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ABOUT GPT

The Great Plains Theatre (GPT) was established in 1995 as a 501-C3 non-profit year-round professional theatre. Dream big at GPT by experiencing live, professional theatre on I-70 between Denver and Kansas City. Through the years, GPT has developed a flourishing education program for regional youth members and continues to share exemplary, family-friendly main stage performances. As Abilene grows and evolves, so does Great Plains Theatre by adding diverse opportunities for entertainment and giving back to the community. Great Plains Theatre truly has something for everyone. The quality theatrical productions are bound to astound. You will be leaving the theatre with a song in your head, joy in your heart, and a smile on your face!

SELECT PREVIOUS SHOWS AT GPT

The 1940' Radio Hour

A Christmas Carol

Working

Fiddler on the Roof

Always, Patsy Cline

Dames at Sea

Children of Eden

Pump Boys and Dinettes

The Sound of Music

The Odd Couple

Steel Magnolias

Camelot

Peter Pan

Oklahoma!

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Carousel

Nunsense

Forever Plaid

The Miracle Worker

Winnie the Pooh

Godspell

It's a Wonderful Life

Pinocchio

Guys and Dolls

White Christmas

Damn Yankees

She Loves Me

Annie, Get Your Gun

Mamma Mia 

Gypsy

Empires Fall

Frozen Jr. 

The Music Man

EMMA: A Pop Musical JV

The Giver

Madagascar: A Musical Adventure Jr.

Footloose

Matilda the Musical

Camp Rock the Musical

The Christmas Schooner

Winter Wonderettes

The Secret Garden

Annie

Alice in Wonderland

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

The Music Man

Little Shop of Horrors

To Kill a Mockingbird

Noises Off

Bye Bye Birdie

Of Mice and Men

Barefoot in the Park

Our Town

South Pacific

Rumors

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Arsenic and Old Lace

Man of La Mancha

Lend Me a Tenor

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

All Shook Up

The Fantasticks

Big River

Ragtime

Peter and the Starcatcher

Camelot

The Lion in Winter

Shrek the Musical

Pirates of Penzance

Disaster!

Grease

Godspell (2012)

Elf - the Musical

The Ugly Duckling

Jersey Boys

Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Wonderland High

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