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The Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Children's Theatre was started in 1970 as part of the Morale Welfare Music & Theatre program. The Music & Theatre Diretor and overall head of this program was Lionel Austell. Robert L. Taylor, a Theatre Specialist who had previously worked at the Nashville, Tennessee Children's Theatre, began the Children's Theatre program at Fort Campbell.

For the next 16 years, Taylor and others produced and directed plays for children performed by children. Most of the plays were original adaptations of stories and fairy tales in public domain, and some were totally original plays. After the initial launch, Heide Hepler, Music Specialist with the Music and Theatre program, shared management of the Children's Theatre program with Taylor.

Both Hepler and Taylor wrote original plays, adapted plays in public domain, and produced and directed plays for the Children's Theatre, with all roles and technical support provided by children and teenage individuals in the local area.

The two collaborated on original musicals, including "The Witch Who Went West," a Halloween production, and "The Toymaker," a Christmas production. The script and lyrics were written by Taylor, with music composed by Hepler. The Children's Theatre was a popular venue at Fort Campbell until the Music and Theatre program was dissolved in 1986. Hairhorse (talk) 18:08, 31 March 2013 (UTC)