Wedding Ceremony at a Theatre

Re: Wedding Ceremony at a Theatre

• aerinpegadrak member

  

  November 2010

  Are there any kind of steps from the audience up onto the stage?  If so, you would probably just treat it as a multi-aisle church and process in from the back of the theater.  If not, is there enough room to perform the ceremony in front of the stage?
  
  I'm pretty sure that Amoro had a ceremony in a theater.  I don't know what screenname she's using these days (Snippylynn, maybe?) but you can try paging her over on Etiquette.  You might also check Offbeat Bride and search for theater weddings.

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  Sometimes I feel like people think that brides are delicate little flower princesses who get all dressed up and pretty for one special moment of their dreams, when really they're just normal people who just happen to be getting married. Things shouldn't have to be sugar-coated for grown-ass women. -mstar284

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• StarStruckDreamer

  

  November 2010

  My fiance and I are having our ceremony at a local theatre on 12-11-10. I grew up performing on stage and always wanted to actually be married up there too!
  
  We'll have a set of stairs on the floor at the edge of the stage so that once I walk down the aisle,  I'll meet fiance at the bottom of the stairs and we will walk up onto the stage together.
  
  As far as people thinking it is a strange venue, we have incountered a few people (primarily the older generations) that have found it weird. Most people think that it is great though! Everyone keeps talking about how excited they are for a wedding that is unique and totally "us."

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• mgietler76 member

  

  November 2010

  Here's a website showing pics from a wedding at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, NY:
  
  http://www.knightstudio.com/galleries/venues/Sheas/index.html

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• schadbourne member

  

  November 2010

  I pretty much begged a beatiful vintage theater and they said no they were too busy and they stage wasn't built for a ceremony because of the curtain, I dont think they got the fact that it was what i was looking for, oh well....
  
  I think it would be beatiful and people are bound to raise an eyebrow if your wedding isnt in a church followed by a seated reception aka wedding tradition all you have to do is show them how awesome it can be being a little unique

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• ki10 member

  

  November 2010

  I love theatres, so I think this is a beautiful idea. I do think maybe if you're not into it personally enough to stand by it if someone questions you, maybe it's not for you. I don't think anyone would find it specifically weird except for people who would already object to holding a wedding anywhere but a church. Heck, I know churches and temples whose front area is almost identical to a stage, so it's not like it's that strange of a look.
  
  One word of caution from a theatre geek: beware of the front row. People will want to sit there to be closer to you, but they'll probably end up craning their necks a lot unless it's a short ceremony. You could maybe decorate the front row so no one can use it or really tell that the seats are there, or you could have musicians sit there!

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• TheGlamourist member

  

  November 2010

  It sounds like a few people have married onstage (and in seven months I'll be part of their ranks).  The older generation might raise an eyebrow, but the majority of your peers will think it's fantastic.

  

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