Welcome. 

People's Light currently resides on Lenapehoking, land of Lenape. The Lenape are among the Indigenous Nations of First Contact with Europeans, and one of the oldest continuous democracies on Earth.  

According to Lenape, this land belongs to the Creator, yet it was given to Lenape to possess and steward. It was and continues to be their homeland to look after, as many nations of Lenapehoking are still here. And while Lenape have always welcomed people from all over the world to their shores, that invitation comes with the responsibility to treat everyone and everything on this land with respect.  

W’anishi. Thank you. 

— written in consultation with Ryan “Opalanietet” Pierce, member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribal nation. 

People’s Light has always called Chester County home. In 1979 we moved to our current location in Malvern, which includes two black box theatres with 340 and 160 seats respectively; offices; scenic shops; rehearsal halls; classrooms; a restored 18th-century farmhouse to house guest artists; the Fern & Fable restaurant; and The Farmhouse banquet and catering facility that can be rented for special events. The Theatre employs 100 full-and permanent-part-time artists and staff members, many of whom live within 15 miles of the campus, and almost 200 guest artists each season from Philadelphia, New York, Washington D.C., and beyond. We operate with an annual budget of $6.4 million and serve 80,000 patrons, guests, students, and community members each year.