Tags: Theatre, Venue.
The Forestburgh Playhouse is the oldest continuously operating summer theater in New York State 7 miles south of Monticello. Founded in 1947 by John Grahame and Alexander Maissel it was originally the Forestburgh Summer Theatre until 1980 when the name was changed to the Forestburgh Playhouse.One of a handful of small summer theaters left in the country. The 292 seat theater operates during the summers only from mid-June through Labor Day.