Damaged by flooding, the lights dim at Stage Center

[OKCTalker]

EBAH - We're sorry to see you leave.

The issue is money. Even before it flooded, key groups weren't interested in continuing or commencing funding of this building. City of OKC, Arts Council or Devon. If you want to see it preserved, then open your checkbook (hope you've got a big balance).

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"Instant beautification" pretty much says it all. There is a lot of backstory to the Mummers Theatre and how this building came to be, and what happened after not even one season of performances... I'm working to document some of it now. Let's just say that its demise was in the best tradition of the power of the OKC Elite of the time.

I truly hope that someone in this city (Keesee?) will stand up the money to make this right. It really is a historical piece of architecture.

[OKCTalker]

"The site will be adjacent to and complement the Myriad Gardens now being planned."

And now the Myriad Gardens are being RENOVATED as part of Project 180.

Just goes to show how some things fill a need, receive support, evolve and are reborn. But not all things.