Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County

Mission Statement


The Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County builds on the 62 year history of theatrical excellence pioneered by Gateway Playhouse in Suffolk County, Long Island. Gateway Playhouse is Long Island's oldest summer theatre and one of the foremost, respected summer theatres in the United States. Many prominent careers in the theatre, television, and film industries have been launched at Gateway Playhouse. It is the mission of the Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County to continue that legacy of excellence, by continuing to produce and present the highest caliber:

 

  • Musical Theater, Dramas, and Comedies

  • Children's Theatre

  • Music and Dance Concerts

  • Special appearances by musical artists, performance artists, and comedians

  • Training for students of all ages and ethnicities

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    In doing so the Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County will continue to enlighten and educate audiences through these presentations while sustaining the tradition of professional theatre.

     

    Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County is a non-profit corporation.

     

    About Our Mission


    The Performing Arts must be a medium that sustains through time for future generations. The tolerance, awareness and compassion for others and the world at large, sparked by watching or participating in live theater, is essential to humanity. The art of the stage, the human art, is one that has been provided by the Gateway family and sponsored by you, the theater arts patron, since 1950. Gateway Playhouse is the oldest professional theater on Long Island and one of the only surviving summer theaters in the nation. This year, to continue that theatrical tradition and to ensure production quality can soar to new heights, we are proud to announce that the Gateway Playhouse 2011 Season, and future seasons, will be brought to you by the newly formed Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County. The legacy of professional theater, and theater arts training for young actors that has persevered for 62 years, will now have an opportunity to grow and reach more young theater artists and theater art appreciators through the assistance of grants and public funding. A performing arts arena can provide a focal point for a community’s culture base. The Performing Arts for young people can provide them a safe haven with which to express their individuality and gain confidence and creative independence that they can take with them through life. The benefits of this wonderful art form can be far reaching. We are looking ahead with much enthusiasm and welcome you to join us as we embark on this new passage.