Elmwood Playhouse is a not-for-profit community theater that has been serving the cultural and artistic needs of the Rockland and outer communities continuously since 1947. The 100+ year-old theater complex on Park Street in Nyack, NY consists of a 99-seat performing space, 2 rehearsal studios/function rooms and a large scenic shop and storage building for sets, lighting equipment, costumes and props.

Our History

Before 1947 we starting evolving from many groups that had different names like the Curtain Callers, the ‘Nyack Players' and the ‘Camp Shanks Players’. We became The Rockland Community Theater and met in the old Rockland Foundation Building in Nyack, NY. The next few years saw us performing under different names such as ‘The Rockland Foundation Theatre Group’, 'Rockland Foundation Players’, and ‘The Nyack Theatre Group’. We moved to Old Greenbush Road in 1950, but the space was inadequate for us to perform. We held weekly meetings on Thursdays and sometimes had an attendance of 25-plus members! Robert Daker was our first President, Charles Weaver - Vice President, Muriel Lee Porter - Secretary, and William Woods, our Treasurer.