About Us
We are dedicated to providing a home for playful arts and culture in Waterville, and specifically to provide a home theater for the Aqua City Actors Theatre. We are also excited to have partnerships with the Elm City Community Music School and the Fulton Street Media Group. We hope to attract event hosts interrested in promoting the arts, culture, and education in all forms, to help us engage the community of Waterville and surrounding areas. We provide venues for rent to community members who would like to host concerts, lectures, performances, game nights, or other events. Bring your imagination!
About The Playhouse
Located in the former Railroad Square Cinema building, the Playhouse at Waterville Station is aimed at the achievement of several related dreams; providing a home for the Aqua City Actors Theatre, providing a place for playful performance, education, and recreation for Waterville, and fulfilling the wishes of several loved ones, living and passed.
The founding goal of The Playhouse was to provide a home for the Aqua City Actors Theater (ACAT). However, this is part of a grander vision to expand the “cultural center” of Waterville to encompass a larger area of the community, both geographically and conceptually. We hope to complement other cultural hubs in the city with community-oriented “playful” arts, culture, education, and performance. To that end, we are extraordinarily pleased to also serve as the home for the Elm City Community Music School and the Fulton Street Media Group.
About ACAT
The Aqua City Actors Theater (ACAT) has been providing thought-provoking dramatic and comedic live theater to Waterville for the past several decades. ACAT’s performances emhasize the “black-box” style of theater, with relatively simple sets and an increased focus on the performance and themes of the play itself.
As a community theater, the emphasis is on “community”. ACAT is committed to engaging the people of Waterville and Central Maine in the multifaceted world of theater. We welcome carpenters, costumers, directors, stage managers, stagehands, technical staff, play readers, playwrights, actors, lighting and sound designers, historians, vocal experts, information experts, and volunteers to actually produce and mount shows. And, most importantly, we welcome the individuals who come to see the productions; you are our reason for being and we are grateful for your support.
ACAT lost its long-time theater in The Center, to make way for the new downtown Arts Center, and we are all thrilled that ACAT will now be the resident theater company at The Playhouse At Waterville Station.
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About The Elm City Community Music School
Elm City Community Music School is a place-based hub serving the Waterville area that provides opportunities for music making and progressive skill development for people of all ages.
Learn more here.
About the Fulton Street Media Group
At Fulton Street Media Group our goal is to make music that outlives us.
It’s not just about meeting the moment with a track, but synchronizing music and memory to create hooks that last forever.
With a decade of experience collaborating with the world’s largest brands, we understand the need for exceptional communication and seamless production.
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