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The Shawnee Playhouse

Shawnee on Delaware, PA · 1 hour 55 minutes from Reading

shawneeplayhouse.org|Day trips from Berks County
The Shawnee Playhouse

Plan the day

Drive1 hour 55 minutes from Reading, 79 miles1 hour 43 minutes from Boyertown · 1 hour 38 minutes from Hamburg · 2 hours 15 minutes from Morgantown
Where552 River Road, Shawnee on Delaware, PAOpen in maps →
OpenShows year round; the 2026 to 2027 listing runs October through August, with holiday shows November 21 to December 20Show times vary by production; The Cassandra Murders plays Saturdays at 7 PM, Sundays at 3 PM and one Friday at 2 PM
AdmissionPrices vary by show and seat; The Cassandra Murders (October 24 to November 8, 2026) lists $18.50 to $53.50 including fees. Best pricing online; phone orders carry extra fees
Good forlittle kids, big kids, teens, adults, older adults

The Shawnee Playhouse is a historic theater in Shawnee on Delaware, PA, built in 1904 as Worthington Hall and staging plays, musicals and children's shows all year.

The hall opened in 1904, Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians broadcast their radio programs from it starting in 1943, and after an arson fire in 1985 the community rebuilt it. The season runs year round with comedies, musicals, a holiday run of Christmas of Swing and A Peter Pan Christmas, a Handel's Messiah sing-in at the Shawnee Inn, and summer youth productions.

Before you go

Buy tickets online; the playhouse says online has the best pricing and phone orders carry additional fees. Meal and show packages, group tickets and season tickets are offered.

Coming up

Christmas of Swing, the Andrews Sisters musical, runs November 21 to December 20, and A Peter Pan Christmas, a children's musical, runs December 4 to 19; before that, The Cassandra Murders plays October 24 to November 8.

Official site →Tickets →

Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive.

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