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| 2661 Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock, NC, 28731 | |
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Specialties
Professional Live Theatre, Concerts, Plays, Musicals
History
Established in 1937.
The Vagabond Players
In 1937, a group of struggling performers, led by Robroy Farquhar, organized themselves as the Vagabond Players. The Vagabonds worked in a variety of places over the course of three years, and in 1940 found themselves in the Blue Ridge region of Western North Carolina. The local and tourist community welcomed them with open arms when they presented their first summer season of plays in a 150 year old grist mill they converted into The Old Mill Playhouse at Highland Lake. So successful was that summer, they returned in 1941.
Lake Summit Playhouse
After WWII, the Vagabond Players reorganized, came back to the region and opened a playhouse in nearby Lake Summit. The Lake Summit Playhouse thrived during the post war years and soon the Vagabond Players were looking for a larger and permanent home.
The Birth of Flat Rock Playhouse
In 1952, the troupe of performers, and a newly formed board of directors, made an offer to buy an 8 acre lot in the Village of Flat Rock.
