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's
2022
12 Angry Jurors
Cheaper by the Dozen
And Then There Were None
2021
Christmas Belles
Dearly Beloved
Farce of Habit
Farce of Nature
2020
Come Blow Your Horn
Bright Star
2010's
2019
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Mamma Mia
A Piece of My Heart
Over the River and Through the Woods
2018
Rumor's
All Shook Up
The Foreigner
The Homecoming
2017
Agatha Christie's-And Then There Were None
Oklahoma
Arsenic And Old Lace
The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe
2016
Greater Tuna
Into The Woods
Steel Magnolias
It's A Wonderful Life
2015
Lés Miserable
The Odd Couple
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
2014
The Fantasticks
Titanic: The Musical
Pump Boys and Dinettes
T'was the Night before Christmas
2013
Over the River and through the Woods
Fiddler on the Roof
The Wedding from Hell
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
2012
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
State Fair
Anne of Green Gables
Babes in Toyland
2011
Godspell
Father of the Bride
Miracle on 34th Street
To Kill a Mockingbird
2010
The Wizard of Oz
Romeo and Juliet
Dracula
It's a Wonderful Life
2000's
2009
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
A Midsummer Nights Dream
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
1776
2008
Oliver
Agatha Christi's The Mousetrap
CS Lewis' The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Man Who Came to Dinner
2007
Man of La Mancha
A Christmas Story
Sunshine Boys
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2006
The Diviners
It's a Wonderful Life
The Music Man
The Foreigner
2005
The Miracle Worker
The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever
Arsenic and Old Lace
South Pacific
2004
Little Women
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten