In 1985 a few dynamic, aspiring local actors and playwrights knocked down some walls in an old nightclub and mounted a production of Ionesco's Rhinoceros. It was just a one-shot event, or so they thought. More than 23 years, 120 productions and dozens of World, American and New England premieres later, WHAT has built a national reputation for its professional Equity productions, for its provocative choices and its intimate explorations.
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT) is nationally known as Cape Cod's most adventurous professional theater company. In 2007, WHAT celebrated the opening of its new Julie Harris Stage on Route 6 in Wellfleet. A tribute to the five-time Tony award-winning actress and WHAT's honorary chair, this new state of the art theater, together with WHAT'S famously intimate Harbor Stage and WHAT for Kids, present a robust schedule of 'continually adventurous theater (Boston Globe) that has become WHAT's trademark. In addition to its summer season of productions, WHAT has launched an "off season" program including a play reading series, art films, kids theater, a salon and more.
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