About Our Organization

Walpole Children's Theatre, Inc. (WCT) was founded in 1969 at the Footlighters Playhouse in Walpole, MA, by an Emerson College student. The first performance was two one-act plays that were performed at Footlighters Playhouse and at Bird Park.​

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In 1992, WCT was incorporated in Massachusetts as a non-profit organization. The mission of the group was to create quality theatrical productions for children and by children. 

In 1994, in addition to the annual summer production, a winter show was added and continues to receive as much patronage as the summer production. Smaller one-act plays have been added over the years and performed in Walpole or surrounding towns.​

Today, the quality of the performances WCT produces exceeds ordinary children’s theatrical productions and continually demonstrates cultural excellence. Despite a limited budget, the artistic superiority of the productions is truly enriching to the cultural life of the community. Audiences always leave a production knowing that hard work and talent went into each performance.