Footlight Club
About
The Footlight Club in Jamaica Plain is America’s oldest continuously producing community theater, staging shows every year since 1877. Its mission is to present the best in non-professional theater to a broad-based audience and to preserve and maintain Eliot Hall as a community resource. The fall 2026 season is its 150th, and the club is marking the milestone with three signature events alongside its regular lineup of productions.
Members have sustained the organization for generations, and the club welcomes volunteers with a wide range of skills. Its Joy Cochran Gallery shows work by local artists along with displays tied to productions, and the club has hosted artists during Jamaica Plain Open Studios. Throughout its history it has been part of the cultural fabric of Jamaica Plain and nearby neighborhoods, and it partners with local businesses and nonprofits when it can.
What to Know
- Tickets, memberships and donations are available through the club.
- Exhibits sometimes set the mood for a show, as with letters and uniforms for “Into the Breeches.”
- The gallery’s first 3D exhibition was a sculpture show by the staff of JP Clay & Create.
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