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We are an incorporated not-for-profit membership theater group based at the Eclipse Grange Theatre in Thetford Hill, Vermont, staffed and run by volunteers. We've been at this continuously since 1966, when a small theatre group formed by Ed and Gillian Tyler, and David and Linda Strohmier, staged Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner at the Thetford Hill Congregational Church---and the Parish Players was born. In the nearly 40 years since then, The Parish Players have performed close to 200 productions. (Click here to see the pdf list of those shows.) Today, we continue as an all-volunteer community theatre organization to stage challenging plays, drawn from the classics, to musical comedy, contemporary drama, and original plays by members of the Upper Valley community. The Parish Player is an organization dedicated to presenting high quality dramatic productions created by people who participate for the love of the work. We are committed to: offer an intimate theater venue that is accessible, affordable, and welcoming to both audiences and artists; challenge participants to stretch their abilities and expand their understanding of theater and the world it describes; present new and challenging works, including those created by local artists; inspire, encourage, and support the arts and cultures of our communities; and raising expectations of community theater.