Cumberland County Playhouse

Cumberland County Playhouse is a nonprofit professional performing arts resource, located in rural Tennessee, and one of the 10 largest professional theaters in rural America. It serves more than 145,000 visitors annually, with two indoor and outdoor stages, young audience productions, dance programs, a concert series, and touring shows. Cumberland County Playhouse regularly produces new works...

The Cumberland County Playhouse is Tennessee's Family Theater, providing arts opportunities to a vast region underserved by other arts resources. In 1984, the Cumberland County Playhouse was the recipient of one of the Governor's Awards in the Arts for the state of Tennessee, and features a resident professional company and a staff, plus more than 100 visiting professionals from across the...

The Cumberland County Playhouse is a non-profit professional performing arts resource in rural Tennessee. It serves more than 145,000 visitors annually with two indoor and two outdoor states, young audience productions, a comprehensive dance program, a concert series and touring shows.

History: In 1963, Crossville, Tennessee was a town you passed through on the way to other places. Located in Cumberland County, the town and surrounding Appalachian region was economically depressed. Resort and recreational development was in its infancy. High unemployment and poverty was normal. In December of that year, Paul Crabtree's The Perils of Pinocchio was presented at the Crossville...

Combining a resident professional company and a staff of 16 with more than 100 visiting professionals and a large volunteer corps, the Playhouse draws professionals from across the country and volunteers from a dozen Tennessee counties. Over 50% of all revenues are expended for professional artist compensation. The Playhouse has been managed and directed by two generations of the Crabtree...