About Tater Patch Players:

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Mission Statement: We will promote and foster drama, live theater, and the performing arts in Pickens County.  We will entertain and enrich our audiences. We will promote a creative environment where all participants will be needed, involved, informed, responsible, and accountable.  All participants will share in shaping their growth and the future of Tater Patch Players.

Tater Patch Players is a community theater group, founded in 1977. We are a registered 501(c)3 organization. We are guided by a board of 9 members.  Eight are elected annually and the ninth is the immediate past president.

Through these many years, we’ve put on all sorts of quality productions.  We always strive to involve members from throughout the area in the many aspects of production.  We have grown from putting on a show during every summer to today’s program.

Beginning in fall of 2008, we will transition into a four show full stage season.  We also perform several poetry readings a year and have just ventured into the world of dinner theater.  Our dinner theater focuses on small venues with casual dining, reflected in it's name:  Bistro Theater. 

 We put on a summer camp for children during the summer, granting scholarships to those who need them.  We try to be a positive force in our community, inviting youth in foster care and similar programs to attend our main stage productions; we participate in the Fourth of July parade and were a part of the First Annual Christmas in the Mountains parade and celebration in 2007.  We help with the Pickens High School Drama Club’s productions when they need us.  Tater Patch is active in the Pickens County Chamber of Commerce, Jasper Merchants Association and a very proud member of the American Association of Community Theaters. 

Please enjoy our website and learn more about us.  We look forward to seeing you in our audience, backstage or on stage!