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The
lobby was remodeled to fit the era that the theater was built. Before 1976,
the lobby was never technically a lobby! A set of double doors on the far
left of the building opened up to the stairs, where patrons would ascend to the
auditiorium. Inside the
lobby is a large wooden counter and cabinet, an antique piano, an antique area
rug donated from a Lewisville resident, numerous pictures of renovation and
rebuilding in the 70s, and a preserved piece of the original mainstage
curtain. The curtain was believed to be made specially for a production of
"A Midsummer Night's Dream." A small section of the curtain and
a picture of the curtain in whole allows us to see how large it would be if
still installed upstairs. The lobby also features an intricately pressed
tin ceiling, which deserves some attention. The original floor and walls
have held up very well.
Behind "the
lobby," the Aurora Studio Theater is set up for shows. However this
room has also served as a place for art galleries, dinner theater, parties, and
much more. The Aurora Studio Theater is later in the tour.
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Guyer Curtain
A picture of the original stage curtain, as seen from the lobby |
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An original piece of the curtain, as seen from the lobby. |
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The lobby at Christmas. |
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An antique square piano still exists in the lobby of the Guyer. |
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Gaslight piping remains in the ceiling downstairs and throughout the auditorium upstairs. |
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This lithograph of the Guyer in the early twentieth century can be found in the bookcase of the lobby. |
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