Tulsa Theater

Tulsa Theater began as Convention Hall, a city-built municipal auditorium opened in 1914 to serve as Tulsa’s main public assembly space. Designed by Rose and Peterson, it was a vast four-story venue for performances, conventions, and civic gatherings, known for its large stage and municipally owned pipe organ. In its early decades it hosted major opera companies and acclaimed singers, while in 1921 it was also used during the Tulsa race massacre as a temporary detention center for Black men rounded up by the National Guard. Later remodeled, renamed, and eventually restored to the Tulsa Theater name, it has endured as a significant downtown performance space.

Tulsa, Oklahoma · United States