The Chattanooga Theatre Centre offers first-rate, live stage productions year round on two stages from our beautiful facility on the Tennessee River.
Founded in 1923 as the Little Theatre of Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Theatre Centre is one of the oldest, largest, and busiest community theatres in the country. Our 15 productions per year—seen by audiences of more than 50,000 people—represent theatrical experiences of the highest caliber.
Upcoming Productions and Events
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The Colonnade Performing Arts Theater is home to several local community theater production companies which provide quality theater programs and participation opportunities for all ages.\n\n \n
Upcoming Productions
Step into 1864! The War Between the States comes to life on a magnificent 19th-century set in the beautifully reproduced Victorian dining and performance hall. The story of a Union soldier meeting his Confederate brother on the battlefield is based on hundreds of diaries and memoirs form the period.\n\nOpen year-round, this indoor, family-friendly production in Whitwell (just 35 miles west of Chattanooga) immerses the audiences in the 1860s, with fascinating tidbits of history, dining tables made from old church pews and authentic recipes from the cookbook of Varina Davis, wife of Confederate President Jefferson David.
Dalton Little Theatre, DLT, held its first documented performance in 1869. The organization began as The Dalton Amateurs, and continued as The Sophoclean Dramatic Club, and The Dalton Players, before becoming Dalton Little Theatre in 1955. The theatre has performed continuously except for breaks during WWI and WWII. The organization formally incorporated in 1958, and found its first home in 1981 when it converted the former firehouse built in 1888 into The Firehouse Theatre. The Firehouse Theatre is often referred to as The Old Dalton Firehouse and it remains the home of Dalton Little Theatre to this day.\n\n \n