Shawnee Summer Theatre (Bloomfield, Indiana)

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In June of 1960, the curtain went upon Shawnee Theatre's very first play, and a Hoosier tradition was born. For the next twenty years, plays took place in an old gravel-floored, un-air-conditioned barn just east of Bloomfield, Indiana.

By the 1970's audiences and the company had outgrown the barn. So, in 1979, the Board of Trustees moved Shawnee into a specially built theatre just off U.S. 231, a mile south of Bloomfield on Furnace Road.

As we prepare to raise the curtain on Shawnee's 47th season, we have much to celebrate: Shawnee has endured to become Indiana's oldest continuous professional summer theatre. Famous actors like Jim Belushi, Ken Kercheval, Leo Bermaster and Marie Masters have graced our stage. Our audiences continue to grow every year and the quality of the company and the plays we produce matches that of professional theatres everywhere. We have a heavy mantle to bear every year as we prepare to entertain and delight audiences, but we will once again rise to the challenge.

And now there is more good news! In 1998, through the new Greene County Foundation, Shawnee received a $271,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment. This funding was used for much-needed capital improvement projects: New heating and air conditioning, a new stage floor, a renovated lobby and company housing, handicap accessibility upgrade, and new sound and lighting systems!