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Welcome to the Morton

One of the first, and the oldest surviving African-American built, owned, and operated vaudeville theatres in the United States, the Morton Theatre opened in 1910 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The fully restored Morton is a rental facility that hosts a wide range of performances and special events. The Morton Theatre hosted early acts such as classical pianist Alice Carter Simmons, Butterbeans and Susie, Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver and Roy Dunn, and experienced the dawn of the silver screen as a movie house.

Restored and adapted as a performing arts space, the Morton now caters to local community and touring groups hosting live musical concerts, musicals, dramas, church services, weddings, dance concerts, receptions, poetry readings, award ceremonies, lectures, pageants, and more.

Box Office

Phone: 706-613-3771
Hours: Monday - Friday
10am - 1pm  |  3pm - 6pm

Featured News

  • Seeking Board Members

     Friday, Mar. 22

    Morton Theatre Corporation (MTC) is seeking qualified candidates for 3-year board volunteer positions, beginning July 2013. MTC will meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 4:30 pm and...

  • Marketing Internship Available

     Tuesday, Mar. 05

    Morton Theatre Corporation (MTC) is seeking a Marketing Intern Volunteer. The Marketing Intern Volunteer will work with members of the MTC Board in creating professional and brand appropriate graphics...

  • 2012 Renvations Photo Album- Carpeting

     Wednesday, Aug. 01

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Did You Know?

The Morton has been used for community non-performance events as early as February 1919. The Morton played host to the graduation ceremony for the Knox Institute. The Knox Institute was a industrial school that had an enrollment as high as 450 students. The Knox was training students for manual labor as well as providing academic and literary training for the "colored people of this city, and of many sections of the state" according to the Athens Daily Herald. The Morton has been a fixture for the Athens community for 100 years, and we're still going strong.



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Athens-Clarke County Unified Government 

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Athens Creative Theatre

Athens Convention and Visitor's Bureau

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Fox Theatre Institute

League of Historic American Theatres

Georgia Council for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

 

The Morton Theatre is a unit of the Arts Division of Athens-Clarke County's Leisure Services Department.
Managed by the Morton Theatre Corporation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit