February 1943

David Reid co-authored Ten Minute Break, an all-soldier musical revue by the enlisted men at Camp Croft given at the State Theatre in Spartanburg in 1943. Reid came back to Spartanburg after the war and has been director and producer of Spartanburg Little Theatre for 35 years

Photo courtesy of Marion Peter Holt, author of "Magical Places - The Story of Spartanburg's Theaters and Their Entertainments: 1900-1950" published by Hub City Writers Project.

The Rex Theatre opened in 1917 and closed in 1929 for conversion to sound pictures. It did not reopen until 1934 when it's name became the State Theatre. In 1970, the State Theatre was renamed the Capri. It was partially destroyed by fire in 1971 and although it could have been restored, it was left a ruin.