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Elkhart, KS: Mitchell Theatres Doric Theatre Now Open

Posted on Friday, August 5, 2016 and updated on Friday, February 23, 2018 5:45 PM

The Mitchell Theatres Doric Theatre in Elkhart, Kansas opened June 24, 2016, according to an article published recently by The Hutchinson News:

Brent McKinley recalls it well - watching Willie Nelson in “Honeysuckle Rose” on the Doric Theatre’s big screen.

The 1980 movie “probably wasn’t very good,” he said with a chuckle.

But it would be the last movie the then-10-year-old McKinley would recall watching on the Doric’s screen before Morton County’s only theater went dark a short time later.

The theater was turned into apartments for a while before becoming a deteriorating storage building. McKinley, who tried to lead a revival of the theater last decade, didn’t figure it would ever flicker on again, due to the expensive price tag.

Now, the 35-year intermission has ended. The popcorn is popping again. The movies are rolling.

At the age of 98, there is a breath of new life in the Doric.

In fact, there is a revival in this rural town in the far southwest corner of Kansas. Empty storefronts have businesses again. New restaurants have opened.

The theater’s reopening is all thanks to the Mitchells, a local multigenerational farm family that diversified into the theater business more than a decade ago, purchasing stressed movie theaters and revitalizing them.

Click the Read link below to view the full article.

To see what's playing and when, please visit the Showtimes page for the Mitchell Theatres Doric Theatre.



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