Playhouse Theater
1431 12th Avenue,
Altoona,
PA
16601
1431 12th Avenue,
Altoona,
PA
16601
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The Playhouse Theater was built around 1973 as a twin-screen theater. The former theater has been renovated and is now primarily a meeting and classroom facility for Penn State, with just 1-screen operating. It is known as the Penn State Altoona’s Downtown Conference Center.
The building also retained its film capabilities and hosts the Penn State Altoona Film Series, which provides free showings of classic films each Sunday night to a community and student audience.
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The conference center now has one screen, in what was the upstairs theater. At the Playhouse, one would enter at street level, pass a common concession counter, and then go either downstairs or upstairs to the desired theater (this was long before the days of ADA requirements, of course; no elevator either way!).
The downstairs theater was broken into two or three classrooms, so as Wannagitawt said, only the upstairs screen is still in use.
Listed as a cinema from June 13th, 1973-1982, April 21st, 1995-1993. 1973 and 1995 grand opening ads in photo section.
This started life as a twin.