Cape Cod Arts and Culture

Academy of Performing Arts – Orleans

Committed to the arts on Cape Cod since 1976. Join us for a show at the Playhouse, find your inner performer or brush up your dance moves at the APA school. For a current schedule, follow the link above.

120 Main Street Orleans

Cape Cod Museum of Art

Visit CCMoA to discover the Cape through historical and contemporary artists:

– See exhibitions in seven galleries
– Stroll through the lovely sculpture garden
– Visit the Museum Shop for unique gifts by artists and artisans
– Explore your creativity in year-round art classes for adults and children
– Be inspired through various lectures by artists and scholars
– Check out the valuable art resources in our library
– Enjoy exciting special events throughout the year
– View independent films in The Screening Room

60 Hope Lane Dennis

508-385-4477

Cape Playhouse – Dennis

For over seventy years, the legendary Cape Playhouse has been bringing professional summer theatre to Cape Cod, establishing it as America’s Oldest Professional Summer Theatre. Often referred to as “Where Broadway Goes For Summer,” the Cape Playhouse has attracted a long litany of famous actors since its inception in 1927. The list reads like a veritable ‘who’s who’ of stage and screen. Young unknown Bette Davis first worked as an usher before returning the following summer to act. And one promising student named Jane was given a small role in a play starring her father, Henry Fonda. Many actors such as Bette Davis, Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Montgomery and Shirley Booth made their early professional appearances at the Cape Playhouse before going on to win Academy Awards.

For a full season schedule, visit CapePlayhouse.com, or the Cape Playhouse Box Office (820 Main Street, Route 6A, Dennis, MA), 508-385-3911.

820 Main Street Dennis

Cape Rep Theater – Brewster

Artists who wanted to develop a company dedicated to creativity and professionalism founded Cape Rep Theatre in 1986. The company has worked hard to choose plays and musicals that continually challenge the artists who work here whether those artists are actors, designers, directors or technicians. We want to work with the best theater we can find. Often our choices are works that may not ordinarily be produced because we try not to let size of cast, degree of difficulty (or relative obscurity!) step in the way of choosing a show. And, most important, we have and will continue to produce new work.

For the current schedule, click on the link below.

3299 Route 6A Brewster

508-896-1888

Cotuit Center for the Arts – Cotuit

Over the last fifteen years, thousands of people have come through the doors of Cotuit Center for the Arts and experienced an art center unlike anything else. Offering a variety of educational programs, performances and exhibitions, The Center has established itself as a great place to celebrate the arts. Founded in 1993 and incorporated as a non-profit charitable organization in 1995, Cotuit Center for the Arts has an excellent history of producing and presenting innovative, quality works that encourage individual artistic development and exploration. The Center also strives to increase awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the creative process by facilitating communication among artists and between artists and the public.

“The Cotuit Center for the Arts… from an artist or audience perspective who could ask for anything more?” -The Barnstable Patriot

Since opening a new facility in May of 2004, Cotuit Center for the Arts has produced or presented over 50 art exhibitions featuring over 500 visual artists, more than 40 concerts, and 20 full length theatrical productions. Additionally, Cotuit Center for the Arts has been offering year-round classes and workshops in the visual and performing arts through the years.

Visit our website for a current schedule.

4404 Falmouth Rd Cotuit

Harwich Junior Theater

HJT celebrates 63years as Cape Cod’s premier family theatre for all audiences. “The Massachusetts Office of Tourism -Greatest Place to Visit. BEST THEATER -Cape Life magazine, TOP 200 List- Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce.” HJT is widely respected by audiences of all ages for its stunning live productions. Visit www.hjtcapecod.org for a listing of upcoming shows and for our award winning educational classes (preschool through young adult). For tickets order on-line at www.hjtcapecod.org or call the BOX OFFICE at 508-432-2002. HJT is located at 105 Division St. West Harwich, MA (1 block south or route 28 on the Harwich/Dennis line).

Our commitment is to: Educate, empower and inspire students of all ages from all background to explore and expand their creative talents and aspirations, to experience and appreciate live theatre and to develop and nurture a live long appreciation of the performing arts.

105 Division Street Harwich

508-432-2002

 hjt@capecod.net

Melody Tent

Welcome to the Cape Cod Melody Tent. For over 60 years, the Melody Tent and its sister venue, the South Shore Music Circus, have been presenting world-class entertainment in the scenic Massachusetts coastal communities of Cohasset and Hyannis.

21 West Mail Street Hyannis

508-775-5630

Payomet Performing Arts Center – Truro

While music and theatre performances dominate the season, Payomet’s programming includes several acting classes for children, as well as humanities presentations in the form of lectures, film screenings and literary evenings. Whenever possible, we create educational opportunities from our performances, by means of audience involvement, panel discussions and “Meet the Artist” opportunities. Our unique location inside the Cape Cod National Seashore reinforces our commitment to present interpretive historical programs exploring Cape Cod’s natural environment and culture of her native peoples.

2616 Route 6 Truro

508-349-2929

 info@payomet.org

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater-Wellfleet

The Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater presents professional quality theater to its audiences and provides an alternative theater experience not found elsewhere in the region. For the current schedule visit their website.

2357 Route 6 Wellfleet