About Us

Enchanted Playhouse Theater Company (EPTC) is a nonprofit theater company with the mission to bring books to life and to enchant, surprise, excite, and amuse audience young, and old. 

EPTC puts on productions specific to local schools for a lower price for each shows of the season. For many students, this is their first time seeing a live production or even being in a theater. Crowds erupt with cheers and interactions with the actors every school show. EPTC raffles off a classroom book set at each school show. 

Enchanted was founded in 1991 by Susan Sluka (Gutierrez). When she started Enchanted Playhouse, there were no other theaters in the area that were offering plays for kids to see (she had an 8-year-old son who therefore could not enjoy her passion for theatre). She wanted to create a company that would present theatre: good, respectable, quality theatre, designed for young audiences, yet sophisticated enough to appeal to adults as well. In February 1992, Enchanted Playhouse opened with its first production of Rumpelstiltskin at Rotary Theatre.

The same season the company presented The Secret Garden, Merlin’s Tale of Arthur’s Magic Sword and Beauty and the Beast. This also started field trips for school children to attend the shows.

THE SHOW WILL GO ON

In the summer of 1997, Enchanted Playhouse moved into the Main Street Theatre where we performed until 2019. Now Enchanted Playhouse performs at the Fox Theatre and Valley Strong Ballpark, with 3,000 school children attending each production. Soon embarking on our 30th anniversary, we take pride in our history and look forward to enchanting school children and families for many more years to come. Our organization is run completely by volunteers and none of our actors pay anything to participate in a production. Our auditions are always open to the public and many first time actors find their start on our stage. We are only able to do this by the generous support of our community partners and individuals in the Central Valley.

With everyone’s support, the Enchanted Playhouse will continue to fulfill its original mission to “enchant, surprise, excite and amuse audiences, young and old!"