Volunteers are an essential element to the success of the McPherson Opera House. We have many volunteer opportunities available and are always on the lookout for assistance.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Sep25-2025
A Night with Granger & Amber
** Canceled ** We know many of you were looking forward to A Night with Granger & Amber at the McPherson Opera House, and we share in your disappointment. Unfortunately, Granger’s team has made the difficult decision to cancel their tour, which includes our scheduled performance. We understand how disheartening this new...
Sep26-2025
Salina Symphony: Fiddle Fusion
Kick off the beauty of autumn with the Salina Symphony at this chamber concert blending classical elegance with folk fire. Enjoy the timeless beauty of a Mozart string quartet alongside the modern brilliance of Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte. Then, kick up your heels to a lively set of traditional Scottish fiddle tunes and other...
Oct2-2025
Manhattan Short Film Festival 2025
Film lovers around the world will view and vote on the ten finalists’ films in the 28th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival, a worldwide event taking place in over 400 venues across six continents between September 25 and October 5, 2025. MANHATTAN SHORT is the only event of its kind. The Final Ten screen simultaneou...
Oct9-2025
The Birds 1963
Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) meets Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet store and decides to follow him home. She brings with her the gift of two love birds and they strike up a romance. One day birds start attacking children at Mitch’s sisters party. A huge assault starts on the town by […]
Oct10-2025
Los Luzeros De Rioverde
Los Luzeros de Rioverde are a sibling group of young prodigies redefining Norteño music. Born in Houston, Texas and proudly rooted in Mexican heritage, Yaxeni (accordion), Ricardo (bajoquinto), Ailyn (bass), and Francisco (drums) began performing as children and quickly rose to fame through viral videos and national TV appe...
Oct17-2025
Dial M for Murder
A new version of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece! Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both in danger, […...
Oct30-2025
The Texas Tenors
The Texas Tenors are the most successful music group and third highest-selling artist in America’s Got Talent history. Since their 2009 debut, they’ve released five studio albums, earned three Emmy Awards, and performed over 2,500 concerts worldwide. Their albums Outside the Lines, Rise, and A Collection of Broadway and Ame...
Nov6-2025
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently — ...
Nov13-2025
The Sound of Music (1965)
A tuneful, heartwarming story, it is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world’s best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of [&hel...
Dec11-2025
White Christmas (1954)
Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, two army buddies, become a top-notch musical comedy team after the war and are now the toast of Broadway. While on the road in Florida, the stars become involved with two aspiring singers, the sister act of Betty and Judy. Despite some romantic complications between the couples, everything ends o...
rental facilities
What can you do at the McPherson Opera House?
Host your next event at the McPherson Opera House for an artfully decorated setting, high-tech conveniences, and exceptional service. Centrally located off Interstate 135 – 50 miles north of Wichita – the McPherson Opera House offers a convenient destination for your next business meeting, family reunion, wedding reception, or other event. Please explore the Rental Facilities page for more information.
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Then and now of the Auditorium
Although the auditorium looks much as it might have after the 1913 remodel, everything, in fact, is new. The most dramatic change was rebuilding the second balcony, which restored the space to the much more pleasing architectural ensemble intended by the original architect, George Shaffer of Abilene.
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View the McPherson Opera House now
Don’t have time to stop by? Take a virtual 360 tour of the Opera House right now! Click on the “Virtual 360º” button below to start! Want to schedule an in person tour? Click “Tours” to view your options!
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