Barter Theatre [Abingdon]
type: Item
label: Barter Theatre
description: theater in Abingdon, Virginia, United States
description: theater in Abingdon @nl
Wikidata source: Q4865172
EUTA research ID II: 387
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: 127 West Main Street, Abingdon, VA 24210
Web: www.bartertheatre.com
Country: USA
City: Abingdon
GPS: Point(-81.9713 36.7123)
EUTA building identifier: 6323
opening date: 1933-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q742421
Carthalia ID: 1440
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Opened 10 June 1933. Home to the Barter Theatre company, founded by Robert Porterfield, who worked with unemployed actors during the Great Depression of 1933 - the admission price advertised at the opening was 35 cents or the equivalent in produce (hence the theatre's name). Since 1946, State Theatre of Virginia. 505 seats.