Specialties: The Des Moines Community Playhouse's mission is to partner with volunteers to create and deliver extraordinary theatre and education programs for communities in Central Iowa. More than 70,000 people attend plays and musicals at the theatre each season, produced by a professional staff of 10 plus more than 1,700 volunteers. The Playhouse has the largest community theatre education p...Specialties: The Des Moines Community Playhouse's mission is to partner with volunteers to create and deliver extraordinary theatre and education programs for communities in Central Iowa. More than 70,000 people attend plays and musicals at the theatre each season, produced by a professional staff of 10 plus more than 1,700 volunteers. The Playhouse has the largest community theatre education program in the nation, and offers a year-round program of theatre classes, workshops and camps for kids. Established in 1919. The Playhouse is one of the oldest and largest community theatres in the United States.see more