Location and Murals
The theatre is located in the northwest part of the Tenderloin District, at the corner of Polk and O'Farrell street at 37°47′5.8″N 122°25′9.5″W / 37.784944°N 122.419306°W / 37.784944; -122.419306Coordinates: 37°47′5.8″N 122°25′9.5″W / 37.784944°N 122.419306°W / 37.784944; -122.419306, a few doors down from the Great American Music Hall. The entire exterior west and south faces of the theater are covered with two large murals. The west wall depicts a rainforest scene, and on the south wall is an underwater scene featuring a life-sized pod of whales and dolphins. These murals were painted in 1977 (Lou Silva with Ed Monroe, Daniel Burgevin, Todd Stanton, and Gary William Graham), 1983 (Lou Silva-solo), and 1990 by Lou Silva with the assistance of Joanne Maxwell Wittenbrook, Ed Monroe, Mark Nathan Clark, and Juan "Blackwolf" Karlos. Notable visitors, while the murals were in progress, included: Melvin Belli, Marilyn Chambers, Paul Kantner, Toshiro Mifune, Huey P. Newton, Hunter S. Thompson, and Edy Williams. The murals were sponsored in their entirety by Jim and Artie Mitchell.
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