Erie Playhouse

Erie Playhouse

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name = Erie Playhouse


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city = Erie, Pennsylvania
country = USA
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website = www.erieplayhouse.com

Erie Playhouse is a historic theatre located in Erie, Pennsylvania.

History

The Erie Playhouse was established as the "Peoples Theatre" by 1882, and was incorporated as the Erie Civic Theatre Association in 1916.

The troupe performed at the H.V. Claus Block building on State Street between 10th Street and 12th Street in 1882. Productions were performed from 1915 to 1919 at the Reed Hotel near North Park Row. In 1919, the theatre relocated to the Keystone Brass Foundry, where performances were held until 1927. The theatre built its own facility in 1929 on West 7th Street between Sassafras Street and Peach Street. It operated at this site, except for a three-year period during World War II, until 1965, when the site was sold to Gannon University. The company occupied the Penn Movie House in Wesleyville, Pennsylvania from 1965 to 1975, when fire regulations forced the closing of the building, at which time performances of the "Brave Little Threatre Without A Home" were held at an assortment of local venues.

In 1983, the company purchased and renovated the Strand Theatre at 13 West 10th Street in downtown Erie, which is its present home. It is a proscenium theatre with capacity for 433 patrons; renovations in 2007 reduced capacity from the original 1983 layout of 520 seats. [Playhouse to Open With 'Thoroughly Modern' Seats, Erie Times-News, 15 September 2007, pg 6B] The theatre experienced a US $1 million renovation in 1993.

The company's first production in the 1983 season was Annie. Its 1,000th performance at its current home was The Sound of Music in 2000.

Directors

* Henry B. Vincent (1916-1941) died in 1941
* L. Newell Tarrant (1946-1962) died in 2000
* Bill Cohen (circa 1962-1972)
* David Matthews (1972-2006)
* Almitra Clerkin (2006- )

Awards

* Recognized by the American Theatre Association in 1985 as one of the Ten Best Community Theatres in the United States

Affiliated programs

Erie Playhouse hosts Youtheatre, an opportunity for students to learn about the stage behind the scenes, in classes, and in a long-running summer camp.

References

External links

* [http://www.erieplayhouse.com/index.htm Erie Playhouse]
* [http://www.erieplayhouse.org/venue/playhouse-history/ History of the Playhouse]
* [http://www.erieplayhouse.com/youtheatre.htm Youtheatre]
* [http://www.aact.org/documents/Millennium_Theatres2b.pdf Millennium Theatres contains full playlist since 1916]


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