The Marion Palace Theatre is a 1928 restored historic theatre seating 1445 in the Eberson-designed atmospheric auditorium. The decor of the original theatre is Moorish revival, complete with a ceiling painted to look like night sky, twinkling lights to replicate stars and a renovated cloud projector. The May Pavilion, a banquet facility and flexible performing space built on to the west side of The Palace, opened in 2008. Both spaces serve to present local, regional, national and international artists in theatre, dance, comedy, variety and all genres of music.