Sliman Theater for the Performing Arts

129 E. Main Street,
New Iberia, LA 70560

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DavidZornig
DavidZornig on August 8, 2020 at 10:58 am

Update on sign restoration.

https://www.iberianet.com/news/theater-sign-restored-to-glory-nearly/article_d22c02a0-d871-11ea-aff3-63be8b11c88f.html?fbclid=IwAR2ogM1gcpKhBNcUf2WZ8SdOv77sCFQ3EVgRj5mJa3eHS4-D6Ep4lP1DF4w

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on January 17, 2020 at 9:33 pm

Sign removal for restoration.

https://www.katc.com/news/local-news/iberia-parish/iconic-piece-of-new-iberia-main-street-being-restored-to-original-glory?fbclid=IwAR3wrtzp05R-K5Wmy25K77ji98RtWiHafq267FQ-E-wKwxpVJX6FIw5Xpbo

robboehm
robboehm on December 3, 2019 at 1:12 pm

One film in the current Lifetime Christmas movie series, “Christmas in Louisiana”, purports to be in New Iberia. A number of scenes in the film actually include various views of the exterior of this theater.

Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on April 4, 2013 at 7:39 am

The tall blade sign of this theater is prominently featured in the opening scenes of the 2009 film “In the Electric Mist.”

RoadsideArchitecture.com
RoadsideArchitecture.com on June 5, 2010 at 3:16 pm

Some history from this website:
http://www.cityofnewiberia.com/site402.php

The Evangeline Theater started its life as a wholesale grocery building in the late nineteenth or twentieth century. Remodeled for a movie house in 1929, the building gained its current Art Deco façade and other characteristics during a 1939/40 renovation. The two story brick building’s façade is clad in stucco and pigmented structural glass.

dhowell
dhowell on June 6, 2008 at 9:58 am

The Sliman family donated this theater to the City of New Iberia in 1994. State Representative Bo Ackal initiated efforts to acquire funding to preserve this “Art Deco” gem and restore it to its useful purpose for the community. As a result of these efforts, the City received a State Capital Outlay Grant in 1995 for the proposed project and work began in 1997. The doors of The Sliman Theater for Performing Arts opened in 1998, since then the theater has established itself as a quality venue for performance art.
It’s nice to see that some people still donate to worthy causes. Now the city has a live venue for generations to come if they can maintain it.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on August 16, 2005 at 2:04 pm

Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook; 1941 edition as the Evangeline Theater with 600 seats.