Bring your favorite prince or princess and enjoy a magical afternoon of tea, cookies, sweet treats, and royal snacks! Guests will have opportunities for photos, to meet fun guests, and make plenty of royalty-worthy memories. Fancy clothes or costumes are encouraged to make the day even more special. 

A Royal Tea Party will take place in the gym of the First United Methodist Church in Benton. Please enter on West Sevier Street. There is a parking lot across the street as well as street parking. 

All sales are final, and refunds cannot be issued, however we are able to transfer tickets to another person at ticket holder request. 

Ticket prices are $20 general admission plus additional fees. **Everyone must have a ticket to attend A Royal Tea Party.

For online ticket sales, go to https://onthestage.tickets/the-royal-theatre. For accessible or special needs seating, email [email protected] or call 501-315-5483 (voicemail only).

The Royal Theatre at 111 S. Market St. in Benton, Arkansas was built in 1948-1949 as an extensive renovation of a prior theatre and that was already deemed historic. The oldest part of the theatre was part of the 1920 "Imp" (for "Independent Motion Pictures") theatre. The sign and marquee of the theatre, and the rest of the 1948-1949 redesign, were designed by Little Rock architects Frank Ginocchio and Edwin B. Cromwell in Moderne style. Ginocchio and Cromwell had designed a Royal Theatre in Little Rock that used the sign and marquee; they reused the material in the Benton theatre later.

In 1996, the Royal Theatre was bought and renovated by actor Jerry Van Dyke. Most of the block that the theatre is located on was also renovated at that time. Jerry Van Dyke added Jerry Van Dyke's Soda Shoppe, a candy store, a baseball card trading store, as well as a small antique store. Jerry Van Dyke sold the Royal Theatre and the rest of the property in 2000 and 2001. The Royal Theatre was donated to the “Central Arkansas Community Players", who then changed the name to the "Royal Players" and continues to perform in it to this day.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.