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.
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.
President: Claudia Gaarz
Vice President: Barry Swindall
Treasurer: Hazel Bell
Prop Mistress: Mindy Wilborn
Martha Twaddell
Kate Hicks
Becki Esch
Meagan Sellers
Andrew Guzman
Jeff Wright
Weslee Vance
Tonya Pattilo
Robert Houston
Claudia Gaarz
Luelda Robichaux (Guild President)
"2014"
The Fantastics
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"
State Fair
Anne of Green Gables
Babes in Toyland
"2011"
Godspell
Father of the Bride
Miracle on 34th Street
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
"2010"
The Wizard of Oz
Romeo and Juliet
Dracula
It's a Wonderful Life
To Kill a Mockingbird
"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 Witcha 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
The Sound of Music
2003
Steel Magnolias
Miracle on 34th Street
Sylvia
Cinderella
2002
Fiddler on the Roof
Moon Over Buffalo
A Christmas Carol
Bus Stop
2001
Oliver
The Odd Couple (Female Version)
A Christmas Story
Cat On a Hot Tin Roof
2000
Guys and Dolls
Frosty the Snowman
The Rainmaker
1999
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
It's A Wonderful Life
Nunsense II: the Second Coming
1998
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Cheaper By The Dozen
To Gillian, On Her 37th Birthday
1997
The Wizard of Oz
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Wait Until Dark
1996
Paint Your Wagon
The Glass Menagerie
Driving Miss Daisy
1995
Li'l Abner
The Oldest Living Graduate (production canceled)
The Odd Couple
1994
Nunsense
Blithe Spirit
The Nerd
1993
Camelot
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
1776
1992
Fiddler on the Roof
Rumors
Bexar
1991
The Foreigner
Oliver!
Steel Magnolias
Lend Me A Tenor
1990
My Fair Lady
The Sound of Music
The Fourposter
The Clock Shop
1989
On Borrowed Time
Annie
Harvey
1988
Cinderella
House of Blue Leaves
Carnival
Arsenic and Old Lace
1987
The Odd Couple (female version)
The Music Man
You Can't Take It With You
1986
Carnegie Players 10th Anniversary Gala
The King and I
Murder for the Asking
Alice in Wonderland
1985
Deathtrap
Annie Get Your Gun
Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander
1984
Plaza Suite
South Pacific
The Diviners
My Three Angels
1983
The Rainmaker
Oklahoma
Bus Stop
The Homecoming
1982
Barefoot in the Park
The Nutcracker
Inherent Legacy
1981
The Sound of Music
A Christmas Carol
1980
Come Blow Your Horn
The Little Angel Who Was Always Late
