[2] Hedgerow was founded in 1923 by New York-based director and actor Jasper Deeter in Rose Valley, less than 3 miles from Media and Swarthmore.

The theatre building, originally a gristmill built in 1840, seats 108 spectators after an early twentieth-century reconstruction designed by architect William Lightfoot Price.

Hedgerow's green room once showcased a staircase and table designed by Wharton Esherick, an acclaimed American craftsman.

He severed relations with the Provincetown company, and with a troupe of six actors launched Hedgerow as a permanent repertory theater, its first production being George Bernard Shaw's Candida.

Its actors have included H. Foley, Richard Basehart, Ann Harding, Keanu Reeves, Stephen Lang, and Austin Pendleton.