Amargosa Opera House
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The Amargosa
Opera House was sort of discovered in the late 1960's by arta
Becket. Marta and
her husband were taking her traveling show around the country and they had a
flat tire on their trailer in Death Valley. They took it to Death Valley
Junction to be repaired. While the tire was being repaired Marta wandered the
town and came across the old building that was abandoned. She decided this was
where she wanted to do her show from now on.
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Marta has been performing her shows in Death Valley Junction and the
Amargosa Opera House ever since. The show is very well done and very
entertaining. The Opera House seats about 110 people and many nights is now
sold out. The show starts when a gentlemen dressed in a top hat and tux
opens the door. He announces that it is customary to allow Hotel guests to
enter first and then he calls out names.
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The hotel is something to experience. Marta has painted murals in all the
rooms and some times from a quick glance it's hard to tell what is real
and what isn't. The headboard is painted in this picture.
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On the walls of the opera house Marta has painted an audience. In the early
days there would be times she would perform her show and there was no
audience so she decided to paint one. The entire walls of the Opera House
are painted including the ceiling.
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This is an example of a few more of her murals in the hotel. We highly recommend
seeing Marta Becket's Amargosa Opera House and the show. The nearest gas and
food is 7 miles away. The day we were there when I went to get gas they were
out so I had to drive another 15 miles to find gas. It really is out in the
middle of nowhere.
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