Ragtown Gospel Theater

The experience of Ragtown Gospel Theater begins before you turn off of Highway 84 and drive along mesquite-lined Ragtown Road on your way to the theater.  Your experience is designed to begin with hospitality, supplying you with as much information as you need, as conveniently as possible, making your visit as effortless as we can make it right from the outset, as you visit our website to purchase tickets, or call the toll-free order line.

Horses and Texas Longhorn cattle continue to graze without noticing the motorcoaches and automobiles that have begun to appear on the ranch every Friday and Saturday evening around sundown.  The road winds around for a mile, bringing visitors to a well-lighted parking area.  Signs instruct folks to wait for the shuttle that is said to come by every five minutes or so.  It is a chance to take a look at the ranch, home to a new and innovative theater that has received coast-to-coast news coverage and wonderful responses from audiences since its opening in March.  There is a spectacular vista to the east, bathed in the last light of the day. To the west is the craggy crescent of the Caprock that borders the property.  In the shadow of the escarpment, on a terrace cut into the side of the canyon wall is Ragtown Gospel Theater, a five-year-long project of two brothers, their wives and families.

Ragtown Gospel Theater is a stunning 400-seat indoor live performance hall unlike anything you have ever seen.  When you first enter the lobby, a tastefully grand representation of the original Algerita Hotel, a landmark in downtown Post for a hundred years, there is the feeling of stepping back to the turn of the last century.  Then, entering the theater, passing through a portal taken from the design of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, you are taken back to the turn of the first century.  Towering rock walls, colonnades, arches, murals and sculptures surround audiences with the timeless atmosphere of the ancient Holy City.

The sound system and acoustics are superb, with crisp definition of lyrics in songs and spoken dialogue.  Audiences are struck by the professionalism of the presentation.  The first hour is a rousing Gospel Concert.  During the intermission after the music the phrase, “We’ve already got our money’s worth!” is often heard.  Filling the second hour is the original drama “Peter the Rock,” which brings audiences a completely different experience.  Audiences often sit in total silence as the curtain closes at the end of the presentation, erupting into applause only after the curtain re-opens and Glenn Polk returns to the stage.  You will not be disappointed in the hospitality, the facility, the music, nor the play.  Make your plans to come as soon as you can, because you will want to come again before productions of “Peter the Rock” conclude at the end of the summer.