7/11/2023 0 Comments Little theatre off broadway![]() MLT is the only one of the few theatres in the state to have a Youth Division. Numerous volunteers are utilized to mount over 50 performances annually, with leadership provided by dedicated board members, staff, and volunteers. The theatre performs four major productions, a youth production, and a children’s summer workshop each season. Tiffany McGehee became the Artistic Director on June 1, 2022. Ellie Massey was Executive/Artistic Director until 2020. In August of 2013 the theatre was under the direction of Ronnie Miller. Broadway and Off-Broadway productions are composed of volunteer actors from Meridian, the Naval Air Station, surrounding areas, and at times professionally known actors.įor 50 years, the late Jimmy Pigford served as Resident Director of MLT. Meridian Little Theatre programming puts emphasis on the best in large scale musicals and contemporary plays. Since its beginning, MLT has been entertaining theatre-goers with a stimulating array of musicals and American standards. Located on Highway 39 North, housed in a modern, million dollar specially designed playhouse, comfortably seating 400, it has the latest in stage lighting and a Peavey sound system. Organization. It has since grown to be Mississippi’s largest community theatre, welcoming over 22,000 theatre-goers each year. In 1965, it was chartered as a non-profit arts Meridian Little Theatre, one of the South’s oldest subscription-based community theatres, was founded in 1932 when its first production was presented in Highland Park.
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