AFD Theatre
About
AFD Theatre, originally named Arlington Friends of the Drama, is a community-based performing arts organization in Arlington Center that presents an annual season of classics, musicals, dramas, comedies and special events. Its mission is to enrich Arlington and the surrounding towns with theater of the highest possible quality. The company welcomes everyone who wants to take part, including actors, singers, musicians, stage carpenters, designers, production staff, students and newcomers to the stage.
Founded in 1923, the company is one of the ten oldest continually operating community theater groups in the United States. Participants of all experience levels are welcomed, supported and mentored within what the group calls a vibrant, inclusive community, and the organization invites the public both to see live theater and to help create it. Its season runs from fall to spring at its own theater on Academy Street, a block off Massachusetts Avenue.
What to Know
- Evening and weekend parking is available on nearby side streets and in the Town Hall and Robbins Library lots.
- Several bus routes run along Massachusetts Avenue, one block from the theater.
- The box office has its own contact for ticket questions.
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