Clare Rose Playhouse

Tucked into the northeast corner of SJC Long Island, the playhouse is named after Patchogue businessman Clare Rose, then owner of beverage distribution company Clare Rose, Inc. Mr. Rose helped fund a project that converted what had been a vacant caretaker's cottage into an intamate New England barn-style theater. The playhouse opened in 1985.

The playhouse serves as a major teaching facility for the College's theater courses and is a training ground for young actors. Year-round, the stage hosts the production of children's theatre, storytelling, theatre for the deaf, and an intimate forum for local playwrights and poets.

The playhouse is the site of community theater productions of musicals, dramas, comedies, cabaret acts, musical performances, dance troupes, and comedians.