About DCT

Awards

Denton Rotary South named Denton Community Theatre

Business of the Year 2006-2007

 

Texas Downtown Association presented The 1995 Best Public/Private Venture for the Campus Theatre to Denton Community Theatre.

 

Featured in "National Main Street Center"

All renovated buildings add to the growing vibrancy of a downtown area, but some do so (much) more than others. One such structure is the Campus Theatre. Built in 1949, the theater reached its apex in 1966 when Bonnie and Clyde premiered, with Warren Beatty attending. As downtown declined, so too did the Campus. In 1990, the Greater Denton Arts Council, assisted by the Main Street office, raised $1.7 million to turn the old movie house into a live-performance theater. The theater is now home to eight arts organizations who stage productions there throughout the year.

The renewal of the Campus Theatre gave Main Street a new goal: to enliven that area of downtown by creating and arts and entertainment corridor. After the theater reopened, a fine-arts gallery opened nearby, as did a restaurant and bar with live musical entertainment and several antiques shops.

"The Campus focused attention on that corner of the square, helping to bring in new businesses." —Jane Jenkins, Denton Main Street Director