San antonio woodlawn theater

The Woodlawn opened in August as a movie house. It is a cousin, of sorts, to the Majestic Theatre. Both were designed by architect John Eberson, who was known for his atmospheric theaters, intended to transport audiences into a different reality.

The Woodlawn was one of several art deco spaces he designed. On ExpressNews. The theater operated as a movie house until , when it closed. It was vacant for a while. When it reopened, it was mostly run by a series of theater troupes that rented it. Rosen, who would go on to found Magik Theatre in , ran one of the first. He and some friends reopened the space in and ran it for about two years.

An attempt at a New York production fell apart, and Rosen eventually came home to work with the theater community here. The Woodlawn was in rough shape, he said. The seats had been torn out, for one thing, and the floors were a mess. This is what the intersection of Fredericksburg Road and Zarzamora looked like in the middle of the 20th century. The Woodlawn Theatre is on the right. He sat in the lobby at that first performance, too nervous to watch with the audience.

They soldiered on, putting on shows both downstairs and on the second floor, where they closed in the balcony to turn it into a second performance space. Eventually, it became prohibitively expensive to continue in such a large space. So they gave it up. Other ventures moved in and out, including a nightclub and a Pink Floyd laser show. Actors Theater of San Antonio had a longer run, relocating from their much smaller home at the Main Avenue Studio in Founder Jerry Pilato ran the company at the Woodlawn until , when he made good on longstanding plans to move to California.

You could put a semi-truck on it. The theater went dark for more than a year because of the pandemic. This area is specifically designated for our patrons and is patrolled by a uniformed security guard during the run of our productions. Read more on their website » Contact Information Click to purchase tickets on-line via the website. Phone and on-site box office hours are Tuesday through Friday 10 a.

During the run of a show, the on-site box office opens 1 hour before each show, while the phone box office remains closed. E-mail info woodlawntheatre.