The Walton Theatre Restoration Effort:

2005
  • Period ceiling and wall lighting installed in theatre house and balcony areas.
  • Stage production lighting was installed
  • Production flood and spot lighting installed from balcony area
  • Fire escapes rebuilt.
2006
  • Ceiling tiles repaired in theatre house.
  • Flood damages theatre in June, ruining tile and wood flooring, seats, thrust stage, and damaging lower walls and doors.
  • Village of Walton insurance money covered new flooring, new beautiful seating in theatre house, rehabilitation of doors.
  • Theatre reopens in November.
  • Piano platform installed.
  • New piano donated by Dave and Judy Breese
2007
  • Sound and light control console built in balcony area for live performances.
  • Sound and mic boxes installed in stage front for live performances.
  • Carpet installed down theatre isles and up the stairways to balcony.
  • Original theatre stenciled walls cleaned and restored.
  • Purchased and installed drape for stage front.
  • Installed drape for rear of stage.
2008
  • Stained glass panels along house side walls removed, refurbished and reinstalled with backlighting.
  • Faux painted house side walls under chair rail. Removed sound panels from walls in
  • Balcony and cleaned and restored original faux painted walls.
  • Gingko leaf mural created for foyer wall by artist, Lara Fassler. Donors purchase hand sculptured leaf engraved with their name.
2009
  • Repaired and painted walls in stairways and museum room. Painted ticket booth.
  • Replaced carpet, cleaned and painted walls in dressing rooms behind stage.
  • Organized old costuming, and props. Staged original dressing rooms located up the spiral staircase and in basements.
  • RSS built and installed display cases outside theatre entrance.
  • Original porch lights removed, restored, reinstalled.
  • Commissioned 2 signs.
    - First sign says Walton Theatre and was hung in front of Theatre.
    - Second sign lists Historic Gardiner Place buildings and was hung on corner of Delaware St. and Gardiner Place.
  • Drapes were made and installed in doorways to theatre house and in the balcony to recreate what was originally there.

Rev 2/18/10