Enjoy outdoor concerts in summer, and the world-class Cape Symphony year-round. Theaters abound, including the Cape Playhouse, America’s oldest professional summer theater. And the Cape Cod Melody Tent hosts national and international artists and comedians in season.
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Love.Live.Local. is the work of three local ladies who joined forces to share our love of Cape Cod and the truly good life we have discovered here with our friends, neighbors and visitors.
Whether we were born here, raised here, or moved here on purpose, the compass points home to Cape Cod. Each of us is inspired by the creativity and community found on the Cape, not to mention the incredible natural beauty.
The College Light Opera Company has been performing to sold-out audiences at Highfield Theatre since 1969 and is among the very best of American summer theatre traditions. An independent not-for-profit educational theatre, CLOC’s mission is to produce world-class music theatre for Cape Cod audiences while at the same time providing a training ground for America’s up-and-coming young artists. The company is made up of 32 talented singers, a fine 18-piece orchestra, and 13 dedicated technicians, all of whom are hand selected annually from applicants all across the country.
Founded in 1985, W.H.A.T. is the award-winning non-profit theater on Cape Cod that the New York Times says brought “a new vigor for theater on the Cape” and the Boston Globe says “is a jewel in Massachusetts’ crown.” Boston magazine named W.H.A.T. the Best Theater in 2004 and the Boston Drama Critics Association has twice awarded W.H.A.T. its prestigious Elliot Norton Award. In addition to world-class theater, in 2011, W.H.A.T.
Take a 19th century Cape meetinghouse, an extraordinary history, and more than eighty seasons of top-notch professional theatre, and it's easy to see why the Cape Playhouse is one of the most famous summer theatres in the country! America's Oldest Professional Summer Theatre has combined the best Broadway comedies, musicals, mysteries and dramas with unforgettable performances from the nation's finest actors since 1927. Also, the Cape Cod Center for the Arts offers fantastic Theater for Children.
Get up close and personal at the Cape Cod Melody Tent. For 62 years, the Cape Cod Melody Tent and our sister venue, the South Shore Music Circus, have been presenting world-class entertainment in the scenic Massachusetts coastal communities of Cohasset and Hyannis. The only two continuously-operated tent theatres in the round in the United States. No one gets you closer to the stars!
Over the last 20 years, thousands of people have come through the doors of Cotuit Center for the Arts and experienced an art center unlike anything else. Offering a variety of educational programs, performances and exhibitions, The Center has established itself as a great place to celebrate the arts. Founded in 1993 and incorporated as a non-profit charitable organization in 1995, Cotuit Center for the Arts has an excellent history of producing and presenting innovative, quality works that encourage individual artistic development and exploration.
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is the regional arts agency for Barnstable County, and has been the Voice of the Arts on Cape Cod since 1988. The AFCC strengthens, supports, and promotes Cape Cod's arts and culture community through grants, professional development, training, collaborative marketing, and advocacy. For additional information about our year-round programs, visit our website.
The Community of Jesus is an ecumenical monastery in the Benedictine tradition. Join us for worship at the Church of the Transfiguration for the Daily Offices sung in Gregorian chant, for weekday or Sunday Eucharist, or for a time of private prayer and reflection. Docent led tours about the art and architecture of the Church are available every day except Wednesday. The Church tells the story of salvation in mosaics, frescos, bronze, glass, carved limestone and icons from Genesis to Revelation.
Since 2005, jazz musicians from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Europe have appeared at the annual Provincetown Jazz Festival. The Festival is held in the Oldest Arts Colony in the United States and donates a portion of the proceeds to worthy causes on Cape Cod.
We’re Cape Cod Live! 17 theaters and producing organizations working together to ensure a bright future for theater and all of the performing arts on Cape Cod.
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