ABOUT PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK

HISTORY:
The Murray-Calloway County Community theatre was founded January 1977, and in May of the same year, the theatre incorporated as a nonprofit organization and elected its first Board of Directors. The Board immediately began looking for a permanent home. They inquired about the old Murray Freight Depot—an unused, dilapidated building owned by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. This began a 2 ½ year cooperative effort on the part of city officials, county officials, and members of the theatre board to obtain the depot as a home for community theatre.

The depot was moved to its location in the Murray-Calloway County Park in the fall of 1979. In June 1980, the depot opened with “Wizard of Oz.” After three years of “wandering around town,” the Murray-Calloway County Theatre had a home—the Playhouse in the Park. Since that time, the theatre has produced numerous performances in the depot and has continued expanding its educational services, sponsoring the Box of Frogs Youth Theatre Group, holding classes for the community, traveling to schools in the city and county, and hosting an annual Summer Theatre Camp.

Playhouse in the Park is one of the oldest continuously producing theatres in the country. For more information about how you can help in continuing the tradition of community theatre in Murray and Calloway County, contact Playhouse in the Park at playhouse@murray-ky.net.

Office hours:
Monday, Tuesday & Friday: 1:00 to 5:00
Thursday: 9:00 to 1:00