Dosta Playhouse
122 N. Ashley Street,
Valdosta,
GA
31602
122 N. Ashley Street,
Valdosta,
GA
31602
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Thanks for the photos Andy.
Here are my pictures from November 2010.
Classy guy SAJ. I dealt with your type at the IMPERIAL in Augusta where Blacks could set anywhere,funny thing James Brown would always catch a movie at the IMPERIAL he wanted to sit in the Balcony first row House left.He was bit more classy than you.
The Dosta Theatre was fabricated from an earlier storefront building. Newspaper accounts claimed that the new exterior facade cost “$30,000”. The theatre had its official opening on Monday, May 5, 1941.
I remember the Dosta Theater during the early 50’s when Blacks were forced to sit in the balcony. During intermission we entertained ourselves by dumping cups of soda (and piss!), pop corn, and assorted debris over the railing on unsuspecting whites sitting below. We were determined to get even with Georgia crackers “by any means necessaryâ€.
Golden Summers in Valdosta
Downtown Dosta
picture show
Pissing from the balcony
on whites below
And the humiliating
back door
at Valdosta’s
Dairy Queen store.
1978 photo of the Dosta Theatre.
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1986 photo of the Dosta Theatre.
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Here is a 2008 photo.
This is a website for Theater Guild Valdosta.
Here is another.
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Here is a night picture.
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Here is a recent close-up of the Dosta Playhouse.
This is a photo of the Dosta Playhouse.