The Richland Players

In 1944, the year that the first nuclear reactor started operation at Hanford, the Richland Village Players was created out of a community meeting held in the G range Hall. On May 27 of that year, less than three months after the Grange Hall meeting, the Players staged their first production "Dixie Jubilee" before a full house in the auditorium of the newly built high school.

The vision that created the Richland Players in 1944 to bring music and laughter to an isolated community, and opportunities for local citizens to directly participate, continues today. As the community has evolved in the demographics of age and culture, so too has the Theater evolved its repertoire and vision for new productions.

Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1947, the Richland Players Theater has offered a full season of live performances annually and without interruption for more than 70 years. In 1971 the Players purchased and moved into the former Richland Movie Theater at 608 The Parkway in Richland. - the very same theater in Richland that opened in their first year of existence!