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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Oregon » Medford » Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
Also known as Craterian Theater

Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater

Medford, OR
23 S. Central Avenue
, Medford, OR 97501 United States
(map)
541.779.3000
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Spanish Colonial
Function: Community Arts Center
Seats: 739
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Frank Clark
Firm: Unknown
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The Craterian, named after nearby Crater Lake, opened in 1924 as playhouse seating 1,200 but by the advent of sound it was playing movies. It was originally operated by George A. Hunt who later sold his lease to Fox Theatres and then bought it back in 1933 after Fox's bankruptcy.

In the late 1980s, after it had outlived its usefulness as a movie theater, Craterian Performance Company, a non-profit volunteer group, was formed to see its conversion to a performing arts center. After $5.2 million in donations by the public, businesses and government agencies, the theater was renovated and opened in 1997.

The Craterian in its name honors the memory of Ginger Rogers, a long-time Oregon ranch owner and resident who first performed at the Craterian in 1926 and again in 1993 for a benefit interview and a showing of her 1942 movie, "Roxie Hart". Today it is used for a variety of performing arts and is available to the community for many uses.

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Craterian Performances and the CGRT (Official)
Contributed by Ron Pierce

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The original Craterian was designed by Frank Clark, a prominent Oregon architect, who also designed the local Holly Theatre.
posted by ronp on Dec 21, 2003 at 6:39pm
Here is a night view of the Ginger Rogers Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 17, 2008 at 4:23pm
1980 Photo

1981 Photo

1986 Photo

posted by Lost Memory on Apr 21, 2009 at 4:53pm
The pipe organ was a Wurlitzer Style D Special of 3 manuals and 8 ranks. It was sold in 1962 to Bob and Laura Burke in Portland. The organ is still in the Portland area.
posted by Tom DeLay on Oct 26, 2009 at 10:57pm
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