The Playhouse is a Year-Round Venue

Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall
at your favorite, local, historic community theatre

Winter Season 

In January and February The Playhouse focuses solely on fund development as well as community and arts education, where the theatre "goes dark" (otherwise known as, mainly closed to public events and rentals) outside of ongoing community classes such as White Lake Youth Theatre, yoga, voice/musical arts, and dance. This allows The Playhouse staff (one full-time and one half-time employee) the opportunity to focus those eight weeks administratively on strategic grant applications, donor development, and sponsorships.

Spring Season

The Playhouse reopens to celebrate performance arts onstage, with culture and community in the Spring Season (March, April, May) where we play host to continued community events and partnerships, White Lake Youth Theatre weeklong Spring Break immersion camps, LIVE musical performances, White Lake Dramatic Club play readings, classic movies, family friendly entertainment such as onstage animal engagements or puppetry, Theatre for Young Audiences or youth musicals, with other surprises and community partnerships along the way.

Summer Season

The Summer Season is June, July, and August with a June kickoff and White Lake Youth Theatre summer intensive. Then our star-studded stage is busy July and August with our Summer Theatre Festival of weekend performances featuring both Playhouse produced plays with local and national talent as well as presenting artists and companies such as world premiers of new works, the Summer Theatre Touring Company of Central Michigan University, and other nationally touring performances that shine a light onstage during our already-magical White Lake Summers.

Fall Season

The Fall Season quiets down just a bit in September, only to ramp back up with October, November, and December featuring more LIVE music, the White Lake Youth Theatre Fall Performance Workshop, and serving as the centerpiece rental venue to many parties, holiday celebrations, and annual gatherings for community and companies across the shoreline. You can expect limited holiday programming with many other wonderful things happening locally during the season, so if you see something on our schedule, please know that it is unique enough to have received such a spot and it's probably worth making time for in your calendar.

Rent The Playhouse

The Playhouse is available for rentals from March through December for company parties, holiday family gatherings, weddings, and much more. Read more …