Since 1937, the Wilton Playshop has been offering musicals, dramas and comedies.The first production attracted enthusiastic audiences, paying fifty cents apiece,for two nights. In the early Fifties, the donation of two buildings, a 100 year old sheep barn and the old Congregational Church parish house, led to The Playshop having a permanent home. These facilities have also made possible The Wilton Student Summer Playshop (WSSP).
Since 1960, when The Playshop was the first group in the area to initiate a youth program as a constructive alternative to the summertime blues, young people have been learning all aspects of the theater, while helping to produce a show of their own.