Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts, Art Deco theatre in downtown Salina, United States.
The Stiefel Theatre is a 1931 Art Deco movie house at 151 S. Santa Fe Avenue in downtown Salina, designed by the Kansas City firm Boller Brothers. Its terracotta facade and interior plasterwork carry Spanish Colonial motifs, and the auditorium seats 1,265. Renovated and reopened in 2003, it now stages live performances and houses the Salina Symphony.
The building opened in 1931 as the Fox-Watson Theatre, designed by the Boller Brothers architectural firm, making it a significant structure from that era. It was designated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, securing its protected heritage status.
The theatre is home to the Salina Symphony, which performs its subscription concerts on its stage. Its stated mission is to "enrich, educate, and entertain", and programming aims at a broad range of genres for a wide audience. The building's name honours the Stiefel family, who funded the 2003 restoration.
The theatre stands at 900 N. Broadway in downtown Salina, and the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is run as a non-profit venue, so the box office is open around performance times rather than all day; check the season calendar before travelling.
The theater closed in 1987 when shopping mall cinemas drew away audiences, leaving the building unused for years. The community rallied to restore it, and it reopened in 2003 after being donated to the city in 1989, marking a return to cultural life.
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