Alabama Power Service Organization Brings Up Curtain On Tallassee Theatre

Alabama News Center | February 28, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Donna Cope

Walking into the Mt. Vernon Theatre in Tallassee is like stepping back to 1935.

Melinda Landers-Emfinger and other Alabama Power employees helped usher in a new era for the theatre.

Mt. Vernon Theatre hadn’t seen customer foot traffic since its 1968 closing. But after years of hard work to restore the building to meet city and state codes, the theatre opened to much fanfare, with about 500 guests Jan. 20. Landers-Emfinger and a crew from the Southern Division Chapter-Tallassee subarea for the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO) helped smooth the way. Every ticket was sold and the lobby was full for the opening night of “Dear Mama: Letters and Music from World War II” by local playwright Adrian Lee Borden.

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