The New Sheridan Hotel; the opera house adjoins it on Oak Street
Sheridan Opera House
Historic theater
About
The Sheridan Opera House is a 238-seat theater on North Oak Street, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The nonprofit Sheridan Arts Foundation owns and runs it, with concerts, comedy, films and plays all year.
For families, the foundation's Young People's Theater enrolls more than 250 local kids ages 2 to 18 each year and stages full musicals here. Check the events calendar for upcoming shows.
History
J. A. Segerberg, manager of the New Sheridan Hotel, had the theater built, finished in July 1913, with floors connecting to the hotel so stars such as Sarah Bernhardt and Lillian Gish could walk from their rooms to the stage. In July 1914 a flood down Cornet Creek buried the hotel in debris but went around the theater.
It closed by the early 1930s and reopened in the early 1960s as the Sheridan Opera House. It was the main movie theater of the Telluride Film Festival, founded in 1973. Sandra Carradine founded the Sheridan Arts Foundation in 1991 to restore it.
When to go
Shows run all year, so check the events calendar. The office is normally open Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, and you can usually peek into the theater then. Rehearsals and private events are common, so check in at the third-floor office first. There are no official tours.
Good to know
All shows are 21 and older unless a minor comes with an adult.
There's no elevator to the second-floor theater. Staff can help guests with disabilities; call (970) 728-6363, ext. 5, ahead of time.
The theater only guarantees tickets bought through its official ticketing partner, Ludus, linked from its website.
Price
Ticket prices vary by show. Check the website before you go.
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