ImageOn 9/11/2012, James Bingham (Executive Dirctor of the Crighton Theater Foundation) and Carolyn Wong (Artistic Director of "Stage Right") presented an overview of the historic Crighton Theater including its history and information on the current in-house players known as "Stage Right".
 
The Crighton Theater was built originally built by Conroe Mayor Harry Crighton in 1934 but it it did not open until November 26, 1935 when the first play was "Stars Over Broadway" starring Pat O'Brien. The theater prospered for many years until the building fell into disrepair and competition from motion pictures and other forms of entertainment forced it to close. That is when the Crighton family gave the theater to Conroe with the only stipulations that the Crighton name be maintained, that the theatre be primarily used for the performing arts, and that the Little Theatre of Conroe be the resident theater group. The Montgomery County Foundation for the Performing Arts (The Crighton Theatre Foundation) was formed to accept the gift of the old Crighton Theatre on behalf of the residents of Montgomery County.  

When the new Owen Theater was build in Conroe, the then "Crighton Players" moved to the new theater. However, some of the players wanted to make sure that the Crighton Theater still had a company of local actors to continue to financially support the Crighton Theater. As a result, the "Stage Right" actors was formed and they are the in-house actors today. Carolyn Wong told the story about how the group was almost called the "Fresh Bread" theatrical group  bbecause she always baked fresh bread for the company when they met at her house to discuss upcoming plays.

A detailed history along with a calendar of upcoming productions and ticket information can be found at http://www.crightontheatre.org/index.htm.

Carolyn Wong also gave out "Friends Tickets" that allow for one free showing of any play at the Crighton Theater. She also passed out literature on upcoming plays as well as tickeing information.
 
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