Bremerton Community Theatre

Bremerton Community Theatre started life as part of a drama program intended to put a little meaning into the lives of the crowd of war-workers drawn to the Navy Yard during the war. The City of Bremerton had expanded from about 15,000 population in 1939 to an estimated 75,000 by 1943. This was a small town with lots of strangers, living in make-shift quarters. Many became homesick, or bored, and started to wander back home. The federal government allotted money to cities like Bremerton to pay…

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Bremerton Community Theatre started life as part of a drama program intended to put a little meaning into the lives of the crowd of war-workers drawn to the Navy Yard during the war. The City of Bremerton had expanded from about 15,000 population in 1939 to an estimated 75,000 by 1943. This was a small town with lots of strangers, living in make-shift quarters. Many became homesick, or bored, and started to wander back home. The federal government allotted money to cities like Bremerton to pay for recreation programs - anything to keep the war workers busy and on the job. Some of that money was allocated to the City Park and Recreation Department for an amateur drama program, and a drama director was hired.

On May 6, 1976 our new theatre finally opened with the play The Patriots. It was our 124th play since Community Theatre began operating in 1944. But we had finally moved from improvised facilities in a little wooden building at 12th & Broadway, to a new building actually built to be a theatre from the start.

We had operated for 30 years in a little theatre seating 72 people, with a stage only 16' square. Now here we were with a new building, 192 theatre seats for our audience, and a 25' deep stage with a fancy stage rigging system. Categories:   Attractions | Ticket Sales

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