Orpheus Hall
Vernal, Utah
C. W. Showalter, and Andrew King opened the Orpheus Hall on Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1911. The amusement hall had a spring dance floor, but was also used for roller skating, basketball, banquets, and movies. It was named after the Greek god of Mirth, “a famous musician who is reputed to have had power to entrance men, beasts, and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.” At 11:00 PM on New Years Eve, 1928, the hall was renamed Imperial Hall. In a ceremony on 20 April 1965, Governor Governor Calvin L. Rampton took a sledge hammer and delivered the first blow in the demolition of the hall as part of a community beautification campaign.
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Auditions set for 2 theater companies
Deseret News, 24 April 2001, page C4
Article Summary:
The Academy of Performing Arts will hold auditions for “Romeo and Juliet” on May 1 at the Old Farm Community Center, 601 E. 4110 South. The production will be performed during the week of July 23 for the third annual Utah Shakespearean Festival Children's Showcase in the festival's outdoor Adams Memorial Theatre. Students (ages 6 to 16) will need to pay tuition, to help cover production costs, and their own travel and lodging expenses.