History

• Founded in 1946 by Art Cole, Director Emeritus
• Annual fundraiser – Summer Mummers – started in 1949
• Opened Theatre Center – near Dennis the Menace park – in 1958
• Opened Cole Theatre at 2000 West Wadley in 1978
• Summer Mummers started being produced at Yucca Theatre in 1981
• Hosted 1995 National AACT (American Association of Community Theatre) festival
• Purchased historic Yucca Theatre in downtown Midland in 1999
• Produced EVITA with MOSC at Chap Center in 2001
• $3.6 million capital campaign allowed MCT to renovate Cole Theatre in 2005
• Hosted International AACT festival in 2006 at the Cole Theatre
• First community theatre in USA to produce THE PRODUCERS (2008) and RENT (2009)
• Represented North American at IATA International Theatre festival in Norway in 2011