Entering the Theatre for the Performing Arts, the visitor transforms into the glory of old vaudeville. Featuring continental seating for up to 1,900 patrons, every seat has a terrific view of the stage at the Theatre, guaranteed by the proscenium opening of fifty-seven feet by twenty-eight feet.  The seating plan includes floor seating for almost 1,200 and balcony seating just over 700.

The Theatre is capable of handling your program's technical needs.  These include forty-eight line sets (counterweight), a sixteen channel in-house sound system as well as in-house lighting.  A wide variety of programming works in the Theatre including meeting presentations and keynote addresses for conventions. 

The Theatre has held performances including:

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