I worked at the Will Rogers Theater in Tulsa with Ben Kehe, Frank Pyro, Mickey Drake, J.C. Duncan and Margaret Wellman from 1969 to 1974 first as a ticket taker and later as the house manager. I have very fond memories of my time there because they were an extraordinary group of people to work with.
The auditorium was almost unaltered from the time the theater opened until it closed in 1976. The lobbies were updated multiple times. A very large oil painting of Will Rogers had at one time hung in the lobby but after being vandalized had been moved upstairs to the house managers office. I hope that painting was donated to either Will Rogers High School or the Will Rogers museum in Claremore.
I worked at the Will Rogers Theater in Tulsa with Ben Kehe, Frank Pyro, Mickey Drake, J.C. Duncan and Margaret Wellman from 1969 to 1974 first as a ticket taker and later as the house manager. I have very fond memories of my time there because they were an extraordinary group of people to work with.
The auditorium was almost unaltered from the time the theater opened until it closed in 1976. The lobbies were updated multiple times. A very large oil painting of Will Rogers had at one time hung in the lobby but after being vandalized had been moved upstairs to the house managers office. I hope that painting was donated to either Will Rogers High School or the Will Rogers museum in Claremore.
Respectfully Submitted, Dale Catlin, Wichita, Kansas