Cooper Saves the Day

ID: 3143 ~ Source: Megarity, Margaret Barclay. Interviewed by Suzanne Durham, March 15, 1976, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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After the Waco Civic Theatre was no longer permitted to use Baylor’s campus and they had venue-hopped for a few years, Madison Cooper donated money from the Cooper Foundation to fund a theater building of their own.

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By Katie Chakmakjian
The Waco Civic Theatre has brought culture and entertainment to the city of Waco for a century. It began as the Waco Little Theatre in 1925. The theater was founded by Mrs. Jean Fort, daughter-in-law of William Fort of the historic Fort House. The…