help us keep our theater alive - support the Playhouse theater with your donation

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by supporting Our Mission:

Your gift helps a child step on stage for the first time. It keeps our doors open and ensures no young person is ever turned away for financial reasons.

Donations assist us with:

  • Scholarships for families in need
  • New scripts and materials
  • Costumes and set supplies
  • Theater education and workshops
  • Operating Expenses
  • Pay Emergency SBA loans from Covid years


grants & donations

CLAP! Inc. has received generous grants from the Basil Burwell Foundation, Belfast Coop-Common Cents Program, Belfast Keep the Faith Fund, UU Church of Belfast, Maine Community Foundation, Waldo County Fund, Maine Theater Fund, Maine Expansion Arts Fund, Vanguard and Angels for Theater.

Our primary funding comes from donations from friends of The Playhouse. These donations are essential to keeping the doors open at The Playhouse.

ways to donate to the playhouse :


Creative Learning & Performance Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)3 organization that supports The Playhouse Children's Theater through fundraising. Donations are made to CLAP! Inc. and are fully tax-deductible.

donate by mail with check TO:

Creative Learning and Performance, Inc.

49 High Street
Belfast, ME. 04915
Contact Name:
Mary Weaver

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THANK YOU! YOUR GIFT TO THE PLAYHOUSE IS RIGHT ON TIME ...