The Bird Cage Theater

Down on the corner of Allen Street and 6th Street was the Bird Cage, a theater that catered more to Tombstone’s working class. It was built by a colorful character and former performer named Billy Hutchinson, for six hundred dollars and opened on December 23rd, 1881. The girls performed little singing and dancing skits for the audience made up of cowboys, cattle rustlers, smugglers and miners. They also worked the room as waitresses hustling drinks and turning tricks to supplement their income