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AUDITORIUM THEATRE 2018-19
| September 26 - November 16, 2018
We Live the History:
Restoration Never Rests!
Here at the Auditorium, we are always working to make improvements to our
beautiful theatre to ensure that visitors have the best experience and to keep
our National Historic Landmark theatre true to the vision of the theatre’s
founders.
In 2014, we began to renovate and restore our Dress Circle lobby, now known
as The Elissa Lobby. While doing research for this project, theatre historian
Bart Swindall discovered photographs from 1890 that showed intricate
stencil designs created by one of the theatre's main architects, Louis Sullivan,
on the arches, columns, and ceilings that had since been painted over. Over
the summer, we began the process of restoring these beautiful designs in our
north inglenook, working with our restoration partner Historic Surfaces.
Make sure to check out these beautiful restorations before the show, during
intermission, or on one of our historic theatre tours!
This important restoration work was made possible thanks
to the generous support of the Efroymson Family Fund and
a grant made by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors.
Restoration and preservation are ongoing efforts. Consider
making a gift to our Restoration Fund today to help us
continue our work to bring back the original splendor of the
National Historic Landmark Auditorium Theatre. For more
information, visit
AuditoriumTheatre.org!
Left: A freshly restored design; Top: A photo from 1890 by
the respected photographer JW Taylor showing the original
stencil design in the north inglenook.
Stencils designed by Louis Sullivan
for the arches in the north inglenook.