Barron Theatre

The Barron Theatre is a movie theater in Pratt, Kansas, United States, located at 313 South Main Street. It operates as part of Youth Core Ministries (YCM), a faith-based nonprofit that has served young people in Pratt County for more than twenty years. The theater functions both as a working cinema and as a ministry venue, giving YCM a larger platform to reach students and families in the surrounding rural community. The theater traces its origins to Mr. Barron, a native of Indiana who came to Kansas as assistant manager and drummer of the Wellington Majestic Theatre Orchestra. After fifteen years in Wellington, where he married the daughter of John T. Showalter in 1906, he and his wife moved to Pratt in 1924 and purchased three frame business houses in the 300 block of South Main Street. Those buildings, previously occupied by the Gregory Bakery, the Gem Café, and the Anglin Barber Shop, became the first step toward their dream of establishing a theater. The Barron name has been associated with the site since that era. Today the Barron Theatre shows films on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are priced at $5.00 per person, with children two and under admitted free; children twelve and under must be accompanied by an adult. The cinema is a low-cost, family-friendly entertainment option in a small Kansas town, and its programming is interwoven with the mission of Youth Core Ministries. Youth Core Ministries describes its mission as transforming communities by leading kids to Jesus, connecting them to caring adults, and wrapping around families to solve poverty. The organization works with at-risk youth and aims to provide stability and opportunity. The theater is presented as an extension of that mission, allowing the ministry to reach more students in a wider variety of ways. As a brand, the Barron Theatre is therefore both a local cinema and a community-outreach platform, rather than a conventional commercial multiplex chain.

The Barron Theatre is a movie theater in Pratt, Kansas, United States. Its history is tied to Mr. Barron, a native of Indiana who came to Kansas as the assistant manager and drummer of the Wellington Majestic Theatre Orchestra. During his fifteen years in Wellington, he met and married the daughter of John T. Showalter in 1906. In 1924, the couple moved to Pratt and purchased three frame business houses in the 300 block of South Main Street as the first step of their dream. Those buildings had previously been occupied by the Gregory Bakery, the Gem Café, and the Anglin Barber Shop. This marked the beginning of the Barron family's presence on South Main Street and the eventual establishment of the theater that carries the Barron name. Over the following decades the theater became a local institution in Pratt. At some point it came under the stewardship of Youth Core Ministries, a faith-based nonprofit that has been sharing Jesus and ministering to the youth of Pratt County for over twenty years. Under YCM, the Barron Theatre was repurposed as both a cinema and a ministry venue. The organization states that the theater gives it a venue to minister to even more students in an even wider variety of ways, extending its reach beyond its existing youth programs. Youth Core Ministries' mission is to forever transform communities through leading kids to Jesus, connecting them to caring adults, and wrapping around families to solve poverty. It seeks to impact rural communities by showing Jesus to kids, families, and communities through intentionally transformational relationships and unconditional love, delivered through youth ministries and family- and community-based programming. The ministry describes its work as drawing alongside young people as they move from poverty to plenty and to a deeper understanding of their value in the Kingdom of God. Many of the young people in its programs are at-risk youth, and the goal is to surround them with the love of God and the support of people who care and share in the mission. The Barron Theatre continues to operate as a working movie theater. As of the official website, it shows films on Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets cost $5.00 per person, children two and under are free, and children twelve and under must be accompanied by an adult. The theater is located at 313 South Main St., Pratt, KS 67124. Its combination of affordable family entertainment and faith-based community outreach defines its role in the Pratt community today.

• 1924

  Mr. and Mrs. Barron move to Pratt and purchase three frame business houses in the 300 block of South Main Street.

• 1906

  Mr. Barron marries the daughter of John T. Showalter in Wellington, Kansas.

• The Barron Theatre becomes part of Youth Core Ministries and serves youth in Pratt County.

A low-cost, family-friendly community cinema operated by a faith-based youth ministry in rural Kansas.

• Weekend film screenings

  Films shown Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

• Affordable family tickets

  $5.00 per person; children 2 and under free; children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

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