A bit more about us

The Friends of the Fishers Island Theater is a volunteer organization formed to support the theater’s owner (the town of Southold), property manager (FIFD), and the community in the management of the building.

We aim to facilitate the renovation, preservation and management of the historic Fishers Island Theatre as a community venue for performances and activities that entertain, educate and culturally enrich our community.

We are grateful for the support of our many donors, including the Sanger Foundation.

• entertaining soldiers in a brand new theater in 1932
• being terrified seeing Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” or the “Birds” in the 1960s, or “Jaws” in the 1980s
• hooting and hollering when the film would break and the screen would go blank
• attending Nature Days, a Fishers Island School Graduation or seeing the fabulous Whiffenpoofs with Stowe Phelps
• going to an outdoor concert during the wistful, cool summer of 2014 when the Theater building was closed

In return the Theater asks little – but to be used and maintained well.

As we all know, buildings take a beating on Fishers Island, and the theater is no exception. The Theater was holding its own but without proper maintenance had fallen on hard times.

Recognizing the need to have a community based group come to the rescue of the Theater, the Friends of the Fishers Island Theater was formed. Our goal has been to raise the necessary funds to renovate the Theater, but most importantly to make it sustainable and self-sufficient by developing programing and a management & maintenance strategy that supports the Theater on an ongoing basis.