BREAKING: THERE'S A THEATER IN PARK SLOPE

I've been living in Park Slope for almost five years now. And bitch as I may about the subway buskers, the lack of single folks, and the fact that no one cleans up their dog shit, I'm totally butt crazy in love with this nabe. And just when I think I know everything there is to know about Park Slope, I discover something I've never seen before. Like the other day when I was on an extended dog walk and I stumbled upon a goddamned theater company on 14th Street and 4th Avenue. 

The Gallery Players, they're called, and from the detailed history on their website it looks like they've been around since 1967. Damn. The Players churn out six shows a season, typically on Thursdays-Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm. The theater seats a respectable 99 people. Tickets are under $20 ($18 for adults, $14 for kids under 12 and senior citizens). The actors are cast from a mix of professional, Equity performers to unknown locals. There's even a musical theater summer camp for kids (this is Park Slope, after all).

It's kind of pathetic that it's taken me this long to discover that there's an active theater in Park Slope. You'd think by now I would have seen a flyer or something, right? Now that I think of it, there may have been some posters up at Pizza Plus a few years ago that I vaguely remember glancing at. But I never anticipated it would be a legit production--in a REAL theater I could get to without crossing a bridge.

But with all that history and activity, shouldn't there be more buzz about The Gallery Players?

As a guy who often shells out an absurd amount of cash to see a Broadway show, I'm all for having an alternative in the area. Off-Off Broadway has a bad reputation for being notoriously terrible. From the look of it, The Gallery Players have some quality productions on their hands (I'll get the scoop when I head down to catch their production of The Drowsy Chaperone sometime before it closes February 20). 

Am I the last one in Park Slope to find out about this theater? Are you Slopers heading out to see a show on date night and just not telling me? Or do you know and just not care? Spill, people.