Plays and Players Theatre
Plays and Players Theatre in March 2024 | |
| Address | 1714 Delancey St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Type | Regional theatre |
| Capacity | theatre: 290 black box: 65 |
| Opened | 1913 |
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Plays and Players | |
| Coordinates | 39°56′49″N 75°10′14″W / 39.94694°N 75.17056°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | Amos W. Barnes |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001665 |
| Added to NRHP | March 14, 1973 |
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Plays and Players Theatre is a theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1911, it is one of the oldest professional theater companies in the United States. The theater building was designed and constructed in 1912 by Philadelphia architect Amos W. Barnes as a dramatic school, but soon was used as a theater for Broadway theatre try-outs, known as the Playhouse.
The theater company Plays and Players bought the building in 1922 and has performed there ever since. Murals were added in 1923 by American artist Edith Emerson.