Kenneth: I don't really know what to put in a Guestbook so if I sound weird just tell me lol... ... ...I suppose I will start by saying The Beckwith is a wonderful place,you find such Love and Drive from the Cast and Crew,the sets are phenomenal,you get great Windmill shaped cookies and coffee in intermission too lolz. I guess what im trying to say is you really feel warm and welcomed at the Theatre and that truly is whats so great about the beckwith =)
October 12, 2008 11:26PM
Sylvester Pryor: Nice music... Lovely website!!
May 6, 2006 8:24PM
Aislinn Frantz: I could be incorrect, but I'm almost certain that the theatre Ms.Jacoby is describing is the former Beckwith Theatre which, sadly, was torn down in the 60's. The current Beckwith was a former United Methodist Church and Knights of Columbus building. Hope this helped.
October 16, 2004 6:33PM
Bob Singleton: I googled "Beckwith Theatre in Dowagiac" searching for the theatre's famed facade. I had just read in Susan Jacoby's Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism (pp 149-151) Beckwith's desire "to make the [Dowagiac] townsfolk aware and appreciative of his personal pantheon of heroes and heroines whom he considered to be the true benefactors of the human race." Jacoby says that "the facade of the theatre....featured men and, even more extraordinarily, women who, as far as political and religious conservatives of the day [1893] were concerned, constituted a rogues' gallery: Ingersoll, Paine, Voltaire, Susan B. Anthony, George Eliot, Victor Hugo, George Sand, and Walt Whitman. Busts of Goethe, Shakespear, Beethoven, and Chopin also gazed down upon Dowagiac's main shopping street." Although I found on your website great photos of the exterior of the theatre, I did not see any of the carvings that Jacoby describes. What happened to them? Did they not exist? Were they removed? As a theatre person myself, I am glad to read that the theatre is still functioning. Keep up the tradition.
September 28, 2004 12:49PM
W. Grau: I have heard wonderful things about your group from my Chicago friends and will definitely attend if I am ever in the area. Keep up the good work.
February 25, 2004 10:16AM
Susan: Hello....very nice website.....The exterior of your theatre is charming.....Do you have pictures of the interior as well?
I came upon your site with interest as to where you are located with interest in seeing 'Night Mother....I live in Metro Detroit so unfortunatly the drive would be too far...I've done that play....It is wonderful...Break-a-leg!
Susan
September 11, 2003 1:14PM
Sherry Hammons: I brought a small group here for a bachelorette party, all first time visitors. We had a blast!
All of us plan to return. The actors were wonderful! I am so glad I found this place! By the way everyone thanked me for such a creative idea for a clean but fun night out! So now I'm thanking you for doing such a great job!
June 15, 2002 8:42PM
Christi: This website is a POWERFUL promotional tool for future performances! Warm wishes for continued success in your endeavors.
June 7, 2001 9:29PM
Ron Latina: I'm afraid that my screen showed everything but the performance photos, they just were a blank space.
May 16, 2001 10:30AM
wayne comstock: Heard the promo on the Q-92 radio station on my way to work and heard the web-site address and thought I'd check it out. Very well done. The photo's of the different plays turned out really good. This town has a hugh asset with the Beckwith Theatre and the productions that involve many people. Keep up the good work!!
May 1, 2001 1:03PM
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