Mission Statement:

Mesquite Community Theatre strives to provide live theatrical entertainment to the eastern Dallas County region that is a cut above traditional community theater fare. To this end, MCT will engage with the community served and will work diligently to attract the best talent, producing a rich blend of entertaining, challenging and, occasionally, thought-provoking work.

History

In the fall of 1983, Steve and Tricia Crawley put a notice in the Mesquite newspaper inviting any interested persons to a meeting at their home to start a community theater in Mesquite. Approximately six people came that first night, including a friend or two of the Crawleys. Tricia Crawley provided the artistic leadership of the fledgling group, being our resident actress, and Steve marshaled the other members to raise funds, find rehearsal and performance space, and get the word out that Mesquite now had a community theater.

They also made flats, scrounged props and costumes, recruited directors and actors, and tried harder to raise money. The bylaws to make Mesquite Community Theater a nonprofit corporation were signed on January 24, 1984. The first rehearsal space was the fellowship hall of a local church.