Gateway Playhouse, also known as the Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County is a theatre located on the eastern edge of

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on the grounds of the former

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. The street address is 215 South Country Road. It's the oldest of three professional theatres on the island and nationally recognized as one of the top ten summer theatres in the nation.

History

The theater's history dates to 1950 with a production of ''Taming of the Shrew'' in a converted barn as was traditional of the time. By the 1960s it transitioned from summer stock to a professional company with a new theater that seated five hundred. In 2011, the Gateway Playhouse and Acting School combined to form the non-profit organization, the Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County. Among its notable productions are a 1992 production of ''

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'' with

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, as well as a 2011 production of ''

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'' and a 2016 production of ''

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'' with

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. In fall, the theater transforms into a haunted house.

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