Zach Theatre is older than it looks.
The standard history — which Zach itself has touted and which I’ve repeated — states that Austin’s regional theater was born in 1932.
Not so, it turns out. According to contemporary stories in newspaper archives now easily available online, what eventually became Zach premiered as the Austin Community Players in 1921. That troupe turned into Austin Little Theatre in 1927. It took the name Austin Civic Theater in 1949 and then Zachary Scott Theater Center in 1967.
Jazz hands: The troupe shortened its name to Zach Theatre in 2008.