Built in 1935, our theatre showed movies until the mid 1970s when single screens fell out of favor.    The building remained empty until 1977 when of enthusiastic thespians removed the projector, screen, boilers, and created the Summerville Community Theatre.  Home to the Flowertown Players, we have been producing live plays ever since.  Founder James F. Dean played a big role in saving the building from destruction in 1988 and was able to purchase it from the city of Summerville.  For this reason and many others, we renamed the build the James F Dean theatre in 1990.   Over the years there has been fire flooding, hurricane damage, and multiple renovations. At least five marriages have come out from couples meeting during a production.