Our Archives

It all started with a single dinner theatre production.

In 1972, Zula Holcomb Pearson retired as head of the Drama Department of Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. With too much talent and too much love of theatre to truly retire, she agreed to direct an original drama, “Rusk Legends”. The community members who participated in the production as both actors and audience had too much fun to stop there.

What was to become Cherokee Civic Theatre, Inc. was founded in 1972 by that group of theatre lovers who wanted to perform and watch performances of “the best of Broadway shows, original scripts and other quality productions”. Now, CCT produces four shows each season as well as original one-acts in the TNT summer camp - and anything else we can squeeze into the schedule. And, if the theater is in use, we’ve been known to take the show on the road.

Over the years, CCT has remained dedicated to Mrs. Pearson’s vision of promoting all the theatre arts, including playwriting. A number of our seasons have featured original dramas, comedies and revues.

A chronology of the shows performed at Cherokee Civic Theatre is now available. We’re steadily increasing our archives to include show photos and performance credits. If you were ever involved onstage at CCT, please contact us at information@cheroketheatre.net. We may need your consent to include show photos in the Archives.



1972    1973    1974    1975    1976    1977    1978    1979    1980

1981    1982    1983    1984    1985    1986    1987    1988    1989

1990    1991    1992    1993    1994    1995    1996    1997    1998

1999    2000    2001    2002    2003    2004    2005    2006    2007

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