Our History

A group of local residents met in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sullivan to discuss starting a community theater, which would be called Washington Community Theater.

WCT’s first production, Anniversary Waltz, was directed by Ken Frazier and presented at the Beth Israel Synagogue.

WCT puts on its first musical, The Music Man, directed by Peggy Pepper and starring Elaine Moore and Don Cummins, at the Washington Park Main Pavilion (now the Washington Park Rotary Club Main Pavilion).

WCT held its only play ever at the park, The Odd Couple, and moved subsequent Fall shows to other venues around Washington to avoid the cold! 

WCT performs its first show with live microphones, The Sound of Music, directed by Peggy Pepper. 

Mr. Barry Wood directs his first show at WCT, Annie Get Your Gun. He directed 28 shows at WCT during his lifetime. 

The cast of Oliver breaks (and continues to hold) WCT’s record for “largest cast” at 109 cast members.

WCT presented its longest ever show, Camelot, directed by Cindy Berg. It was the only show that started one evening and ended early the next morning!

WCT gained its nonprofit cooperative corporation status, officially becoming known as The Washington Community Theatre, Inc. 

The famous Barry Wood directed his last two shows, Brigadoon in Summer and Happy Holidaze in Fall. 

WCT Kidz was established.

WCT celebrates 50 years as a community theater group.

WCT performs its first show back - “Into The Woods,” directed by Adam Brock - after a season and a half was cancelled due to COVID. 

WCT celebrates its 50th year of musical performances at Washington Park.