The Old Opera House has been serving as a cultural arts center in the community of Charles Town, WV for the last century. In 1910, Annie G. Packette, whose family tree included George Washington, raised $50,000 and employed a Washington, D.C. architect to design and construct the New Opera House.
It was a classic theater structure, complete with fly-space for hanging scenery above the proscenium stage, an orchestra pit and a rarely seen curved balcony.Adjacent to the theatre building is a structure that most likely dates back to the 1890's. The main theatre then seated 500 people and lived through two wars, a depression and the advent of radio.
It was a classic theater structure, complete with fly-space for hanging scenery above the proscenium stage, an orchestra pit and a rarely seen curved balcony.Adjacent to the theatre building is a structure that most likely dates back to the 1890's. The main theatre then seated 500 people and lived through two wars, a depression and the advent of radio.
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Educating children in the performing arts is at the center of the Old Opera House's mission. The Old Opera House Dance Studio offers classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, and Broadway style dance for dancers from ages 3 to 18. The Old Opera House Acting Studio offers classes for young theatre performers from ages 8 to 18.
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