The State Theatre, officially known as the State Theatre Center for the Arts, is a 1,500-seat, historic, American

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

that is located in the City of Easton, Northampton County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1982.

History

The building began to take its present form in 1910, when modified from a bank building to a

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...

theater, called the Neumeyers Vaudeville House. The building was extensively modified in 1926, to include a larger auditorium, balcony, and lush decorations; at that time it was renamed "The State." The building is asymmetrical with a cut stone Beaux-Arts style facade and large overhanging marquee. ''Note:'' This includes The theater has hosted the Freddy Awards, which honor the best in high school theater programs in the

Lehigh Valley The Lehigh Valley (), known colloquially as The Valley, is a geographic region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County and Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bound to the no ...

, every year since the inaugural show in 2003. It was added to the

in 1982.

References

External links

State Theatre Center for the Arts website
{{Authority control Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Beaux-Arts architecture in Pennsylvania Theatres completed in 1926 Buildings and structures in Northampton County, Pennsylvania 1926 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Pennsylvania