A Brief History of the Theater

The Mountain Playhouse is Pennsylvania’s oldest professional stock theater and one of only twelve professional summer stock theaters remaining in the United States today. The Mountain Playhouse brings Broadway-quality entertainment to the local Johnstown, Somerset, and Ligonier communities, to audiences from metropolitan Pittsburgh, and visitors from across the United States.

Each summer, the Mountain Playhouse produces a season of exciting shows ranging from the best of American musical theater to thought-provoking dramas and slapstick farce. Performances run two to three weeks, each with weekday and weekend, evening and matinee performances.

In 2022 and 2023, the Mountain Playhouse will produce its shows at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, while actively seeking out a new, permanent location.