GALLERY THEATER
210 NE Ford Street, McMinnville OR 971278McMinnville, OR 97128
503-472-2227
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About the Theatre
The Gallery Theater in McMinnville, Oregon, is a notable community theater and cultural center that was established in 1968. It has a rich history of showcasing local talent across various age groups and works collaboratively with other organizations to enhance local arts and tourism. The theater has become a cornerstone of the community, contributing significantly to the cultural life of McMinnville.
The mission of Gallery Players or Oregon is to entertain, inform, and educate through the performing arts thereby enriching the cultural life of those who live, work and play in Yamhill County. We will do this by producing quality performances that provide entertainment; promoting an environment that encourages respect and fosters friendships; educating performers, designers, and technicians; developing talent in people of all ages; and inspiring creativity and artistic expression.
The Gallery Players of Oregon inspires our community through the performing arts, inviting people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds to learn, teach, grow and express themselves in a creative and supportive environment.
Gallery Theater exists to explore what it means to be human. To that end, we value and celebrate all humanity. Therefore, we do not and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion or socioeconomic status.
Upcoming Shows
Gallery Theater Presents Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadA witty, absurd, and thought-provoking theatrical experienceA Play by Tom StoppardMcMinnville, OR – What happens when two minor...
Winner of the 1968 Tony Award for Best Play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead turns the spotlight on two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet and...
Pivoting around the lively Truvy Jones' Louisiana beauty parlour, a tightly-knit band of friends, confront griefs, loss, life's unforeseen tragedies and heartaches with what they...
Step inside the Kit Kat Klub, where the drinks flow freely, the music never stops, and the world outside is slowly unraveling. Set in 1939...
In the early 1900s, Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory, where women are hired not to explore the stars, but to record the...
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella remains one of the most cherished fairy tales ever told. It is a story of hope, transformation, and the magic of...
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by Krista Garver - April 01, 2026
Boublil and Schönberg's LES MISÉRABLES stormed back to the Keller Auditorium last night. I went in wondering how a show about a failed anti-monarchist uprising in 1832 might land differently now, on the heels of the third national 'No Kings' protest, than it did when it was last here in 2018. ...
by Krista Garver - March 30, 2026
DEAR EVAN HANSEN, now running at Broadway Rose, is a multiple Tony Award-winning musical about an anxious, depressed, and profoundly lonely high schooler who gets swept into an extraordinary situation when a classmate named Connor Murphy dies by suicide. ...
by Dawn Sellers - March 25, 2026
What did our critic think of ALMA DE LUNA at HART Theatre? Invisible Friends Productions presents a World Premiere production written by local playwright David Fuks and directed by Humberto Mugnai, now playing at Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre....
by Dawn Sellers - March 22, 2026
What did our critic think of ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at Twilight Theater?...
by Krista Garver - March 19, 2026
ATHENA, now running at the tiny but mighty 21ten Theatre, is a keenly observed comedy about two high schoolers training for the Junior Olympics. They are, by turns, practice partners, rivals, and almost-friends. Gracie Gardner's play understands that the last of those is by far the most difficult ch...
by Krista Garver - March 10, 2026
When seeing a new-to-me play, I typically try to walk in knowing as little as possible. I love the joy of discovery. That approach has never served me better than it did for A MIRROR, Sam Holcroft's gripping play now running at Third Rail Repertory Theatre. ...
by Krista Garver - March 09, 2026
If you had told me I would cry my eyes out at a musical about a young man with green, scaly skin who only leaves his apartment once a year to go on a Grindr date, I would have given you the side eye. But there I was on opening night of LIZARD BOY at Portland Center Stage, completely undone by this i...
by Krista Garver - March 09, 2026
As the Trump administration works to erase trans people from public life (literally removing the 'T' from LGBT on the government's website about the Stonewall Uprising, a movement to which trans people were central), it becomes urgent to understand that these events don't happen in a vacuum. They ar...
by Dawn Sellers - March 03, 2026
Few plays in theatrical history have achieved the enduring success of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. Since its premiere in 1952, the production has continued its celebrated run in London, earning its place as the longest running show of any kind in the world. ...
by Krista Garver - February 19, 2026
Portland Playhouse is not known for playing it safe, so it's fitting that their latest production centers on a woman, Anna Campbell, who built her entire legend on one audacious act. ...
Past Shows
A loving tribute to 1950s America, Bye Bye Birdie captures the fun, frenzy, and innocence of a time when rock & roll was king and...
Bye Bye Birdie opens at Gallery Theater Book by Michael Stewart, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Lee Adams Gallery Theater is excited to bring audiences the...
Almost, Maine opens at Gallery Theater By John CarianiDirected by Mary Smalley Acuff (marysmalley1@hotmail.com) Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not...
On a crisp, clear winter night in the remote town of Almost, Maine, the northern lights hover in the sky as something strange begins to...
The Best Christmas Pageant EverNovember 21 to December 14, 2025 By Barbara RobinsonDirected by Debbie Harmon FerryThis delightful comedy, adapted from the bestselling young adult book,...
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opens at Gallery Theater By Edward AlbeeDirected by David Bates (davidbwriter@onlinenw.com) Recipient of the 1963 Tony Award® for Best Play. George, a professor...
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate ReleaseAugust 20, 2025 Contact: Jared Richard, Theater Manager, manager@gallerytheater.orgXanadu musical opens at Gallery TheaterA Greek muse inspires love, laughter and the world's first...
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate ReleaseJune 30, 2025 Contact: Jared Richard, Theater Manager, manager@gallerytheater.org The Curious Savage Opens at Gallery Theater The Curious Savage opens at Gallery Theater of McMinnville,...
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka pens at Gallery Theater Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka opens at Gallery Theater of McMinnville, Oregon on Friday, May 2, 2025. The opening...
The Cottage Opens at Gallery TheaterGallery Theater of McMinnville, Oregon presents a whimsical romp which Entertainment Weekly called “…[a] sidesplitting screwball comedy…The Cottage is a...
The award-winning tale of Tevye the Dairyman and his family’s struggles in a changing Russia is a true musical theater tradition. Winner of nine Tony...
The award-winning tale of Tevye the Dairyman and his family’s struggles in a changing Russia is a true musical theater tradition. Winner of nine Tony...
Everyone's favorite flying car comes to life in this musical adaptation of the beloved family film. An eccentric inventor, Caractacus Potts sets about restoring an old...
A darkly comic rock-fable, Fly By Night is a sweeping ode to young love set against the backdrop of the Northeast blackout of 1965.
TALE AS OLD AS TIME, TRUE AS IT CAN BE. Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to you! Based...
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