PREMIERE MUSICAL IN BRAND NEW DINNER THEATRE OPENS THIS FRIDAY!Come see: Oklahoma!
Also enjoy: Dinner!
Be part of: The first audience of a brand new theatre, destined to become a theatrical tradition in Pennsylvania.
When: April 2nd to May 9th
Where: The new Fishing Creek Playhouse and Dinner Theatre
Location: 450 Fishing Creek Road; Etters, PA
10 minutes from Harrisburg, just off I-83
The Harrisburg-Hershey-Carlisle-York-Annville-Lebanon region is gaining a brand new Dinner Theatre, part of a much larger vision of Dr. Robert Barr's Agrarian Country complex planned for the Grantville region. The theatre, Fishing Creek Playhouse and Dinner Theatre, opens to the public with its first Broadway musical April 2, 2010.It will take a number of years to complete the massive Agrarian Country project, 
which will encompass approximately 1,800 acres, and will teach visitors about the backbone of Pennsylvania culture and life--agriculture!
which will encompass approximately 1,800 acres, and will teach visitors about the backbone of Pennsylvania culture and life--agriculture! The planned complex will feature the relocated "Star Barn," a Heritage Arts Center, other relocated historical Pennsylvania buildings, important agricultural equipment from bygone days, and much more.
FISHING CREEK PLAYHOUSE AND DINNER THEATRE
One facet of Agrarian Country's Heritage Arts Center that will come to life this Friday night is the debut of Fishing Creek Playhouse and Dinner Theatre. This weekend will be your opportunity to enjoy one of the longest-running musicals from Broadway, performed by the new professional non profit, non-equity theatre.
TICKETS FOR: FISHING CREEK'S OKLAHOMA!
The online Box Office is available 24 hours a day, and allows patrons to choose their own seating. You can go online to select seats and purchase tickets, as well as peruse the rest of the shows in the current season. Click Here to visit the Box Office to view shows descriptions an
d dates and to make your reservation for any show in the 2010 season!
d dates and to make your reservation for any show in the 2010 season!THE NEW HERITAGE ARTS CENTER:
The Center will be Agrarian Country's first fully-operational educational center and will include 
a large multi-interest museum, 400-seat dinner theater and restaurant as well as facilities for educational programs in the arts, portraying our agricultural heritage, legacy, and culture. This facility will take approximately two years to complete. A short-term initiative under the Heritage Arts Center purview is the establishment of Agrarian Country’s Fishing Creek Playhouse and Dinner Theater.
a large multi-interest museum, 400-seat dinner theater and restaurant as well as facilities for educational programs in the arts, portraying our agricultural heritage, legacy, and culture. This facility will take approximately two years to complete. A short-term initiative under the Heritage Arts Center purview is the establishment of Agrarian Country’s Fishing Creek Playhouse and Dinner Theater. Agrarian Country has leased a facility in northern York County off the Fishing reek Exit (Exit 36) along Interstate-83. This location will host the 2010 season beginning with Oklahoma! 
Earlier this year, Fishing Creek Playhouse presented a special agricultural-related Broadway review at the 2010 Pennsylvania Farm Show. The show, "Broadway, Down on the Farm," was performed four times daily in the main exhibition building. Farm Show executives stated it was a huge hit and brought thousands of people to the show.
STARS Project
Congruent with the Agrarian Country's educational mandate, the organization has launched their youth educational program called, STARS. Targeted toward 3rd to 12th graders, STARS will focus on the performing arts.
ABOUT AGRARIAN COUNTRY:
Agrarian Country is a nonprofit organization,
established to preserve Pennsylvania farmland and farm buildings and to provide a place where people of all ages can visit and participate in the operation of numerous agricultural enterprises in a real-life farm setting. One of the most visible projects is the rescue and eventual restoration of one of Pennsylvania's treasures: The Star Barn.Th
rough farmland preservation and hands-on agricultural educational activities, Agrarian Country hopes to rekindle interest in America’s agricultural heritage and a self-sufficient way of life, to promote wholesome, moral, and healthy living, and provide a refreshing escape from everyday stresses. Agrarian Country is investing today to benefit future generations. Agrarian Country will have three centers:
- Center for Agricultural Enterprises
- Center for Agricultural Education
- Center for Agricultural Tourism.
