The Missouri Theatre can seat near 1,200 people at full capacity. Due to COVID, only seats marked with a black portable table have been used for lectures.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Missouri Theatre has seats available in every other row. The rows that cannot be occupied have been marked off with tape and signs.
The Missouri Theatre can seat near 1,200 people at full capacity. Due to COVID, only seats marked with a black portable table have been used for lectures.
Josh Ellenburg/Missourian
Resilient is a good word to describe the Missouri Theatre.
The nearly century-old landmark has weathered a number of profound historical transitions: silent film to sound, film to digital, the Great Depression in the 1930s and the COVID-19 pandemic during a year of strict limitations.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Missouri Theatre has seats available in every other row. The rows that cannot be occupied have been marked off with tape and signs.
George Whit Frey is a former Editor and Visual Journalist at The Columbia Missourian, who obtained a Photojournalism major and a minor in East Asian Studies at Mizzou in 2023. Today, Frey is a working freelance visual journalist and artist who, over the years, has lived in Vermont, Oregon, Missouri, New York City, and Singapore. Frey currently lives in Philadelphia.
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