Year Founded
1923
EIN
38-3426086
Local Leader/Exec. Director
Greg Ruvolo, Board of Directors
Primary Contact Name
Greg Ruvolo
Main Address

Birmingham Village Players
34660 Woodward Ave.
Birmingham, MI 48009
United States

What We Do

The Village Players was founded in 1923 as a nonprofit theater club and was later reorganized as a community theater and a 501(c)(3) organization. It is the third oldest community theater in Michigan and ranks among the 50 oldest theater groups in the United States. 

The mission of the Village Players of Birmingham is to produce plays, to study drama, play direction, costuming and scenery design, to encourage the writing of plays and to promote interest in the drama, which shall include voluntary involvement within the community through outreach programs.

Some of the ways in which we achieve these goals is by offering opportunities for adults and youth to participate in all aspects of the theater arts. This includes, but is not limited to, working behind the scenes as part of a production team, writing original plays, and supporting a youth theatre program.

In our typical season we present five (5) major productions annually, which usually consists of two (2) musicals and three (3) non-musicals. Each production has nine (9) performances spread out over three weekends with shows on Friday and Saturday nights (curtain @ 8pm) and a Sunday matinee (curtain @ 2pm).

Interesting Info
  • Celebrating 100 years of live community theatre
  • BVP is the third oldest community theater in Michigan
Geographic Location
Woodward Mural
Curtain