Our Theatre’s History:

Built in 1940
Original owner Dick Vlastos
2001 The Prairie Preservation Guild, a non profit organization was formed to save the theater and purchased the theater for $30,000
Funding was obtained from Indiana Historic Landmarks Foundation ($2,000 grant) and a $60,000 line of credit

The theater re-opened in December of 2001 and renovations continued until you see what we have in place today

The artist behind the beauty:
David Orr of Sapphire Theatre Company out of Indianapolis
All the detail paintings were done by him. In the lobby, the friese was done on his back, on scaffolding for 5 days.