Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Prairie Repertory Theatre (S.D.)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- PRT
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Prairie Repertory Theatre was founded by students and faculty in 1971 after the relocation of the Oldham Opera House. The Prairie Repertory Theatre was created through collaboration by the Prairie Historical Society and South Dakota State University in order to present a joint summer theater season. The Prairie Repertory Theatre has worked to encourage theatrical talents in the community and continue the historic tradition bringing theater to the communities in South Dakota.
The Prairie Repertory Theater presents four plays a summer for a duration of six weeks a play at SDSU in Brookings and at Prairie Village near Madison, SD and recently celebrated their 50th year of theater productions.