The amphitheater is located just north of West Lafayette, Indiana on 166 acres on State Route 43 near the Wabash River, within walking distance of the Tippecanoe Battlefield Park.
[1] The drama was written by Dr. Dale E. Miller, Purdue University Theatre Faculty Emeritus, and the late Dr. Sam Smiley, a Columbus, Indiana native and feature film writer.
Purdue professor Richard K. Thomas composed the sound design,[3] creating an 8-channel surround audio using a Yamaha Rev 7 to master the mix.
[3] Carrie Newcomer, an Indiana folk music composer, wrote "Sounds of the Morning" for the production, played as a prologue and as patrons left the amphitheater.
[7] The Lafayette Rotary Archives of 1983-84, described their work to complete the box office structure: "Interested members formed a Battle of Tippecanoe Outdoor Drama Project Committee...
[12] The 1990 program reported on the production company adding a clan mother of the Shawnee as a consultant and making changes to the drama to improve its portrayal of Native Americans.
We are honored to add Nita Bruce, Hawk Clan Mother, Upper Kispoko Band, Shawnee Nation of Indiana, and a descendant of Pocahontas, as a consultant to (the drama).
[14] The authors of Creating Historical Drama: A Guide for Communities, Theatre Groups, and Playwrights (2005) interviewed Dale Miller as they studied the experience in Lafayette.
It dooms the entire operation.”[15]In 2006, nearby Cass County's Chief Logan's Port of Living History Festival at France Park was reported as struggling in its second year.