Hampton Theatre Company

Hampton Theatre Company Hampton Theatre Company is a small professional theater company at the historic Quogue Community Hall

In 1984 the HAMPTON THEATRE COMPANY began life on a shoestring and a dream at the Westhampton Beach Middle School with its first production, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. The company has come a long way since its founding by James Ewing, James Irving and June Ewing, when the company had no theater, no audience, no board of directors and no capital and performed in such dramatic venues as a tent pitched

behind the Masonic Temple on Montauk Highway in the midst of an August hurricane. Thanks to the generosity of the Village of Quogue, in 1987 the company found a permanent home at the beautiful Community Hall. There and at other venues, the company has produced more than 100 plays by a wide variety of major playwrights. Information about the productions can be found in the PAST PRODUCTIONS tab below, or on our PAST PRODUCTIONS page. The Hampton Theatre Company today fills a unique niche in the Long Island performing arts landscape. From its start as a small community group bound together by a love of live theater, it has grown into a successful professional company: one that is still dedicated to the original dream of the founders and still proud to draw its talented performers and technical expertise primarily from the surrounding area in order to present the very best in live theater in the fall, winter and spring on Long Island’s East End.

On this day in theatre history...1982 Following an extended run at the Kennedy Center, Arthur Kopit's adaptation of Henr...
08/30/2026

On this day in theatre history...1982 Following an extended run at the Kennedy Center, Arthur Kopit's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts opens on Broadway for a limited engagement at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The production stars Liv Ullmann as Mrs. Helen Alving.

On this day in theatre history...1934 George Abbott directs Harry Madden and Philip Dunning's comedy Kill That Story, op...
08/29/2026

On this day in theatre history...1934 George Abbott directs Harry Madden and Philip Dunning's comedy Kill That Story, opening at the Booth Theatre for a run of 117 performances. The play about a reporter who foils a plot by two villainous publishers to buy an honest newspaper for a political boss, stars Buford Armitage, James Bell, Matt Briggs, William Foran, William Lynn, and Claire Carleton.

On this day in theatre history....1930 Stage and film actor Ben Gazzara is born in New York. Broadway credits will inclu...
08/28/2026

On this day in theatre history....1930 Stage and film actor Ben Gazzara is born in New York. Broadway credits will include Hughie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Duet, A Hatful of Rain, Shimada, and the 1976 revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

On this day in theatre history...1934 Opening night of the r***e Life Begins at 8:40, written by Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harb...
08/27/2026

On this day in theatre history...1934 Opening night of the r***e Life Begins at 8:40, written by Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, and Ira Gershwin. Stars include Luella Gear, Frances Williams, and future Wizard of Oz co-stars Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr. The score includes "You're a Builder-Upper."

TODAY IS NATIONAL DOG DAY! How many broadway shows can you name that had a dog in it? We'll start off with Sandy in Anni...
08/26/2026

TODAY IS NATIONAL DOG DAY!
How many broadway shows can you name that had a dog in it? We'll start off with Sandy in Annie!

On this day in theatre history...1918 Lightnin', billed as a "Live Wire American Comedy" opens its record-breaking Broad...
08/26/2026

On this day in theatre history...1918 Lightnin', billed as a "Live Wire American Comedy" opens its record-breaking Broadway run. Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon wrote the play about a wise-cracking slowpoke, with Bacon originating the title role of Lightnin' Bill Jones. He and his wife operate a hotel that's half in California, half in Nevada, to accommodate Californians looking for a quick divorce. But when Mary decides to take advantage of the situation to divorce Lightnin', comedy ensues. Though largely forgotten today, Lightnin' was the first Broadway play to run more than 1,000 performances, and held the longest-run record for two decades.

On this day in theatre history...1918 Birthday of composer Leonard Bernstein, who bridged the worlds of classical and Br...
08/25/2026

On this day in theatre history...1918 Birthday of composer Leonard Bernstein, who bridged the worlds of classical and Broadway, both as conductor for the New York Philharmonic and as composer of classic scores including On the Town, West Side Story, Wonderful Town, and Candide.

On this day in theatre history.. 2017 Prince of Broadway, a musical retrospective that charts the life and legendary car...
08/24/2026

On this day in theatre history.. 2017 Prince of Broadway, a musical retrospective that charts the life and legendary career of director-producer Harold Prince, opens on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Prince and Susan Stroman co-direct a cast that includes Chuck Cooper, Emily Skinner, Tony Yazbeck, and Karen Ziemba. The production features biographical material and songs from many of the shows that earned Prince a record 21 Tony Awards, including The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Evita, Sweeney Todd, and The Phantom of the Opera.

On this day in theatre history...1852 Broadway premiere of Uncle Tom's Cabin, based on the novel about slavery by Harrie...
08/23/2026

On this day in theatre history...
1852 Broadway premiere of Uncle Tom's Cabin, based on the novel about slavery by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Quogue Community Hall, 125 Jessup Avenue, PO Box 400
Quogue, NY
11959

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