Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse

For direct information for the Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse
phone 321-636-5050. They also have an official website, www.cocoavillageplayhouse.com , but for direct information and tickets it is recommended to call by phone.

SEATING CHART:

• www.cocoavillage.com/playhouse/seating

The 18th Season (2007-2008) :

• Guys and Dolls, September 14th - 30th
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, November 16th - December 2nd
• Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, February 8th - 24th
• Jerry's Girls, April 11th - April 27th

For more information about this season's activities and a link to the brochure click here for the PDF version optimized for recent acrobat readers (1meg):
cvplayhouse_season18_96dpi.pdf
For a high resolution PDF version viewable by older readers (2.5 meg):
cvplayhouse_season18_200dpi.pdf

 

The 17th Season (2006-2007):

• Footloose
• A Christmas Carol
• Thoroughly Modern Mille
• 1776

For more information about this season's activities and a link to the brochure click here for the PDF version optimized for recent acrobat readers (1.6meg):
cvplayhouse-season17.pdf
For a high resolution PDF version viewable by older readers (8meg):
cvplayhouse-season17_hires.pdf

 

The 16th Season (2005-2006):

• BARRY MANILOW’S COPACABANA
• RADIO CITY’S MUSICAL A CHRISTMAS CAROL
• SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
• GREASE

For a link to the brochure click here:
cvplayhouse-season16.pdf

The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse is a Direct Support Organization of Brevard Community College. The programs are sponsored in part through the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners Cultural Grant through the Brevard Cultural Alliance.

History:

This photo shows the playhouse circa 1924. At the time, it was being used as a movie house. Read below for more history... Today, the restored building houses the most talented group of actors, singers and dancers on the Spacecoast!

On August 18, 1924, Cocoa's first "talkie" movie house opened as the Aladdin Theatre and became known as the "showplace of the Indian River Section". Several owners and several decades later, the building was purchased by the City of Cocoa and renamed the Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse. In August of 1984 the Playhouse was acquired from the city by the Brevard Community College District Trustees. The College immediately formed 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and appointed a charter board of directors to operate it. Retaining the city's building name, the Cocoa Village Playhouse, Inc., the board of directors was given the responsibility of restoring the theater and operating it in the community interest. In 1989, the playhouse began a series of community based productions featuring local performers. The seasonal series has since expanded to four large musical productions and one professional touring group per year. Hundreds of local performers audition each season, hoping to become a part of the playhouse series.

Founded in 1992, the "Stars of Tomorrow" youth program now has over seventy participants. The "STARS" have their own performance series which includes a summer program for kids known as, "Friday FUNday"! The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 and is now a shining example of the desperate need to restore our past to better serve our future!

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Related Web pages

http://www.spacecoasttheatre.com/
A portal website featuring information for theatres around the SpaceCoast (Brevard County)

Listing with the local Chamber of Commerce:
Contact: Ms. Anastacia Hawkins, Director
Phone: (321) 636-5050 Fax: (321) 636-5050
Address: 300 Brevard Avenue Cocoa, FL 32922-7969