Barter Theatre [Abingdon]
Barter Theatre
theater in Abingdon, Virginia, United States
theater in Abingdon
127 West Main Street, Abingdon, VA 24210
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.