Winningstad Theatre Information

The story of the Portland’5 venues begins way back in 1917 when Portland citizens opened the city’s first publicly-owned assembly center, the Municipal Auditorium. The venue was designed to answer the growing need for performing and gathering spaces that had gone unanswered until that time along with side other venues including Portland Publix Theatre (later renamed the Paramount Theatre).

These venues served a vital role in providing a place for Portland’s civilians to affordably enjoy the best in movies, dance, drama, and Broadway right in town. Over time though, there was trouble for the venue that led to a 1971 proposal to purchase the Paramount and replace it with a parking garage. The people of Portland stood tall and defended their venue, fighting back until the city declared the facility as a historic landmark the following year. Three years after that, the citizens pitched in to raise over $5,000 to keep the Paramount’s historic marble statue “Surprise” in Portland.

The love that was shown by these acts later led to Norman Winningstad surprising his wife for their 39th wedding anniversary, by donating Porland’5 that named the theatre in her honor. Thus was The Dolores Winningstad Theatre’s name accepted and born. That’s why the Winningstad’s story is as much a part of Portland as it is a part of the venue itself.

Today, the theatre is an incredible performing space with seats for 304 patrons. Space can be reconfigured in a variety of ways for innovating settings, stagings, and designs that have become popular with theatergoers and production companies alike.

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