Welcome to the Missouri Theater Home Page
(St Joseph, Mo - NOT Columbia, Mo)
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Welcome to the Missouri Theater Home Page (St Joseph, Mo - NOT Columbia, Mo) |
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Here are some Technical Specifications: here
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The Missouri Theater is owned by the City Of St Joseph, and
is rented to arts organizations as their main performance
venue.
The St. Joseph Symphony, The Performing Arts Association and Robidoux Resident Theatre present the majority of their seasons in the Missouri Theater. In addition, the American BarberBoys, the St. Joseph Community Chorus, the St. Joseph Show Chorus of Sweet Adelines, and CAP (Creative Arts Productions) have regular presentations in the theater. All are members of the Allied Arts Council. The theater can also be rented by others. Contact Kathy Brock of the Parks, Recreation and Civic Facilities department at 816-271-4628. The Theater underwent a $1,900,000 renovation in 2002, reopening in March. Below are some photos of the renovations and some of the technical information. |
Here are some Technical Specifications: here
A Few OLD pix here - NEW ones below - keep scrolling!
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A Few New Pix here
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| Vintage cars lined up outside the St. Joseph Mo
Missouri Theater for its grand re-opening March 19, 2002
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| Close-up of lobby as it adjoins theater proper | Detail of the frieze around the sides represent sacrificial rams kneeling before the tree of mystery |
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Close-up of the "canopy" - made of plaster |
New expensive LED lighting allows a multitude of colors in the house |
Links to Allied Arts Council 2002/2002 renovation pages here - photos of the renovations in progress
Links to old newspaper clippings on the city website HERE.
Waylande Gregory designed and created all the sculptural work in the theater in 1926 and 1927.
Here is what Waylande Gregory promised in advance of the construction of his works. Did he deliver? I think so!
Links to Waylande Gregory Pages:
Most recent with Mo Theater etc Pages presented by Bianca Brown, de-facto curator of Waylande Gregory legend
Link to Friends page that Josh put up is here
There is another Missouri Theatre built by the Boller Brothers in Columbia, Mo the year after ours was constructed.
(It's nice...but not as nice as the original Missouri Theater, above.)
Here are some great links to pages about the Boller Brothers, and other great historic theaters.
Waylande Gregory also wrote at least one piece of sheet music The Kitty Wobble - I did not know that!
