Mission & Values
Stained Glass Playhouse believes live theatre can do more than entertain. It can bring people together, encourage us to see life through another person’s eyes, start conversations, and create experiences shared by performers, volunteers, and audiences.
Stories That Entertain, Connect and Inspire
Stained Glass Playhouse is a nonprofit community theatre committed to making affordable, professional-quality productions in an intimate setting. The Playhouse brings people together through stories that can delight an audience while also exploring moral messages, family values, community issues, relationships, choices, and the human experience.
That tradition does not mean every production is religious or doctrinal. It means theatre here can be entertaining and meaningful at the same time—an invitation to laugh, reflect, connect, and see the world through another person’s story.
Community Theatre
Live performance created for and shared with the community.
Made With Care
Productions shaped by the skill, imagination, and dedication of local artists and volunteers.
Shared Up Close
A distinctive space where storytellers and audiences experience each performance together.
The Values Behind the Stage
These values are reflected throughout the Playhouse’s history and in the work that continues today.
Community
Theatre happens when performers, volunteers, supporters, and audiences come together.
Creativity
Creativity has been a defining thread in SGP’s history since its earliest productions.
Connection
Live theatre creates a shared experience between the people telling the story and the people watching it.
Meaningful Stories
SGP presents theatre that can entertain while exploring relationships, choices, values, and community issues.
Participation
Community theatre depends on people willing to share their talents, time, and ideas onstage and behind the scenes.
Stewardship
More than four decades of history create a responsibility to preserve the Playhouse while preparing it for future productions and generations.
A Stage Without Curtains
“A Stage Without Curtains” expresses both the physical character and the spirit of Stained Glass Playhouse: stories and people meeting one another openly through live theatre.
“We laugh, we cry, we live, and we learn about love, joy and peace, with no curtains to hide behind.”
Community Is Part of the Production
Every production depends on people contributing in different ways. Some step into the spotlight; others build, design, organize, welcome, support, and applaud. Together, they make community theatre possible.
Performers & Directors
Designers & Costumers
Technicians & Stage Crews
Set & Prop Volunteers
Front-of-House Volunteers
Sponsors, Supporters & Audiences
A Stage With a Story of Its Own
Stained Glass Playhouse performs in the former sanctuary of Marvin United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem. The unusual performance environment gives productions an intimate character, bringing audiences close to the actors and to the story unfolding onstage.
SGP is a nonprofit community theatre with its own identity; it is not the same organization as Marvin United Methodist Church.
Close to the Story
Honoring the Past. Building the Future.
The people, productions, and audiences of the past created the Stained Glass Playhouse we know today. Carrying that legacy forward means continuing to welcome new stories, new participants, and new audiences to the stage.
There’s a Place for You at Stained Glass
Come see a show. Step onto the stage. Work behind the scenes. Volunteer your time. Support the Playhouse. However you participate, you become part of what community theatre makes possible.