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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania · Inns & businesses

DCP Theatre

The Dancers Above the Dutch Country Playhouse

The Dutch Country Playhouse and its adjoining parking area on wooded Ridge Road.

History & local legend

DCP Theatre on Ridge Road near Telford grew from the Dutch Country Players, founded by fifteen friends in 1952. The company made its home in a converted auction building that became known for more than its scheduled performances.

A performing-arts directory collected a story of figures dancing in the space between the false ceiling and the roof. Other accounts described the feeling of someone following closely, or a physical bump when no other person was nearby.

Sources

  1. Arts-Info, preserved Telford theater report identifying the Ridge Road property and upper-ceiling dancing tradition
  2. DCP Theatre, company history and address
  3. Brenda Lange, Stage Struck, Bucks County Living, the Dutch Country Players and converted auction site
  4. Esri, exact theater address
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Visiting

Operating community theater.

Image credit

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Imagery Program, 2022 · License