We consider ourselves blessed with an embarrassment of riches! We have two lovely venues in which to perform our shows: The Eisemann Center (ECT) in Richardson and The Bath House Cultural Center (BHCC) in Dallas.
You, however, (our audience) may not appreciate having to figure out where the next show is playing. Perhaps this article will help.
In our original space on Main Street in Deep Ellum (1985-2002), we had 141 seats. This made seating for the Living Black & White(TM) shows quite a challenge, as we frequently sold out and had to turn people away. In 2005, when we began looking for rental space to produce a new LBW show, we knew we wanted a space with at least double the capacity of our Main Street space.
The Bank of America Theatre in the Charles W. Eisemann Center was the answer to our prayers, albeit a more expensive answer than we were hoping for. If you’ve been there, you know what a beautiful venue it is. Couple that with the convenience of a nearby DART stop and the support of a collaborative technical crew and we knew we were home.
The Charles W. Eisemann Center in Richardson
The Bank of America Theatre
And it has worked out well for us! The venue seats 399, plenty of room for the many people who come annually to see the LBW show. We purchase the services of the ECT box office staff and can focus on the complicated matter of producing the look and feel of an old black-and-white movie that has come to life on stage.
After several years of doing just one LBW production each season, we got the urge to expand our offerings with staged readings of the LBW shows. But this presented a challenge: We knew we couldn’t afford the ECT for a staged reading. We needed a more intimate space.
For a second time, our prayers were answered, this time in the form of The Bath House Cultural Center. If you’ve been there, you know what a charming venue it is, in a striking setting along White Rock Lake. And it seats 115, perfect for our smaller shows.
The Bath House Cultural Center in Dallas
RadioVizion™ presented at the BHCC
Most importantly, the BHCC strives to be affordable to non-profit groups. It already had no fewer than three resident theatre companies (Wingspan Theatre, Echo Theatre, and One Thirty Productions), and we became the fourth. The staff is delightful to work with, and it is a fairly simple matter to handle the box office arrangements through Brown Paper Tickets.
Would we prefer to be housed in a single space? Absolutely! If we find an affordable opportunity, we’ll grab it! In fact someday we hope to have our own space again, solving the problem once and for all.
In the meantime, we count our blessings, which include the opportunity to partner with two beautiful venues, each well-suited to their purpose.
One final note: If you’ve Googled Pegasus Theatre, the address you get is our mailing address, a postal center on Mockingbird Lane, don’t go there! But if you’ve made that mistake already, don’t feel bad. You aren’t alone. Every year at least one group of patrons ends up at the intersection of Mockingbird and Abrams feeling very confused. We always feel awful when this happens, and we are working on options to fix this!
The best way to find us is to visit our website. Wherever we are, we hope you’ll come see what we have to offer!
And if you happen to have an unused centrally located space with high ceilings and at least 7500 square feet, drop us a line at [email protected]!