Kalita Humphreys Theater [Dallas]
type: Item
description: theatre in Dallas
description: theater in Texas, Verenigde Staten van Amerika @nl
alternative label: Kalita Humphreys Theater
Wikidata source: Q6353240
EUTA research ID II: 1722
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Wikipedia page: Kalita_Humphreys_Theater
Country: USA
City: Dallas
GPS: Point(-96.8007 32.8108)
opening date: 1959-12-27T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1476
Note: Built 1955-1959 by Frank Lloyd Wright as one of his last works. Opened 27 Dec 1959 with Thomas Wolfe's Of Time and the River. Named in honour of the American actress Kalita Humphreys (1914-1954) who had died in a plane crash in 1954. As a memorial, her parents gave a substantial donation towards the construction of the theatre. 497 seats. 1959-2009 home to the Dallas Theater Center. Since 2009 still used as a venue by that company.