The Greater Cleburne Carnegie Players, named for Andrew Carnegie, is a non-profit thespian group that has been bringing live theatre to Cleburne, Texas and the surrounding areas since 1980.
Starting with the first season, which included two shows, and continuing to the present with four shows performed annually, the Carnegie Players encourage participation both on the stage and off by anyone in the Johnson County area.
The theatre has produced many talented actors and actresses in its time, and is still continuing to remain a great theatre force in Cleburne, Texas.
History In 1978, the City of Cleburne moved their storage-house from the top floor theatre of the Carnegie Library building, which had been built by a grant to the city from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation in 1904.
This move opened the door for renovation of the theatre and the founding of a theatre troupe for the city. Thus, The Greater Cleburne Carnegie Players was founded. The renovation project involved many local citizens along with the city and took two years to completion.
Since 1980, all Fall, Winter, and Spring productions have been performed on The Layland Museum Theatre stage (located at 201 N. Caddo), whereas the summer musicals have been performed at Cleburne High School.
Beginning in the summer of 2010, the Carnegie Players moved into the Community Performing Arts Center located in the newly remodeled Cleburne Conference Center. The Carnegie Players' last production in the old Carnegie Theater was the musical 1776 in March 2010, while the first show in the new theatre was The Wizard of Oz in June 2010.
Past productions
+ 2020's2022 12 Angry Jurors Cheaper by the Dozen And Then There Were None 2021 Christmas Belles Dearly Beloved Farce of Habit Farce of Nature2020 Come Blow Your Horn Bright Star
+ 2010's2019 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Mamma Mia A Piece of My Heart Over the River and Through the Woods2018 Rumor's All Shook Up The Foreigner The Homecoming2017 Agatha Christie's-And Then There Were None Oklahoma Arsenic And Old Lace The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe2016 Greater Tuna Into The Woods Steel Magnolias It's A Wonderful Life2015 Lés Miserable The Odd Couple The Best Christmas Pageant Ever2014 The Fantasticks Titanic: The Musical Pump Boys and Dinettes T'was the Night before Christmas2013 Over the River and through the Woods Fiddler on the Roof The Wedding from Hell The Best Christmas Pageant Ever2012 The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 State Fair Anne of Green Gables Babes in Toyland2011 Godspell Father of the Bride Miracle on 34th Street To Kill a Mockingbird2010 The Wizard of Oz Romeo and Juliet Dracula It's a Wonderful Life
+ 2000's2009 Disney's Beauty and the Beast A Midsummer Nights Dream The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 17762008 Oliver Agatha Christi's The Mousetrap CS Lewis' The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe The Man Who Came to Dinner2007 Man of La Mancha A Christmas Story Sunshine Boys Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat2006 The Diviners It's a Wonderful Life The Music Man The Foreigner2005 The Miracle Worker The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever Arsenic and Old Lace South Pacific2004 Little Women The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten The Sound of Music2003 Steel Magnolias Miracle on 34th Street Sylvia Cinderella2002 Fiddler on the Roof Moon Over Buffalo A Christmas Carol Bus Stop2001 Oliver The Odd Couple (Female Version) A Christmas Story Cat On a Hot Tin Roof2000 Guys and Dolls Frosty the Snowman The Rainmaker
+ 1990's1999 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat It's A Wonderful Life Nunsense II: the Second Coming1998 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Cheaper By The Dozen To Gillian, On Her 37th Birthday1997 The Wizard of Oz The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Wait Until Dark1996 Paint Your Wagon The Glass Menagerie Driving Miss Daisy1995 Li'l Abner The Oldest Living Graduate (production canceled) The Odd Couple1994 Nunsense Blithe Spirit The Nerd1993 Camelot You're A Good Man Charlie Brown 17761992 Fiddler on the Roof Rumors Bexar1991 The Foreigner Oliver! Steel Magnolias Lend Me A Tenor1990 My Fair Lady The Sound of Music The Fourposter The Clock Shop
+ 1980's1989 On Borrowed Time Annie Harvey1988 Cinderella House of Blue Leaves Carnival Arsenic and Old Lace1987 The Odd Couple (female version) The Music Man You Can't Take It With You1986 Carnegie Players 10th Anniversary Gala The King and I Murder for the Asking Alice in Wonderland1985 Deathtrap Annie Get Your Gun Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander1984 Plaza Suite South Pacific The Diviners My Three Angels1983 The Rainmaker Oklahoma Bus Stop The Homecoming1982 Barefoot in the Park The Nutcracker Inherent Legacy1981 The Sound of Music A Christmas Carol1980 Come Blow Your Horn The Little Angel Who Was Always Late
External links Greater Cleburne Carnegie Players official web site