ATP at the Victory
116 S. Second Street,
Rogers,
AR
72756
116 S. Second Street,
Rogers,
AR
72756
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Arkansas Public Theatre at the Victory (Official)
Additional Info
Architects: A.O. Clarke
Functions: Community Arts Center, Movies (Film Festivals)
Previous Names: Victory Theater, New Victory Theatre, Rogers Little Theatre
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The Victory Theater opened in 1927. It closed in the 1970’s and was in use as flea market. It is now home to the Arkansas Public Theatre. It is also host to the Rogers Short Film Festival.
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Cliff Westphal
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This is the article that LM was referring to in his 4/2/06 post. You have to go to page 11 to read about the theater. There is a before picture when the theater was a flea market in the 1970s.
http://tinyurl.com/37cq9r
A 1987 view of the Victory Theater building in Rogers.
Thanks.
Updated website link: http://arkansaspublictheatre.org/ Now known as Arkansas Public Theatre at the Victory.
The information in the listing is obviously bogus. There were numerous theaters in NWA before 1927, and there were at least two in Rogers before this one. The theater is currently closed for repairs due to tornado damage, and the theater company is performing elsewhere for the time being.
By the way, the name is wrong. The APT performs at the Victory, but the name is still simply Victory. Here’s a better link, which includes some better history than the listing supplies. https://www.thevictorytheater.com/
The theater is owned by the city.
The plaque marking the historic Victory Theatre, displayed on the official web site, says that it opened on December 5, 1927, but there is a house called the Victory Theatre listed at Rogers in the 1926 FDY, and there is also a reference to the house in the June 19, 1926 Motion Picture News. I suspect a predecessor theater. A house called the Victoria (a possible aka?) was in operation at Rogers at least as early as 1920, mentioned in the September 4 Moving Picture World.