Totah Theater
315 W. Main Street,
Farmington,
NM
87401
315 W. Main Street,
Farmington,
NM
87401
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Totah Theater (Official)
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Previously operated by: Allen Theatres
Functions: Concerts, Movies (Classic), Movies (Independent), Performing Arts, Recording Studio
Styles: Pueblo Deco
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
505.327.4145
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Built and opened in 1949 and run by the Allen family as a movie theatre until 1982, the Totah Theater had a seating capacity for 500. Home of San Juan Stage company for a few years then closed and used for storage.
Purchased in May 2004 by Thomas Taylor. In 2006, the Totah Theater was converted into a multi-use performance hall for concerts, independent and classic film, plays and much more.
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In 1963, Helen Allen was president of Allen Theaters. Larry Allen was vice president. Allen theaters in Farmington at the time were the Allen, Apache Twin Drive-In, Totah and Valley Drive-In.
A 1988 view of the Totah Theater in Farmington.
The theater is open. Here is their site:
http://www.thetotah.com/
From the smattering of events listed on the calendar at the theater’s web site, it looks like the Totah is now actually open, if only for a few days each month.
The site also gives the current seating capacity as 300.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/y882gy3
Mid 50’s postcard added courtesy of Barry Digman‎.
Boxoffice, Jan. 8, 1949: “Russell Allen is building a 550-seat, $100,000 theatre in Farmington, N. M., where he already owns another. The new theatre will be given an Indian name, Totah, and is scheduled to open in the spring.”