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Cheyenne's 1887 downtown theatre, where two resident spirits are said to linger after the final curtain.
211 W Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001
Research updated July 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Ticket prices vary by production; see the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players website for the current season.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Paved downtown sidewalks; historic multi-story theatre building
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1887 · 1887 downtown Cheyenne commercial building · Converted to a theatre by architect William Dubois in 1908 · Home of the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players since 1966 · Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1973)
The three-story building at the corner of West Lincolnway (16th Street) and Capitol Avenue was constructed in 1887, during Cheyenne's cattle-and-railroad boom. For its first two decades it held a ground-floor confectionery shop with professional offices on the upper floors. In 1907 the Cheyenne architect William Dubois was hired to convert the ground floor into a theatre, and the Atlas opened in 1908 as an affordable house that complemented the grander Capitol Avenue Theatre nearby.
The Atlas ran as a theatre until 1929, then reopened as the Strand movie house. By the mid-1950s the building sat empty. It came back in 1961 as the Pink Pony nightclub, and in 1966 the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players began staging live productions there. The company bought the building in 1971 with the twin goals of performing in it and preserving it, and the Atlas was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Today the Historic Atlas Theatre is owned and operated by the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players. It hosts the company's long-running Old Fashioned Melodrama each summer, along with touring acts, weddings, and community productions year-round. The venue is also a regular stop on Cheyenne's seasonal trolley ghost tours, which depart from nearby Depot Plaza.
Sources
Cheyenne's ghost lore credits the Atlas with at least two resident spirits. Cowboy State Daily's account of the haunted capital describes orbs reported floating through the house, objects that move on their own, electrical equipment that behaves oddly, and voices captured on recordings during paranormal investigations. Local station Y95's 'Haunted 307' feature describes a somber woman in white most often seen on the second floor, said to look out a window and vanish when noticed, even when the theatre is closed, and a playful male presence blamed for objects that disappear and reappear during rehearsals.
Other retellings add figures of two young boys seen in the windows and a woman on a stairway. Local legend ties the activity to undocumented nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century tragedies, but none of those backstories are confirmed in the historical record and are best treated as folklore. Performers, staff, and visitors have reported encounters over the decades, and the theatre remains a fixture in the city's seasonal trolley ghost tours.
Notable Entities
See a production in Cheyenne's 1887 theatre, owned and run by the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players since 1971. The company stages its long-running Old Fashioned Melodrama each summer along with touring acts and community productions year-round. Performers and staff have reported unexplained activity in the historic house.
The Atlas Theatre is a stop on Cheyenne's seasonal trolley ghost tour, which recounts the city's ghost lore over about 70 minutes. Tours run in the fall and depart from Depot Plaza a block away.
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