Traditional final dress photo under the marquee for All-City Musical (Akron) The Little Mermaid. Continue to be fortunate to have Janet Macoska on 📷📷📷🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 #authenticitymatters #letsgo #downtownakron
About us
Long recognized among the community’s cultural landmarks, the Akron Civic Theatre has a rich & spectacular history. It has provided the community with a venue for quality entertainment and live performances for over seventy years. During that time, hundreds of thousands of people have been thrilled by various theatrical presentations, both on stage and on screen. The theater was built in 1929 by Marcus Loew and designed by famed theater architect, John Eberson. The interior structure was fashioned after a Moorish castle featuring Mediterranean decor, including medieval carvings, authentic European antiques and Italian alabaster sculptures. Among facilities of its size, the Civic is one of only five remaining atmospheric theaters in the country where patrons experience a twinkling star-lit sky and intermittent clouds moving across the horizon, all while sitting inside the auditorium. Restoration and Expansion In June 2001, the Akron Civic Theatre closed its doors for the most comprehensive restoration and expansion project in its history. Over the course of the next sixteen months, just over $19 million was spent bringing the theater up to modern performance and patron standards, and to restoring its failing 70-year old infrastructure. Following its re-opening in November 2002, the New Civic, along with its partner The University of Akron’s E. J. Thomas Hall, continued to play a significant leadership role in downtown revitalization. In May 2003, the Civic began a partnership with the City of Akron to program and operate Lock 3 Live! a new outdoor performance venue featuring more than 80 events and attractions scheduled between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The success of the Akron Civic Theatre is a testament, particularly during these difficult economic times, to the support of our community and the vision of its leaders. Support for the Civic has come to be understood for what it is - an investment in our community that fuels the economy and drives downtow
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www.akroncivic.com
External link for Akron Civic Theatre
- Industry
- Advertising Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Akron, OH
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1929
Locations
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Get directions
182 South Main Street
Akron, OH 44308, US
Employees at Akron Civic Theatre
Updates
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Akron Civic Theatre reposted this
On April 18, ArtsNow hosted "100 Days of Impact: An Afternoon with Elected Leaders" presented by State and Federal Communications. This exclusive event invited elected officials and local artists across Summit County to discuss the importance of arts and culture in our community. Thank you to everyone who attended and to State and Federal for your support! Special thanks to the Akron Civic Theatre for the use of the Knight Stage! Read more about the event here: https://bit.ly/3R9PHtM Speakers: Elizabeth Bartz, President and CEO, State and Federal Communications Mayor Shammas Malik, City of Akron, Ohio Phil Montgomery, CFO for County of Summit and ArtsNow board member
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Happy Volunteer Appreciation Week!! Thank you to all of our amazing, passionate, and devoted volunteers who are absolutely vital to The Akron Civic Theatre. Our volunteers help with duties including ticket taking, ushering, clerical, and more for roughly 300 events, accumulating over 10k volunteer hours a year! We are in awe of and truly inspired by their dedication to keeping the theatre and arts alive and well in Akron. Thank you again to The Akron Civic Theatre Volunteers. You are the real stars of the show!
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Akron Civic Theatre reposted this
We wanted to send a special shoutout to GAR Program Officer Bronlynn Thurman for successfully capping off Mayor Shammas Malik's State of the City address Wednesday evening by facilitating a thoughtful and engaging Q&A with him on the Akron Civic Theatre stage. It was a wonderful night to reflect on the new administration's first 100 days and to be able to hear about a reinforced focus on the need for community-wide collaboration toward a smarter, stronger, and more vibrant Akron. 📸: City of Akron
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Cast and Parent meeting for the 11th All-City Musical (Akron) production of The Little Mermaid underway this evening. Tonight marks the beginning of the community that will form over the next 7 weeks around a show so many people know and love. Life-long friendships will start and confidence will be gained. Young people who feel less than will learn they are more than enough. It’s the first of our All-City Musicals to directed by a woman, and the first to be directed by a person of color. Audiences and cast members alike will see themselves on the stage and behind the scenes. Authenticity matters and we are here for it. #letsgo #AuthenticityMatters
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The Beautiful and Damned opens this weekend, written and directed by Ideastream local journalist, Abbey Marshall. https://lnkd.in/gihZ24rN
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Akron Civic Theatre reposted this
TODAY IS THE DAY!!! 🏆 Join us TONIGHT March 1 from 4:30pm - 10:30pm with our Emcee Sara Shookman from Storyglow Studio at the iconic Akron Civic Theatre for a night of awards, conversations, connections, and damn good eats. It is NOT too late to grab your ticket today at https://lnkd.in/e2w3WYmD
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Let’s go!!!!
🏆 We are 1 week until this year’s American Advertising Awards. 🏆 We repeat: WE ARE 1 WEEK AWAY FROM THIS YEAR’S AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS! Join us March 1 from 4:30pm - 10:30pm at the iconic Akron Civic Theatre for a night of awards, conversations, connections, and damn good eats. Grab your ticket today at https://lnkd.in/e2w3WYmD We are still looking for volunteers to help setup the event day-of. If you have the availability to lend a helping hand, sign up at https://lnkd.in/eDJrEmZf Let's gear up to make this one of the most unforgettable nights of the year! See you there!
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