The Cloverdale Playhouse

Community Performing Arts Center in Historic Cloverdale

The Cloverdale Playhouse is a volunteer-driven community theater housed in a historic 1920s church building in Montgomery's Cloverdale neighborhood. Beyond mainstage productions, the Playhouse runs a steady slate of youth workshops covering acting, improv, and theatre stagecraft.

Programs for Kids

Workshops are weekend single-day or short-session formats, programmed throughout the school year. Programs include:
- Youth Acting Workshops (voice, movement, story creation)
- Improv for Young Actors (split into age-banded sessions)
- Sewing for Beginners (costume construction basics)
- Stage Makeup Workshop (special effects)
- Vocal Performance Workshop (musical theater technique)
- Summer productions with roles open to all ages

What's Included

• Hands-on access to a working community theater space
• Faculty drawn from local theater practitioners
• Scholarship support available through Sam Wootten
• Materials provided for stagecraft workshops

Experience

Suits families who want short-format weekend workshops alongside a chance to audition for actual community productions, rather than a multi-week academy commitment. The historic Cloverdale building gives kids a real stage to work in.