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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Grove schedules 'extreme theatre' experience
Deseret News, 8 February 2004
Article Summary:
The Grove Theatre is scheduling a 24-hour "extreme theatre" event for 6 March 2004. Five directors, five playwrights, and a group of actors will have 24 hours to create and produce five short plays. February 21 is the deadline for applications from those interested in being involved with the project.
