Board of Directors
Board members are nominated each fall and are elected at our December board meeting. Board member serve for a term of one year, at which time they may choose to run again for the same - or a different - board position.
Our Heritage
The Heritage Players is a community theater group based in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA.
Heritage Players Logo c. 1997 - 2016
In the mid-1990s, the Bethel Park Historical Society began considering resurrecting live theater. A board of directors was formed, and the performance group was dubbed "The Heritage Players" to reflect its connection to and endorsement by the Historical Society. Performances would be held in the Schoolhouse Arts Center. In October, 1997, The Heritage Players performed for the first time. The shows came together quickly, reflecting a commitment by the local community to jump head-first into the waters of live theater. Two full-length productions were undertaken the following spring.
In 1998 the Heritage Players began contributing to the Pittsburgh New Works Festival. Three more full-length productions, including a successful fundraiser at Independence Middle School, proved that The Heritage Players were here to stay.
The IMS experience also proved that Heritage was outgrowing its small theater space at the Schoolhouse Arts Center. When Bethel Park was building the B.P. Community Center, The Heritage Players were asked to move their performances to the brand new building and become Bethel Park’s community theater. In 1999 The Heritage Players began their first season at the Community Center, presenting a set schedule of shows and theater classes. The Heritage Players operated under the umbrella of the Bethel Park Recreation Department until 2011, when they became an independent 501(c)3 certified non-profit organization.
Starting 2013, due to economic concerns, The Heritage Players moved their performance venue to the Seton Center in Brookline.
The Heritage Players are run completely by volunteers, and are always looking for ways to enhance the cultural enrichment of the local community.
Past Productions
Main Stage
2023
A Wrinkle in Time
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2022
Around the World in Eighty Days
Songs for a New World
2021
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2019
Fahrenheit 451
James & the Giant Peach
The Music Man
2018
The Great Gatsby
Wizard of Oz Jr.
Dracula
Jesus Christ Superstar
2017
50 Shades of Shakespeare
Sense and Sensibility
Lost in Yonkers
Into the Woods
2016
The Importance of Being Earnest
Picnic
Alice in Wonderland
The Christmas Show
2015
Electra
To Kill a Mockingbird
Disney's Peter Pan Jr.
The Secret Garden: The Musical
Christmas Cards: The Musical
2014
Hay Fever
The Crucible
Little Women: The Muscial
HP Holiday Spectacular
2013
Anybody Out There?
Nunsense
Oliver!
2012
Bedroom Farce
Night Watch
The Sound of Music
2011
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Odd Couple (Female Version)
Once Upon a Mattress
2010
Fools
Arsenic and Old Lace
Barnum
2009
Twelve Angry Jurors
Hello Dolly!
110 in the Shade
2008
Jabberwock
Steel Magnolias
Copacabana
2007
The Dining Room
The Mousetrap
Gypsy
2006
Servants of Many Masters
An Evening of One Acts: Tennessee, Touching Aurora, The Ugly Duckling
Bye Bye Birdie
2005
Harvey
Catch Me If You Can
Annie
2004
Bus Stop
West Side Story
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
2003
The Curious Savage
Rumors
Jesus Christ Superstar
2002
Our Town
Fiddler On The Roof
Twelfth Night
2001
Lettuce and Lovage
Working
You Can't Take It With You
2000
The Birds
Godspell
Barefoot In The Park
The Golden Age: A Reading
1999
The Good Doctor
A Bad Year For Tomatoes
Crimes Of The Heart
1998
The Foreigner
The Boys Next Door
Little Women
1997
An Evening of One Acts: Tennessee, Touching Aurora, The Ugly Duckling
A Merry Little Christmas
Pittsburgh New Works Festival
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2017
Folk Tales from Around the World
2014
Teen Broadway Revue
2013
Teen Cabaret
2012
Children's Summer Show
Teen Cabaret
Christmas Variety Show
2011
Children's Summer Show
Teen Cabaret
Christmas Show
2010
Children's Summer Show
Teen Cabaret
Christmas Show
2009
Forgetful Santa, Santa Gets Hip & The Missing List
2008
The Littlest Elf, Forty Winks Till Christmas & The Villain and the Toy Shop
2007
Christmas Variety Show
2006
Christmas Variety Show
2005
Christmas Variety Show
2004
Christmas Variety Show
2003
Christmas Variety Show
2002
Christmas Variety Show
2001
Christmas Variety Show