The Dothan Opera House

Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich

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5.0 • 546 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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To subscribe to Sean's daily blog, https://seandietrich.com/subscribe/ For information on events or other Sean of the South news, visit https://seandietrich.com/ To sponsor an episode, email LauraBeth@SeanDietrich.com Sean Dietrich is a columnist, humorist, multi-instrumentalist, and stand-up storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living, Reader's Digest, Garden and Gun, and his column appears weekly in newspapers thr...

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1:00.0	Music The Dothan Opera House is an old building constructed during World War I.
1:02.3	Everyone has performed here.
1:05.9	Willie Nelson, the Stadler brothers, Conway Twitty, Bob Dylan.
1:08.0	It's a nice building.
1:10.4	The brick edifice is classical revival. "'The arched windows are Italianate.
1:12.8	"'The city recently pumped some major cashola into this place,
1:16.2	"'and boy does it show.
1:18.1	"'The opera house is gorgeous.
1:21.0	"'I arrived early for a pre-performance soundcheck
1:24.2	"'driving our dilapidated van, Myrtle.
1:27.0	"'Murdle is not gorgeous.
1:30.0	Myrtle is beat up.
1:32.1	Myrtle used to be a plumber's van.
1:34.9	She's been with us a long time.
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