The Lyric is situated in a spot some might describe as perfect: near the heart of downtown Casper, right across from David Street Station, at the front of the Old Yellowstone District and within walking distance of other businesses, both large and small. The Lyric’s team of employees and its board of directors are hoping to leverage that by reinventing the location as Casper’s destination for all things performing arts and cultural enrichment. “The goal being to build a performing arts hall that serves Casper, Natrona County, the surrounding areas, with entertainment [and] performing arts [and] education that will have an economic impact and benefit to all its citizens,” Executive Director Lindsey Grant said.
If you’ve walked by The Lyric at any point in the last month or so, you may have seen posters hung outside filled with sketches, graphs and lists. “Imagine a home for the performing arts,” one graphic, stylized in all-caps says. “A first-rate facility dedicated to making Casper’s arts scene more vibrant.
” Their argument is that Casper needs a multifunctional space for performing arts, receptions, seminars and arts education that isn’t a school auditorium, a church or the Ford Wyoming Center. It’s great, Grant said, but there’s a gap for a midsize venue — which she foresees The Lyric being. On the wall to your left-hand side in the lobby are sketches of what the space would look like once renovated.
Faceless stick figures sit in front of a fire.