Megan’s Suite, adjacent to the outer lobby (originally featuring ice cream and candy in the Strand Sweets Shoppe), features table seating, concessions, and bar service for most performances. Dedicated in September 2004, the space was named in memory of Megan Smith, a Greensburg-Salem High School graduate who perished in a car accident at the age of 18. Megan was active in her school’s theatre productions, and her parents’ generous contribution helped to create a space for casual gatherings and formal receptions. The two-story Suite includes restrooms for men and women on both levels and an elevator to facilitate access to the Theatre’s Mezzanine, Loge, and Balcony. Outside Megan’s Suite, on the site of the former Strand Theatre, is the landscaped courtyard, completed in 2000 through private funding and donations. Megan’s Suite and the newly renamed Duffy & Summer Friedlander Courtyard (2024) are available for conferences, meetings, private events, and pre- or post-show parties.
Much of the original Manos Theatre remains intact. The golden marble ticket booth, with its unique wheel of overhead lights at the theatre’s entrance, is still used before performances. Keen eyes will notice the pink, yellow, and blue flowers on the lobby chandelier. Black and white floor tiles continue to grace the outer lobby and mezzanine. Movie projectors from the 1920s are displayed in the mezzanine area, where children once enjoyed a fountain bubbling in the Spanish-inspired mosaic tile pond of live goldfish! Through the generosity of the late Paul Jennings, the mezzanine features photos of projectionists from long ago.