Katy Fordyce

To some San Marcos residents, The Price Center is a place to practice chair yoga and to others it's seen as a historic wedding ballroom. But for Ron and Marie Jager, The Price center is a building that represents opportunity for anyone and everyone no matter what the age. Katy Fordyce has more in this Bobcat Update.

SU: If you've driven through downtown San Marcos, then you've probably driven passed the Price Center but what you may not know is that this building is built upon love for the community and love for theater.
William Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.." This is true for Ron and Marie Jager, who are the true stars of the show at the Price Center.
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The Jagers have been married for 64 years and they've shared a love for the arts since their love story began in 1952. Ron says he and his wife brought musical theater to San Marcos after Marie set an all-time record at The University of Texas for winning first place for four consecutive years in a one-act play contest.
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Over the years Marie has helped design sets for the shows that Ron directs, and she even designed some of the dresses in Ron's 1985 production of Falderol. The Jagers have co-directed many shows at The Price Center, but Marie says the one that stands out to her is To Kill a Mockingbird, because she got to take the stage again and play the old woman character.
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Every summer the Price Center hosts the Lee Colee Summer Music Theater Boot Camp for young performers, ages 8 to 17, and this year the musical, Oklahoma, will be performed. The Price Center was not always home to community theatrical productions. In 1993 the building played the role of a vacant old church that the city considered tearing down until H.Y. Price, Jr. bought and donated it back to the city, in hopes that the building would be used for youth and/or senior citizen programs after he passed.
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Determined to carry out Price's legacy, Ron and Marie declared that the show must go on and assumed full responsibility for the renovation in 1999. The building fund began when the Jagers were approached by movie producers to use their house for a funeral scene in a Martin Sheen movie.
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Today the renovated building stands tall on 222 West San Antonio Street in San Marcos. The Price Center serves as an opportunity center, a senior citizens center and a Tea Room for the city of San Marcos. The Jagers originally moved to San Marcos to bring the city musical theatrical productions and as for Marie, she says she will continue to give back to her community as long as the river keeps flowing.
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For Bobcat Update, I'm Katy Fordyce.






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