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1928: Riverside Studio (Spotlight Theater)

1928 | 1381 Riverside Drive, Tulsa, Oklahoma | Built for Patti Adams Shriner in 1928, this is the only building Bruce Goff created in the International Style, largely because Shriner fashioned herself as a contemporary of the many European musicians and artists of the time. Built as both a home and a studio where Shriner could teach piano and host performances and recitals, the building is now the home to the longest-running theatrical experience in America, the weekly performance of the Drunkard at the Spotlight Theatre. In addition to the iconic stucco exterior and flat roof, the building is known for its large glass circular window that faces the Arkansas River. Goff tapped the artist Olinka Hrdy to create murals for the building, inspired by the seven muses. Shriner agreed to work with Hrdy as long as there was no reference to jazz music, which she hated. Hrdy, snuck the letters “J-A-Z-Z” into the design of the murals to only show up in certain light. Another unique post-construction feature of the building is a hand-dug tunnel underneath the building created by the theater in the 1960s to allow actors to move from the front of the auditorium to the back of the stage without having to go outside.