In July 1997, the Executive Yuan's Council for Cultural Affairs hired the Miaoli Academy of Hakka Theater to take part in the council's Folk Arts Preservation and Training Program.
民國八十六年七月，「苗栗客家戲曲學苑」接受行政院文建會委託執行「民間藝術保存傳習計畫」，招募學生學習客家採茶戲。