Theater - Washita in Chickasha, Oklahoma

So how about old theaters for a few weeks on Wednesday?

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MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
DEC 9-12

The pigeons are lined up to get good seats.

"The Washita Theatre opened in 1941 -- replacing an original building which was destroyed by fire. Designed by architect Jack Corgan, it featured a round tower structure in the center of the facade which was decorated in bands of red porcelain. It had a seating capacity for 900, in orchestra and balcony levels. The Washita Theatre remained a movie house for the next sixty years, but finally closed in April 2001.

The Chickasha Community Theatre has bought the Washita Theatre in downtown Chickasha, Oklahoma and will renovate and restore the theater into a venue for their theater productions.

The group has operated since 1994 without a permanent home and the purchase of the once immensely popular movie house fulfills their dream.

The original artwork remains although it has been covered by burlap to contain sound in the now-twinned theater.

The balcony had been previously enclosed to form a second screen."

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