For over 60 years, the Henderson County Performing Arts Center has been dedicated to providing exceptional entertainment and education to the East Texas region. Initially known as Athens Little Theatre, our organization thrived for approximately 25 years under the leadership of a volunteer Board of Directors and committed community members who acted, designed, built sets, created costumes, and did whatever it took to bring the magic of theater to life.
In 1980, Athens Little Theatre became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and we have proudly operated as such ever since, continuing our mission to enrich lives through the power of the performing arts.
Our mission statement: We Entertain. We Educate. We Change Lives.
WE ENTERTAIN.WE EDUCATE. WE CHANGE LIVES
UPCOMING SHOWS
HCPAC, First state bank and summer at the lake real estate group PRESENT
FEBRUARY 6-15, 2025
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The 2025 season will kick off with the hilarious production of “Southern Hospitality” written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, collectively known as JONES HOPE WOOTEN. Southern Hospitality is directed by Sue Oates, who also directed the previous productions in the trilogy, and stage managed by Alyce Pine.
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
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HCPAC PRESENTS
APRIL 24- May 3, 2025
Continuing the 2025 Season with the Oscar-winning adaptation of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof about life among the Jewish community of a pre-revolutionary Russian village.
Auditions for this incredible production are Monday, Feb. 10 and Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 6 pm to 8 pm.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
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HCPAC PRESENTS
JULY 10-19, 2025
In Bikini Bottom with his best friend Patrick, his neighbor Squidward and friend Sandy Cheeks. When he makes it to his job at the Krusty Krab restaurant, he tries to hint his desire to become the manager to the owner, Mr. Krabs. But, it may be too late for him to obtain the managerial position when a violent tremor suddenly rocks the entire town. A news report reveals that the tremor was caused by the nearby Mount Humongous, a volcano that will soon erupt, throwing the town into a panic. Is the end coming or will SpongeBob save the day?
Auditions for SpongeBob will be April 18 and April 19
sPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL
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HUMBLE INSURANCE PRESENTS
SEPTEMBER 11-20, 2025
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 three-act play by Tennessee Williams. The play is an adaptation of Williams’ 1952 short story “Three Players of a Summer Game.” One of Williams’ more famous works, the play won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in a plantation home in the Mississippi Delta of a wealthy cotton tycoon Big Daddy Pollitt, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy’s family, primarily between his son Brick and Brick’s wife Maggie.
cAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
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HCPAC PRESENTS
OCTOBER 23-26, 2025
Based on Bram Stoker’s 1987 novel, Dracula comes to the HCPAC main stage just in time for Halloween. The play is anchored with a prologue and epilogue delivered by Renfield, a mysterious, insane asylum patient under the spell of Count Dracula, a vampire who is equal parts debonair and violent. When the young Lucy begins to transform into a vampire, her best friend Mina summons a psychiatrist to examine. When Dracula’s lawyer and Mina’s fiancé Harker returns from Dracula’s castle in a state of shock, his journal paints a picture of the full extent of Dracula’s power. As the stakes get higher, the group must fight time to defeat evil. Dracula is under the direction of Joclyn Ewers.
DRACULA
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HCPAC PRESENTS
December 4-13, 2025
You’ll shoot your eye out! The hilarious Christmas movie comes to life at HCPAC in “A Christmas Story: The Musical.” This multigenerational musical takes place in the 1940s in Indiana and focuses on a child named Ralphie, who will do anything to get a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas. He begins his saga of convincing all necessary players from his sweet and protective mother, to his straight-laced teacher, all the way to the big man himself, Santa Claus. Ralphie’s not the only one with dreams, his old man is just as set on his goal of winning a $50,000 Great Figures of World Literature Contest. His dreams come true when he wins a major award: a fishnet stocking clad leg lamp
A CHRISTMAS STORY
The Musical
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