History Pub - Klondike Kate and the Pantages Theater
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Klondike Kate and the Pantages Theater
Presented by Shea Drury and Jody Shaw
Spanish Ballroom
McMenamins Elks Temple
Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026
7pm/doors 6pm
$9.08
All ages welcome
Join Shea Drury and Jody Shaw of 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔 for a special live podcast recording featuring an evening of storytelling, history, and plenty of laughs.
Long before Tacoma’s Pantages Theater lit up Broadway Avenue, a woman known as Klondike Kate ruled the dance halls of the Yukon. She was the “Queen of the Gold Rush” and a vaudeville performer, businesswoman, and according to some accounts, a key figure behind the early rise of theater mogul Alexander Pantages.
Follow Kate’s story, from the chaos of the Klondike Gold Rush to the stage lights of Tacoma, as we trace the ambition, risk, and personal fallout behind one of the city's most iconic theaters. It’s a story of love, money, and betrayal…and how it all leads back to Tacoma.
Klondike Kate and the Pantages Theater
Presented by Shea Drury and Jody Shaw
Spanish Ballroom
McMenamins Elks Temple
Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026
7pm/doors 6pm
$9.08
All ages welcome
Join Shea Drury and Jody Shaw of 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔 for a special live podcast recording featuring an evening of storytelling, history, and plenty of laughs.
Long before Tacoma’s Pantages Theater lit up Broadway Avenue, a woman known as Klondike Kate ruled the dance halls of the Yukon. She was the “Queen of the Gold Rush” and a vaudeville performer, businesswoman, and according to some accounts, a key figure behind the early rise of theater mogul Alexander Pantages.
Follow Kate’s story, from the chaos of the Klondike Gold Rush to the stage lights of Tacoma, as we trace the ambition, risk, and personal fallout behind one of the city's most iconic theaters. It’s a story of love, money, and betrayal…and how it all leads back to Tacoma.
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Spanish Ballroom, 565 Broadway,Tacoma, Washington, United States
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