About MICT

The Murrells Inlet Community Theatre is a nonprofit organization founded in April of 1998. MICT produces a minimum of three plays each season, beginning with a fall production. A General Membership Meeting is held each May.

The 11-member board of directors meets monthly. Board members serve two-year, staggered terms. Elections for these board positions are held each May. All paid members are eligible to vote. Annual dues are $10.

A Play Reading Committee reads scripts and makes proposals to the board, which selects plays for the upcoming season(s).

In addition to presenting three plays each year, MICT often hosts or participates in other creative endeavors. Past projects have included a Youth Theatre Workshop held during the summer, a Lowcountry Playwriting Competition, and acting and technical workshops. Troupe members also have performed at the Blessing of the Inlet, held each May, and our Readers Theatre has performed numerous times at meetings and social gatherings throughout the area.

Murrells Inlet Community Theatre was founded in 1998
and has brought the following plays to the Waccamaw Neck;

April 3, 1998 - First organizational meeting held at Murrells Inlet Community Center. Thirty-two people attended.

May 1998 - Group has a booth at Belin Memorial United Methodist Church's Blessing of the Inlet, allowing visitors to vote on a name for the new organization. "Murrells Inlet Community Theatre" gets the most votes.

August 1998 - Adopted Constitution and Bylaws.

November 1998 - MICT's first production, Plaza Suite, opens at Murrells Inlet Community Center. Linda Hopkins directs and Jim Hopkins constructs set. Hank Alexander designs MICT's first lighting system, utilizing handmade console (built by Hank and Lynn Hollinger) and lights made from No. 10 vegetable cans donated by area restaurants. 

August 7-9, 2000 - MICT conducts Youth Theater Workshop. Twenty-six young people participate. Program directors are Rita Walsh, Nancy Kolman, Holley Aufdemorte, and Caroline Aufdemorte. Guest artist is Bill Oberst.

2000 - MICT sponsors Lowcountry Playwriting Competition. Greg Paxton of Pawleys Island wins with his one-act play Grand Strand Ghosts, Inc., which is produced in 2001 by MICT as a summer production.

November 2003 - MICT's 5th Anniversary Gala held at Murrells Inlet Community Center.

September 2007 - Celebrated launch of 10th Anniversary Season with an open house, music by Phyllis Tannerfrye and Q&A with professional actor, director and producer TL Kolman of Los Angeles.