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- Mitchell Theatres Doric Theatre
Elkhart, KS
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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.
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Elkhart, KS
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