The Gateway Little Theatre
Located across the Founder’s Rose Garden and next door to the Church the Theatre Building contains:
The Gateway Little Theatre and Reception Hall seating 125 for theatre and/or lectures and meetings, as many as 200 guests for hors d’oeuvre parties, approximately 75 persons for wedding receptions and other formal dining events, and 50 persons with a dance floor.
The Gateway Little Theatre Patio Garden 3,800 square feet and seating up to 250 people, is steps away from the Theatre/Reception Hall and conveniently located next to the Center’s gourmet kitchen. Note: Utilized together, the Patio Garden and the inside reception facility are a wonderful venue for dining, music, and dancing for up to 250 guests.
The Old Kitchen and Bar is 11’ by 15’ and is available for the needs of our guests, and is suitable as a staging area for outside caterers and their staff, or as a convenient Bar.
The Gateway Library (our Institute’s classroom) seats up to 45 for workshops and meetings, and doubles as a dressing room for our brides, their ladies and their support people. The library’s Gothic table is also available for small fireside dinner parties.
Dressing Rooms, Rest Rooms and Parking are also available.
Drama In the Fall the Gateway Players will begin the season with several performances of Dinner with Shakespeare. During the Spring they will be collaborating with Arizona Western College in the production of Hamlet. This will be the 1st time in decades that this timeless classic will be performed! You wouldn't want to miss this! Additional performances will take place at the Historic Yuma Theatre in downtown Yuma in the Summer 6 Pack series. If all goes well, you'll see more of the Bard!
Gateway Players Drama Group
Here's a picture of the Gateway Players in collaboration with Five Point Theatre for the production of Othello. The play was directed by Jonathan Close (center) and produced by Elise Tera (far right). Pat Quinn (top center) was generous enough to allow us permission to use the Historic Yuma Theatre. For a few of the actors this was their 1st performance in a play, including Ed Villavert (upper right) and Eric Alcala (2nd from left top).
Two of the Gateway Players: Jonathan Close and Ed Villavert also performed in the AWC Shakespearean production of Queen Lear. It was an exhausting but exhilarating show, and allowed us to participate in what is arguably Shakespeare's Tour de Force. We would like to thank Chip Strahley for casting us in this beautiful production. We look forward to more collaboration with AWC in the near future.
Dinner Theater
Don't miss out on our dinner theater performances this winter. On Sun December 18 at 4:00pm there will be a reader's theater performance of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Then on Sun January 8, we begin the 1st of 5 performances of Dinner with Shakespeare. See the Master Calendar for the full schedule of events.
St. Paul's Cultural Center
(928) 783-3530
645 S. 2nd Ave
Yuma, AZ 85364
Email inquiries to:
events@stpaulsculturalcenter.com