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Peacock Performing Arts Center in Hayesville NC

For thirty years, the Peacock Performing Arts Center in Hayesville, NC has been the center of community and cultural activity, providing quality entertainment to residents of Western North Carolina and North Georgia. For this treasure we owe a debt of gratitude to the vision, determination and generosity of its benefactor, Lilith Lidseen.

Ms. Lidseen was a remarkable woman with a formal education in the dramatic arts. In 1970 she ignited a flame of enthusiasm for the performing arts in Clay County. Through resources of the Lidseen Foundation and her own personal funds, she built the Peacock Playhouse, named in honor of her love for this exotic and beautiful bird. Since then theatergoers have enjoyed 130 high quality performances at the Playhouse. These shows were written by America’s finest playwrights and received critical acclaim when they appeared in New York.

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