Welcome to our hometown theatre, the Historic Howmet Playhouse. The playhouse is a City of Whitehall project, located two blocks off the the main street of a traditional downtown in Whitehall, Michigan. Our ninety-four year old theatre has been presenting fine arts and entertainment to the greater West Michigan area since 1916.

To save on winter energy costs in our charming old theatre, we’ll be going “dark” as we begin 2010 except for our much-appreciated monthly free film, the HarborLight Movie Series, the first Thursday of the month. On January 7 we will show the classic film, Inherit the Wind. On February 4 we will show another classic film, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Remember, Movie Nights are always FREE, always the FIRST Thursday of the month, and always at 7 pm! Our full Spring Season will resume in March with our First Fridays event, featuring musical acts the First Friday of every month at the Playhouse! The full schedule will be posted soon.

Whether you’re interested in our professional Summer Theatre Festival, which produces a brand new production each weekend in July and August, or in the talented musical acts that grace us here in the Fall and Spring seasons you can find what you’re looking for here!

If you have young ones who are interested in arts education, including theatre, dance, music and technical theatre opportunities, be sure to visit the White Lake Youth Theatre page. The next PAW will be April 5-8.

Please review our Promotions page to learn more about local businesses and restaurants that work in collaboration with the Playhouse.

We would also appreciate it if you would investigate the items in the Support Us pages to learn about volunteer opportunities, making a tax-deductible donation, or purchasing a Wish List item.

We hope that you’ll enjoy what you find here at the Playhouse. And if you have a thought you’d like to share, please take the time to let us know what you think !

Best wishes,

Cindy Beth Davis,
Playhouse Manager