Coweta Theater
143 S. Broadway Street,
Coweta,
OK
74429
143 S. Broadway Street,
Coweta,
OK
74429
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Previous Names: Joy Theatre
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The Joy Theatre was opened on August 8, 1946. In the 1960’s it was renamed Coweta Theater.
We live in a small community with the nearest theater being a 30 - 40 minute drive from here. The theater has not been open for over 20 years and was in bad shape. We spent the last 5 weeks night and day working to get it ready to open. We own an audio/visual company and are doing this as a sideline for our community. The whole town cannot wait for us to have a grand opening. We had an open house for our Fall Festival and had capacity crowds. We have not been able to walk down Main Street without being stopped by enthusiastic parents, children and old timer’s who got there first kiss in the theater asking when it is going to open. We are going to document the history of the town in the theater. It had closed by 2021.
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Here is a modern day view of the Coweta Theater and surounding area,
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Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Martin began construction of the Joy Theatre in November of 1945. War shortages delayed its opening until August 8, 1946. The Martins continued operating the Palace Theatre making Coweta a two-theatre town - interesting for a town of just under 1,500 residents. The Palace folded on Thanksgiving of 1948. O.R. Beasley took on the Joy and gave it a new sound system in 1964. The Joy closed but it reopened for a period as the Coweta Theatre and appears to have since closed.
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