CenterStage North

History:

Back in the summer of 1974 a group of enthusiastic young people were sitting around an apartment clubhouse pool in Smyrna. During the course of the afternoon, they discovered they had many things in common—the most unique was the fact they had all either studied or been involved in drama in high school or college. That got more discussion going about the fact that there was no community theatre in Cobb County. Being the industrious, idealistic folks they were, they decided to form a group of thespians to perform in the area.

Of course, this meant finding a suitable "theatre" and finding suitable funding to pay for royalties, scenery, props, costumes, and everything else necessary to stage a production. They decided to contact the Smyrna Parks & Recreation Department and see what happened. Well, what happened was the powers that be, Mr. Leroy C. Silver, III, said "yes!". "Yes" to funding and to allowing the group which had named itself"Smyrna Community Theatre," to perform in Griffin Middle School.