Playhouse Poetry Café
Our Playhouse Poetry Cafe was founded by the late, great MV Poet Laureate emeritus Arnie Reisman.
Arnie hosted dozens of Vineyard poets at the Playhouse from 2014 – 2021.
Nowadays, from January until April, there are guest hosts each month who are joined by a lineup of other island poets. 
 
Playhouse Poetry Café

Upcoming Events

Patricia Neal Stage

Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library

September 5 - 27, 2025
Inspired by real events, this fantastical drama delves into the life and mind of one of history's most profound thinkers. MV Playhouse is thrilled to bring Luna Stage’s production of Mrs. Stern to our stage after their sold out, extended run in NYC.

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Past Events

2025

Finding the Peace Within Prospero

July 22, 2025
In the Island’s latest production of The Tempest, director MJ Bruder Munafo focuses on themes of reconciliation and familial love, as opposed to the revenge for which the play is known.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Uncle Chris

August 28 & 29 at 7 pm, August 30 at 1 pm
Adapted from the letters and diaries of ghost writer Christopher Hemphill, Allison Snyder tells her uncle’s story in this zany and tender comedy about a family desperate to stay together whilst also staying apart.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Chilmark

July 25 - August 16, 2025
In nineteenth-century Chilmark, deafness was not a disability. Some people could hear, others could not. And everyone learned sign language as a matter of course.

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Tisbury Amphitheater

The Tempest

July 16 - August 9, 2025
A lively production of Shakespeare's final play, filled with magic, music, humor, love and forgiveness.

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‘Dear Edvard’ world premiere at M.V. Playhouse

June 25, 2025
“Dear Edvard,” running at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse through July 5, is an expansive multimedia experience. The blend of genres — music theater, performance art, and gallery installation — interweaves seamlessly to create something truly unique.

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Playhouse Premieres Dear Edvard

June 25, 2024
In Dear Edvard: Munch and His Muses, composer Steven Shoenberg and librettist Richard Michelson weave a captivating musical tale of longing, despair and redemption in a Copenhagen clinic for the mentally unwell. The play premiered at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse over the weekend and runs through July 5.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Dear Edvard

June 20 - July 5, 2025
Equal parts music theatre, performance art and gallery installation, Dear Edvard is an intimate, 80-minute piece – an art history biopic, love story, psychological exploration, and family drama.

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SEEGER A Multimedia Show with the Music of Pete Seeger written & performed by Randy Noojin

May 23, 24, 29, 30 & 31, 2025
Seeger is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, multimedia solo show about America’s beloved folksinger/activist, Pete Seeger. Spend an evening with Pete as he plays a benefit concert advocating the end of the U.S.-Cuban trade embargo, where he uses a dozen of his signature songs, including “If I Had a Hammer,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Guantanamera,” to tell the story of his awakening as an activist, and his struggle with the Blacklist.

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