Deming Performing Arts Theater

Deming Performing Arts Theater A 501 (c)3 Non Profit Corp.

The Deming Performing arts Theater was started by Shirley Knight. She talked Enza Koger into asking Sharon Lein, the director of the Deming Luna Mimbers Museum, if they could use the new transportation wing area of the museum for their plays.

    They needed portable stages, so in 2001, Shirley and Lynn Cox went to Duke Energy, asking for money to buy them. Frank Fisher from Duke Energy, Shirley and Enza went to the city council and asked to use Morgan Hall, 109 East Pine, as they had out grown the museum after just two plays.

    Deming Performing Arts Theater has had wonderful entertainers and entertainment. The Las Cruces Chamber Ballet, Nacio Herb Brown`s music, New Horizons band, Jam Sessions, Southwestern NM Opry, El Paso Mystery Troupe, Kim Young, Call of the West, DPAT singers, Tex & Mary, just to name a few.

    DPAT (as we are called) has come a long way in just a short period of time through the efforts of the dedicated people who wanted to see something happen. They were the ones who made it happen, now they and others are keeping it going!

    Please consider joining us as we expand our horizons. No experience necessary, just the desire to have fun while providing quality family entertainment to Deming area residents and visitors.

Morgan Hall

Built in 1908, it was originally the City Hall and fire station. It was remodeled in 1938 by the W.P.A. In Spanish Pueblo Revival Style, it has a recessed portico entry with vigas and ornate wood pillars with lintels and corbels. It has metal casement windows. The east addition has a portico with an ornate wood door. Meeting rooms, a stage and auditorium with high ceilings are still used for meetings and stage productions and is an historic community center.
(Partial excerpt from Deming City Web Site)

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