This image shows the Mountaineer Playhouse performing the play "A Thousand Clowns" at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in July 1976. Five actors can be seen standing and sitting on a stage, posing for the camera. The Mountaineer Playhouse was a community theatre company established in the summer of 1971 by Professor Ed Pilkington in the Department of Speech and Theatre. Working primarily out of Chapell Wilson Hall, built 1938, the group performed summer productions using local professional actors and student interns.