make this community theater is a perfect option for an alternative date night escape. The intimate size of the lobby area promotes friendly banter among neighbors, meet the actors and provides the setting to review the nights performance. It's chill enough to take a pre-performance short hike in the Orchard Hill Walking park across the street then relax for the show. Shoes and shirts are minimum but casual Friday apparel was the norm. After theater dining is a 5 minute...

Five stars for the recent production of Moon Over Buffalo. Low rating for the venue. Yes, it's historic. That said, if one just came upon the theatre without knowing what was inside, one would think it's an abandoned building. The lobby is not well maintained, stuffy and a hodge podge of furnishings. The theater is poorly ventilated and seats beyond "every day wear and tear". Very sad because it has so much potential to be a jewel in the crown of Newtown. As it is, it cannot even be described as a diamond...

My Dad, Gilbert Aiken, who very often worked with Priscilla Messner, was quite involved in the theater starting in the late 50's up through the 70's. I grew up passing out programs and selling sodas at intermission. Later I was involved in many other activities - make up (not many people get to put stage make up on their high school English teacher! (Harry McCaffrey), set decoration and on stage as well as hanging out in the rafters as a prompter. I still have many happy...