Francis Wilson Playhouse

Our Mission :

To Entertain:

We are a not-for-profit (501(c) (3)) community theatre located on the azure waters of the Intracoastal Waterway in Clearwater, Florida.  The playhouse boasts a rich history of entertaining the community and beyond for 78 consecutive seasons. Today, the Francis Wilson Playhouse has 1,065 loyal members and during the 2007/2008 season 15,800 additional audience tickets were sold.  The Playhouse presents eight shows during a typical season, consisting of three or four musicals along with comedies, mysteries and dramas. Each show runs for 12 performances over two weeks in the 180 seat theatre, with occasional hold over performances for popular musicals such as Sweet Charity, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Oliver. Classic dramas such as The Miracle Worker and Neil Simon comedies like The Odd Couple often play to sold-out houses.

To Educate:

Children’s theatre classes are offered twice each week, on Saturday mornings and Tuesdays after school; additionally, three popular summer camps are offered. A total of approximately 100 young people, between the ages of seven (7) and seventeen (17) attend these classes, which culminate in the presentation of three or four shows annually to an estimated combined audience of 600 individuals. In 2008, the FWP Youth Theatre will be presenting shows based on Tom Sawyer, Godspell and Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew.