Planning Your Visit
Morgan Hill Community Playhouse
The Morgan Hill Community Playhouse is located at 17090 Monterey Road, Morgan Hill, at the SE corner of Monterey Road and 5th Street. (This is just north of the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center, located in downtown Morgan Hill at the corner of Monterey Road and East Dunne Avenue.)
Our Performance Space
South Valley Civic Theatre is the resident theater company of the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse. Originally built in the 1920’s as an Arts and Crafts style church, the Playhouse was beautifully renovated by the City of Morgan Hill and re-born into a modern, 186 seat performance facility in 2002.
Accessibility
The Playhouse is wheelchair accessible, with removable seats in the front rows. Assisted listening devices are available (ask at Will Call as you enter the theater). Cushions are also available for those who prefer a little softer seat.
Box Office
The Box Office and lobby open one hour before each performance. Tickets purchased online can be picked up at that time if you have not pre-printed them or do not have them on your phone. (Easiest is usually to bring up your tickets on your phone so the ushers can scan them.) Seating is assigned at time of purchase. The house opens 1/2 hour before the performance. Typically evening performances are at 8 pm and matinees are at 2:00 pm, but please verify times when purchasing your tickets. (For example, youth shows are frequently at 7 pm instead of 8 pm.
Directions & Parking
Take 101 to Morgan Hill. Take the East Dunne exit and turn west onto East Dunne. After crossing the railroad tracks and then Depot Street, turn right into the large Community and Cultural Center parking lot. After parking, walk to the north end of the parking lot and turn left onto 5th Street. The Playhouse will be on your left at the corner of 5th and Monterey.
- Additional Parking: If the Community Center parking lot is full, another close alternative is the parking garage located between 3rd and 4th Streets. The entrance is on 4th Street (just one block north of the Playhouse), also between Monterey and Depot. There is also free street parking. However, as a courtesy, we ask that you please not park across the street from the Playhouse in the restaurant parking lot.
- Parking during the Friday Night Summer Music Series: If you are attending a production at the Playhouse on a Friday night in the summer, be aware that Morgan Hill has a popular summer music series on Friday nights at the amphitheater adjoining the Community Center parking lot. Please plan on leaving a few minutes earlier as it may take a little longer to find parking.
Refreshments & Lobby
Feel free to arrive early. Refreshments are available for purchase in the lobby before the show and during intermission. Please note that drinks (other than water) are only allowed inside the theater if they have lids.
Browse our lobby displays; take a selfie in our production themed photo booth (and share with your friends); enjoy refreshments from our concessions. For our youth productions, you may be able to purchase treats or candy grams for your favorite youth performer. For adults productions we frequently offer a full bar as well as snacks and soft drinks.
Dinner and a Show?
Morgan Hill has many wonderful restaurants, including a great selection within walking distance of the Playhouse. Particularly if you are coming from out of town, you might want to consider dinner before or after the show. Click here for a Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce restaurant list.
Limelight Theater
The Limelight Theater is located at 16300 Condit Road. It is a small building on the east side of Condit Road, just north of the Morgan Hill Aquatics Center (between Dunne and Tennant). Park at the north end of the Aquatics Center and walk north through the gate, following the red carpet to the theater entrance.
We offer two small plays a year at Limelight Theater (typically scheduled for late summer and mid-winter) and a third , larger, play (in the spring) at the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse. (This is in addition to the four musicals we also present annually at the Playhouse.)
Our Performance Space and Ambience
The Limelight Theater is an intimate, cabaret-style performance space. The building has several small rooms that are uniquely configured for each production in creative ways that maximize the audience’s immersive experience. There is seating for about 50 patrons and creative staging enables all audience members to never be more than a row or two away from the action. In addition, we encourage friends and to-be-friends to mingle and enjoy the ambience and camaraderie of the environment. Patrons may bring or order in dinner, and we also offer a full bar, with a selection of beers, wines and cocktails to enjoy with dinner or during the performance.
Limelight Theater provides the perfect setting for an enjoyable evening out with friends!
Box Office
Seating is preassigned and may be configured differently for each show. When you purchase your tickets online you have the opportunity to specify others you wish to be seated with. The theater opens 1 1/4 hours before each performance. Tickets purchased online can be picked up at that time. Typically evening performances are at 8 pm and Sunday matinees are at 2:00 pm, but please verify times when purchasing your tickets.
Bring Your Own Dinner & Wine!
Many of our Limelight patrons enjoy extending their evening out by bringing or ordering in dinner before the show. We also offer a bar with wine, beer and cocktails, available before the show or during intermission and to be enjoyed with dinner or during the performance. We encourage friends and to-be-friends to mingle and enjoy the ambience and camaraderie of this environment! To accommodate eating or drinking before the show, our box office opens 1 1/4 hours before curtain.
Questions?
If you have additional questions, please contact us either by phone at 408-842-SHOW (leave a message) or email at limelight@SVCT.org. Enjoy the show!