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Established in 1877
The Footlight Club is America’s oldest community theater and has produced performances every year since 1877. The Footlight Club’s members have sustained the organization's mission:
To present the best in non-professional theater to a broad-based audience, and to preserve and maintain Eliot Hall as a community resource.
Featured Announcements
Performances: December 4 & 5, 2026
February 6-14, 2027
February 7-21, 2026
Performances: December 5 & 6, 2025
September 13-27, 2025
Looking for volunteers with various skill sets and meet some awesome people at the same time!
September 7-21, 2024
Performances: December 6 & 7, 2024
Community
Throughout its long history The Footlight Club has been part of the cultural fabric of Jamaica Plain and surrounding neighborhoods. We welcome the opportunity to partner with local businesses and nonprofit organizations whenever possible.
“Once More, You Are Heartily Welcome”
Joy Cochran Gallery
The staff at JP Clay & Create hold this space for community to gather and bring creative visions to life. In this exhibition, they explore the ideas of space, how we inhabit it, how we make it, and how we fill it. Join us in the first 3D exhibition at the Joy Cochran Gallery and enter a world of sculpture and exploration.
The world of “Into the Breeches” is very different from what we are used to. Explore letters, uniforms and displays that will set the mood for the adventures on our main stage!
Lena Jenny is a prolific, self-taught, mixed media artist, currently living and working in Boston MA. Her abstracts, whether painting, block prints or mixed media are amazing to experience in person. Reception: Nov 7, 6:30-7:30pm
21 artists, 1 tea party and an epic costume sale. It is a perfect weekend to visit the Footlight Club! Sept 27-28, 11-6pm
Our Spring Members Art Show! Reception June 21, 6:30-7:30pm. Featuring Elizabeth Bean, Sherilyn Levy, and Bill Shamlian, plus some of our favorite show posters from the last dozen seasons. Come on by and see their work! Stay on to see Juliette McClendon's production of Crystal Skillman's "CUT!" immediately following.
The Boston Comics Roundtable celebrate the area’s vibrant community of LGBTQ comics creators in a group show of comic art. Reception May 3, 7-8pm.
The Boston Comics Roundtable and the Footlight Club will host a hands-on art-framing workshop, led by artist E. J. Barnes, on Sunday, March 30th, at the Footlight Club’s Joy Cochran Gallery. Open to all. RSVP.
Featuring the amazing work of the faculty of the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts. Reception Feb 8, 6-8pm.
Our Legacy
In addition to its full season of plays and musicals, The Footlight Club is committed to preserving Eliot Hall, a resource which is so much a part of its community. The Hall is undergoing a long-term renovation as its members and friends in the community return it to its former magnificence and improve safety and comfort for our members and patrons.
