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About the Drama Center

 The Cookeville Drama Center

The Cookeville Drama Center is a fully-equipped, 458 seat live performance theatre owned by the City of Cookeville and operated by the Department of Leisure Services. The facility was built with Model Cities grant money and opened in August 1979. The Cookeville Drama Center houses the Margery Hargrove Auditorium, named in 1989 for the First Lady of Theatre in the area. 

The Drama Center staff produces the state, regional, and national award winning Drama Center Backstage series, an annual series of contemporary plays with variable seating and staging arrangements.  In addition, the Drama Center is the home of Cookeville Children’s Theatre productions and a variety of special events including The Great TV Auction- the local PBS affiliate (WCTE TV) annual fund-raiser, the Kiwanis Club auction, Tennessee High School Speech and Drama League’s regional one-act play competition, Tennessee Technological University Center Stage events, various concerts, forums, performances, pageants, seminars,  and has served on several occasions as host of the annual Tennessee Theatre Association AACT/Fest.  The Drama Center is available for rental at most affordable rates. For more information call 931-528-1313 or email.