Bucks County Playhouse

Venue info

The Bucks County Playhouse is located on the site of a former grist mill on the banks of the Delaware RiverFacing demolition in the 1930s, the site was saved when a small band of artists, including Broadway playwright and Bucks County resident Moss Hart, helped rally the local community to renovate it as a theater. The Bucks County Playhouse opened on July 1, 1939, with a production of Springtime for Henry, featuring Edward Everett Horton. The Bucks County Playhouse remained in continuous operation until December 2010. Thanks to the Bridge Street Foundation, the nonprofit family foundation of Kevin and Sherri Daugherty, this beloved theatrical landmark was beautifully renovated, re-opened and celebrated on July 2, 2012, exactly 73 years and a day from when it originally opened in 1939. Producing Director, Jed Bernstein, revitalized the BCP with the return of professional Equity productions and special fundraising events. The inaugural BCP Alumni Hall of Fame Award was presented on stage in October 2013 by Harold Prince to Angela Lansbury, with stunning performances by Christine Ebersole, Tyne Daly, Jonathan Hadary, Justin Guarini, Kerry Butler and more. His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco toured the revitalized BCP in October 2013 to see where his mother, Grace Kelly, a BCP Summer Apprentice, made her professional debut in playwright (and uncle) George Kelly’s The Torch-Bearers in 1949.