I wish I could leave zero stars for this theater. I worked on a production with gateway earlier this year and the management there is completely soulless and hateful. The resident music director Andrew constantly changes his mind about what he wants, and absolutely reams into the cast and creative team any chance he gets. Worst part is he never smiles. He has fired his associates left and right due to them “not agreeing with his vision” and will actively criticize people’s choices with no filter. He strives for perfection from everyone on the show, yet he cannot play piano past a fifth grade level. The artistic director Paul could be even worse. He will actively approve changes to all of the shows that break their contract with MTI/Concord and have made so many illegal changes to their production of “In The Heights”, Lin-Manual would personally sue them if he found out what they did. If you think about working for gateway playhouse, you’re better off performing at a children’s birthday party. Somehow they’re more mature than the bafoons running gateway. 0/10

The best part of this experience was the cast & crew… but even then, we had some problems. 26 people shared four bathrooms in the actor housing, regardless of equity status. The company car broke before we even arrived, and we were required to share a big white church van. Sometimes the bathrooms were out of order or had drain worms & ants in it. The kitchen building had two stoves, three microwaves, and three refrigerators/freezers. All of this was shared with almost 40 people between the cast and crew. It was always dirty and sticky. Cups, plates, and bowls were always missing or left dirty in the sinks. They asked cast members to learn additional understudy tracks without any extra pay. They did not have the proper coverage and swings for this production. They typically spring internal coverage on the cast once you are here. There’s no proper places to warm up and often times you’re fighting against the acting school for a place to vocalize/rehearse/self tape. We cycled through stage managers and crew members a lot. Many people were unprofessional and lacked experience. Also, there was barely a plan when COVID went through our cast. THINGS I LOVED ABOUT GATEWAY: the pool, the craft service table during first day of rehearsal & throughout tech week, proximity to the city, wonderful audience every performance (edited)

I have only worked at the Gateway once as a side job but I truly appreciate the hospitality I received while being there. Everyone went out of their way to say hello and chat with me, show me around, and answer questions. Something I found very kind was that I was curious about the theaters because I had only been working in the shops and asked if someone could show me around. The main TD said "Sure!" and walked me around the entire property which was really nice. I also can't say this enough, they gave me an ice pop break which was nice. The day after I had finished working there their general manager reached out to me and saw that I had applied to the gateway in the past and asked if I wanted to be on their over-hire list which I thought was very kind of them. Overall, very organized, accommodating, and nice quality work.

Had an AMAZING time at The Gateway! They brought together a wonderful group of performers who all gelled and bonded really well making for a great experience. Got to perform at the theatre in Patchogue which was beautiful, newly renovated dressing rooms and backstage and beautiful house, and lots to do in town before or between shows! Familiar with the theatre on Gateway's campus as well and it's also super cute, more barn vibes, but still nice! Housing is typical summer stock staff house vibes, with rehearsal spaces on the same lot. Walkable main street in Bellport with some cute spots! Would defintiely go back!