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Morris Performing Arts Center

Morris PAC Community Videos

The Morris Performing Arts Center "The Future of the Morris"
The Morris Performing Arts Center "The Future of the Morris"
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The Morris Performing Arts Center "The Future of the Morris"

City to allow construction bids for Morris Performing Arts Center renovations
00:35
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City to allow construction bids for Morris Performing Arts Center renovations

Transforming the Morris Performing Arts Center
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Transforming the Morris Performing Arts Center

A Century at the Morris
58:25
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A Century at the Morris

42nd Street coming to the Morris Performing Arts Center
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42nd Street coming to the Morris Performing Arts Center

Open for Business - Morris Performing Arts Center
12:03
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Open for Business - Morris Performing Arts Center

"People Believe in This Place"
"If you create things that people enjoy, they want to see more of that"
Aaron Perri - Next Generation Community Leader

The Morris Performing Arts Center, originally called the Palace Theatre until the late 1950s, was built in 1922 as part of the Orpheum Theatre chain. The theater cost $1 million to build and was constructed on a $100,000 piece of property. It was the most modern theater in the country.

In the early days, it served as a vaudeville house and shows ran continuously with a new act every ten minutes. Broadway troupes traveling from New York to Chicago would often stop in South Bend and perform on the Palace Theatre stage.

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