About Us
Bryn Athyn Community Theater or BACT (pronounced "BEE-act") is a non-profit corporation established for the following purposes:
To present a broad variety of quality entertainment which supports the standards and values of the New Church.
To promote growth and interaction between all sectors of the community.
To encourage the development of the various skills and interests associated with the performing arts.
To promote within the community a greater understanding and appreciation of the performing arts.
BACT has been serving the Philadelphia region with high quality theatrical entertainment since 1981. Staffed entirely by volunteers, BACT presents two major productions a year, a Fall production in October or November, and a Spring production in May or June. Musicals and operettas usually run five performances over two weekends. Straight plays usually run three or four performances over one or two weekends. Our home theater is the fabulous Mitchell Performing Arts Center.
We hope you come audition or see a show sometime. Bryn Athyn is a very friendly church community, and we think you'll like us.
Bylaws
A copy of the BACT Bylaws can be downloaded here.
Current Board
Rachel Martin - President
James Cole - Secretary
Erik Martin - Treasurer
Phoenix Fritch - Web Master
Erik Kranch - Member-At-Large
Annalise Settefrati- Member-At-Large
Ahmai Cole - Member-At-Large
Past shows
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare --- 9/21/2019
These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich --- 5/24/2019
Parfumerie by Miklos Laszlo adapted by E. P. Dowdall --- 10/5/2018
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare --- 5/18/2018
Decision Height by Meredith Dayna Levy --- 10/7/2017
Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley--- 10/6/2017
Selections from Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park and Ramona Quimby by Beverly Cleary adapted for the stage by Mary Heinrichs Williams --- 10/8/2017
The Gondoliers by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan --- 5/19/2017
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel --- 10/1/2016
Dessert Theatre: A Potpourri of Plays & Palate Pleasers --- 5/20/2016
Lost In Yonkers by Neil Simon--- 10/17/2015
The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon--- 6/6/2015
Little Women by L. M. Alcott adapted for the stage by Gail Cooper --- 10/23/2014
Bard in the Borough selections from the works of William Shakespeare--- 5/23/2014
The Big Bad Musical by Alec Strum and Bill Francouer --- 10/26/2013
Pirates of Penzance by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan --- 4/26/2013
The Shadow of Thy Wings By Kent Cooper--- 5/12/2012
Seventeen by Booth Tarkington adapted for the stage by Ayisha Synnestvedt--- 10/22/2011
Princess Ida by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan--- 5/13/2011
Bryn Athyn's Got Talent --- 10/30/2010
All In The Timing by David Ives --- 5/7/2010
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery adapted for the stage by Gail Cooper --- 11/5/2009
The Romancers by Edmond Rostand --- 6/6/2009
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare --- 10/30/2008
The Sorcerer by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan --- 5/9/2008
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Ken Ludwig and Don Schlitz --- 11/2/2007
Light Fare --- 6/15/2007
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard --- 11/10/2006
The Sound of Music (with Bryn Athyn College) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse --- 2/3/2006
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde --- 11/12/2005
Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon --- 11/13/2004
The Yeomen of the Guard by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan --- 4/30/2004
The Royal Family by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber --- 10/31/2003
Avalon by Lisa S. (Liz) Kufs--- 5/2/2003
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare --- 11/9/2002
The King and I (with Omni Productions) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II--- 1/31/2002
Iolanthe by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan --- 4/19/2001
The Rivals by Richard Sheridan --- 4/5/2000
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes adapted for the stage by David Rogers --- 11/10/1999
Let's Murder Marsha by Monk Ferris --- 4/16/1999
A Little Princess by Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley --- 11/12/1998
1776 by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone--- 4/15/1998
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens--- 11/28/1997
Our Town by Thornton Wilder --- 4/16/1997
The Misanthrope by Molière--- 11/13/1996
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling --- 4/24/1996
Cheaper by the Dozen by Christopher Sergel--- 11/8/1995
Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein--- 4/18/1995
Macbeth by William Shakespeare --- 11/9/1994
Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II --- 4/19/1994
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams --- 11/17/1993
The Hollow by Agatha Christie --- 3/31/1993
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov--- 11/18/1992
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee--- 4/8/1992
Graceland by Ellen Byron / After Magritte by Tom Stoppard --- 11/20/1991
Play On! by Rick Abbott --- 4/24/1991
The Phantom Lady by Pedro Calderón de la Barca --- 11/14/1990
Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand --- 4/4/1990
Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw --- 11/15/1989
Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse--- 4/19/1989
Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward --- 11/15/1988
West Side Story by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim --- 4/26/1988
Tartuffe by Molière--- 11/18/1987
Waiting in the Wings by Noël Coward --- 4/1/1987
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett,--- 11/19/1986
The Bishop's Candlesticks by Norman McKinnel/ Overtones by Alice Gerstenberg--- 8/29/1986
The Saloonkeeper's Daughter by Dave Reiser and Jack Sharkey--- 4/16/1986
A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt --- 11/20/1985
The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart --- 4/24/1985
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie --- 4/11/1984
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson--- 11/16/1983
Harvey by Mary Chase--- 4/27/1983
H.M.S. Pinafore by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan --- 11/10/1982
The Game of Chess by Thomas Middleton / The Travelers --- 4/29/1982
Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring--- 9/10/1981