Deming PerformingArts TheaterWelcome toour web site!  Onthis homepage we'll introduce our organization, give you a short history of theDeming Performing Arts Theaterand a little bit about historic MorganHall.HomeComing EventsPicture GalleryAbout UsBecome a MemberContact UsLocation: 109 E PineStreet, Deming NMDemingPerforming Arts Theater      A 501 (c)(3) Non Profit Corp.The Deming Performing arts Theater wasstarted by Shirley Knight. She talked Enza Koger into asking SharonLein, the director of the Deming Luna Mimbers Museum, if they could usethe new transportation wing area of the museum for their plays.They needed portable stages, so in 2001,Shirley and Lynn Cox went to Duke  Energy, asking for money tobuy them. Frank Fisher from Duke Energy, Shirley and Enza went to thecity council and asked to use Morgan Hall, 109 East Pine, as they hadout grown the museum after just two plays.Deming Performing Arts Theater has hadwonderful entertainers and entertainment.  Holy Water &Whiskey, Ronstadt Generations, La Cella Bella, Mesilla Valley SwingBand,Doug Figgs, Jim Jones and Tumbleweed Rob & The SouthwestJunction to name a few!DPAT (as we are called) has come a longway in just a short period of time through the efforts of the dedicated
people who wanted to see 
something happen. They were the ones who made
it happen, now they and others are keeping it going!
Please consider joining us as we expand
our horizons. No experience necessary, just the desire to have fun
while providing quality
"Wholesome Family Entertainment" to Deming area residents
and visitors.
Our Mission is to build funding through "Wholesome
Family Entertainment" to allow us
to award Scholarships to graduating Deming High 
School students.
The students must meet a criteria of studying in the field of
"Performing Arts", be it Theater, Music, Production or Dance.
On
May 14, 2012, DPAT awarded a total of five (5) $1000 scholarships!
In May of 2013 we awarded (4) $1000 scholarships and May of 2014,
only (1) $500 scholarship was awarded. 
Our theater attendance has dwindled, so less money is avalable for
scholarships. Thanks to the folks who do support our theater, couldn't do it
without you!!!
Morgan
Hall
Built in 1908, it was
originally the
City Hall and fire station. It was remodeled in 1938 by the W.P.A. In
Spanish Pueblo Revival Style, it has a recessed portico entry with
vigas and ornate wood pillars with lintels
and corbels. It has metal
casement windows. The east addition has a portico with an ornate wood
door.
Meeting rooms, a stage and auditorium with high
ceilings are still used for meetings and stage productions 
and is an
historic community center.
(Partial
excerpt from Deming City Web Site)
Visitors
since October 1, 2005
Last Updated April 9, 2015 at 9:15am
Our Board of Directors
President:
Glenn Kruger
Vice President:
Larry Awve
Treasurer:
Nancy D'Alessio
Recording
Secretary:
Betty McMahon   
Corresponding
Secretary:
Jo Kruger
Members at Large
Lola Machande
Bob Proebst