About Us
Weathervane Playhouse History
The mission of Weathervane Playhouse is to entertain, educate, and inspire our community through quality professional theatre productions and theatre arts education.
From Stable to Stage…
Weathervane Playhouse had its birth in a barn in Heath, Ohio, July 8, 1969, opening with a most appropriate musical, Good News!. From the first moment, Licking County’s professional summer theater grew in the hearts and minds of the local community.
After having been housed in a barn, a tent, and a large, open-air pavillion, Weathervane Playhouse moved to its permanent location on land provided by the Thomas J. Evans Foundation. It was in the spring 1976, with strong community support from the Newark Area Jaycees and the Ohio National Guard, that the theater was transported and rebuilt in its present location.