Thalia Mara Hall
Thalia Mara Hall is a concert hall and theater located at 255 East Pascagoula Street in Jackson, Mississippi. It seats 2,350 people.[1] Opened and operated by the City of Jackson, it is that city's main performing arts venue. It opened in 1968 as the Jackson Municipal Auditorium.[2] In 1994 it was renamed for ballet dancer and director Thalia Mara.[3] Mara founded a professional ballet company in Jackson in 1975 which used the venue.[4] Every four years the theatre hosts the USA International Ballet Competition.[2] For many years the theatre was used as the venue for the Opera/South opera company.[5] It is the home concert hall of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra.[6] The theatre is used as a venue for touring Broadway musicals,[1] and for concert tours among other events.[2][6]
Lynn Green Root's portrait of Thalia Mara hangs in the hall.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Jackson Municipal Auditorium - Thalia Mara Hall". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
- ^ a b c Lowe, Dori; Perry, Brandi (2023). "Thalia Mara Hall". 100 Things to Do in Mississippi Before You Die. Reedy Press. ISBN 9781681064659.
- ^ Ann J. Abadie; Charles Reagan Wilson; James G. Thomas Jr.; Odie Lindsey; Ted Ownby, eds. (2017). The Mississippi Encyclopedia. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 769–770. ISBN 9781496811592.
- ^ Helsel, Amber (February 26, 2014). "Jackson's Grand Jeté". Mississippi Free Press.
- ^ "Opera/South Opens Season with Comedy". Clarion-Ledger. November 16, 1979. p. C1.
- ^ a b Littman, Margaret (2021). Moon Nashville to New Orleans Road Trip: Hit the Road for the Best Southern Food and Music Along the Natchez Trace. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 9781640499256.
- ^ Black, Patti Carr (1998). Art in Mississippi, 1720-1980. University Press of Mississippi. p. 287. ISBN 9781578060849.