The Iris Theatre
Our theatre seats 34 people, with the ability to add 12 folding chairs.
It is available to rent for your event. We have the ability to show DVD and VHS video, as well as Power Point presentations.
Schedule a business presentation, a party, a private movie showing, etc. Call for information and rates - 972/563-5481.
Our 16 foot movie screen brings classic movies back to 'the big screen' for our patrons on the second and fourth Friday nights of each month (unless a live performance is scheduled). See below for our movie schedule. Admission to the movies is free, and we have Cokes and Popcorn. Tips are greatly appreciated and are used to provide refreshments, and to make improvements to the facility. We recently relit the neon "IRIS" sign on the front of the building (with assistance from the good folks at the City of Terrell administration) which had been dark for many years! Movies start at 7:00, and the front doors are open from about 6:40 till 7:00 when we lock the doors so we can watch the movies too! Join us for Friday night movies and relive the golden era of Hollywood with Bogie, Bacall, Stewart, Hepburn, Wayne and many more favorites! Make a night of it by dining at Dos Aces or Kountry Kitchen - both within easy walking distance of the Iris!
Movie schedule:
July 23 - "Libeled Lady" starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy
A "witty, goofy" movie from 1936
This Oscar-nominated classic film directed by Jack Conway stars Spencer Tracy as Warren Haggerty, a newspaper
editor who's prone to postponing his nuptials to Gladys Benton (Jean Harlow) and who faces an even greater problem
when he's sued by a woman (Myrna Loy) who claims she's been libeled by his publication. Haggerty hatches an intricate
plot to put the woman in her place before she can bilk the paper for all it's worth.
August 13 - The Vagabond Players Live Theatrical Performance of "Barefoot in the Park" by Neil Simon
Performance begins at 8 pm - Admission $15.00
Directed by Ron Harris, Starring Mitch Keeler, Jamie Keeler, Dr. Darlene Higgins, Wayne Higgins and Mark Reynolds
Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds. He's a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and she's a free spirit always looking for
the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find-too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint
job. After a six day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie's loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker
during a dinner with their neighbor, and everything that can go wrong, does. Paul just doesn't understand Corie,
as she sees it. He's too staid, too boring and she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous, running
"barefoot in the park" would be a start...
A romantic comedy featuring two newcomers to the Vagabond Stage - Mitch Keeler (a lawyer in real life) and Jamie
Keeler (an artist and theatre teacher at Wills Point High School), as well as Vagabond veterans Darlene "Doc" Higgins
and Wayne "Whistler" Higgins and Mark Reynolds. Don't miss this one - it's going to be great!
August 27 - 'Call Northside 777' starring James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J Cobb - documentary style legal drama
"understated, suspensful and gritty" movie from 1948
Based on a true story. During Prohibition, Frank Wiecek is falsely accused and imprisoned for killing a cop in a
speakeasy. His mother, Tillie (Kasia Orzazewski), has a fierce belief in her son's innocence, but it's only when reporter
P.J. McNeal starts investigating the crime 11 years later that the truth comes to light. Lee J. Cobb costars as McNeal's
editor.
Sept 10 - 'Another Thin Man' starring William Powell and Myrna Loy - a witty suspenseful 'feel-good' movie 1939
Another in the Thin Man series that the Iris Movie crowd seems to thoroughly enjoy!
Upper-crust private eyes Nick and Nora Charles -- along with faithful canine Asta -- return for a third installment of the
popular series. They're invited to spend the weekend at the estate of munitions mogul Col. Burr MacFay (C. Aubrey
Smith). After MacFay's ex-associate issues a death threat, Nick and Nora go into sleuthing mode when someone carries
it out. But all is not what it seems in this stylish and entertaining whodunit.
Sept 24 - 'Grapes of Wrath' starring Henry Fonda - An inspiring, emotional movie from 1940
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by John Steinbeck, this is a classic in every sense of the word. Not a very
happy story, but we have been asked to show this movie several times.
In this towering classic of American cinema, common man Tom Joad leads his family on a harrowing journey from the
Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a better life in California. Masterfully directed by John Ford (who won the Oscar
for his efforts), the stirring drama also stars Oscar winner Jane Darwell as Ma Joad and John Carradine as the fallen
preacher Casy.
Oct 8 - 'Trouble in Paradise' starring Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins - A witty romantic comedy from 1932
This is one of those gambles I take every once in a while that usually pay off with a very entertaining evening! I haven't
seen the movie and am not familiar with either of the stars - but I do LOVE the older movies! Just think - this movie is
over 75 years old!
When thief Gaston Monescu meets his true love in pickpocket Lily, the cunning pair of jewel thieves embark on a
scam to rob a lovely Parisian widow and perfume company executive named Mariette Colet (Kay Francis). But when
Gaston becomes romantically entangled with Mariette, the larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to
choose between two beautiful but vastly different women.
It is available to rent for your event. We have the ability to show DVD and VHS video, as well as Power Point presentations.
Schedule a business presentation, a party, a private movie showing, etc. Call for information and rates - 972/563-5481.
Our 16 foot movie screen brings classic movies back to 'the big screen' for our patrons on the second and fourth Friday nights of each month (unless a live performance is scheduled). See below for our movie schedule. Admission to the movies is free, and we have Cokes and Popcorn. Tips are greatly appreciated and are used to provide refreshments, and to make improvements to the facility. We recently relit the neon "IRIS" sign on the front of the building (with assistance from the good folks at the City of Terrell administration) which had been dark for many years! Movies start at 7:00, and the front doors are open from about 6:40 till 7:00 when we lock the doors so we can watch the movies too! Join us for Friday night movies and relive the golden era of Hollywood with Bogie, Bacall, Stewart, Hepburn, Wayne and many more favorites! Make a night of it by dining at Dos Aces or Kountry Kitchen - both within easy walking distance of the Iris!
Movie schedule:
July 23 - "Libeled Lady" starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy
A "witty, goofy" movie from 1936
This Oscar-nominated classic film directed by Jack Conway stars Spencer Tracy as Warren Haggerty, a newspaper
editor who's prone to postponing his nuptials to Gladys Benton (Jean Harlow) and who faces an even greater problem
when he's sued by a woman (Myrna Loy) who claims she's been libeled by his publication. Haggerty hatches an intricate
plot to put the woman in her place before she can bilk the paper for all it's worth.
August 13 - The Vagabond Players Live Theatrical Performance of "Barefoot in the Park" by Neil Simon
Performance begins at 8 pm - Admission $15.00
Directed by Ron Harris, Starring Mitch Keeler, Jamie Keeler, Dr. Darlene Higgins, Wayne Higgins and Mark Reynolds
Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds. He's a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and she's a free spirit always looking for
the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find-too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint
job. After a six day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie's loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker
during a dinner with their neighbor, and everything that can go wrong, does. Paul just doesn't understand Corie,
as she sees it. He's too staid, too boring and she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous, running
"barefoot in the park" would be a start...
A romantic comedy featuring two newcomers to the Vagabond Stage - Mitch Keeler (a lawyer in real life) and Jamie
Keeler (an artist and theatre teacher at Wills Point High School), as well as Vagabond veterans Darlene "Doc" Higgins
and Wayne "Whistler" Higgins and Mark Reynolds. Don't miss this one - it's going to be great!
August 27 - 'Call Northside 777' starring James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J Cobb - documentary style legal drama
"understated, suspensful and gritty" movie from 1948
Based on a true story. During Prohibition, Frank Wiecek is falsely accused and imprisoned for killing a cop in a
speakeasy. His mother, Tillie (Kasia Orzazewski), has a fierce belief in her son's innocence, but it's only when reporter
P.J. McNeal starts investigating the crime 11 years later that the truth comes to light. Lee J. Cobb costars as McNeal's
editor.
Sept 10 - 'Another Thin Man' starring William Powell and Myrna Loy - a witty suspenseful 'feel-good' movie 1939
Another in the Thin Man series that the Iris Movie crowd seems to thoroughly enjoy!
Upper-crust private eyes Nick and Nora Charles -- along with faithful canine Asta -- return for a third installment of the
popular series. They're invited to spend the weekend at the estate of munitions mogul Col. Burr MacFay (C. Aubrey
Smith). After MacFay's ex-associate issues a death threat, Nick and Nora go into sleuthing mode when someone carries
it out. But all is not what it seems in this stylish and entertaining whodunit.
Sept 24 - 'Grapes of Wrath' starring Henry Fonda - An inspiring, emotional movie from 1940
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by John Steinbeck, this is a classic in every sense of the word. Not a very
happy story, but we have been asked to show this movie several times.
In this towering classic of American cinema, common man Tom Joad leads his family on a harrowing journey from the
Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a better life in California. Masterfully directed by John Ford (who won the Oscar
for his efforts), the stirring drama also stars Oscar winner Jane Darwell as Ma Joad and John Carradine as the fallen
preacher Casy.
Oct 8 - 'Trouble in Paradise' starring Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins - A witty romantic comedy from 1932
This is one of those gambles I take every once in a while that usually pay off with a very entertaining evening! I haven't
seen the movie and am not familiar with either of the stars - but I do LOVE the older movies! Just think - this movie is
over 75 years old!
When thief Gaston Monescu meets his true love in pickpocket Lily, the cunning pair of jewel thieves embark on a
scam to rob a lovely Parisian widow and perfume company executive named Mariette Colet (Kay Francis). But when
Gaston becomes romantically entangled with Mariette, the larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to
choose between two beautiful but vastly different women.