Trinity Repertory Company [Providence]
type: Item
label: Trinity Rep @es
description: theater company and theater in Providence, Rhode Island
description: theater in Providence @nl
alternative label: Trinity Repertory Company
Wikidata source: Q7842942
EUTA research ID II: 517
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: 201 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903
Web: www.trinityrep.com
Country: USA
City: Providence
EUTA building identifier: 6399
opening date: 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 4802
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1917 by Walker and Son as a vaudeville theatre for the Emery Brothers. Opened 9 April 1917 as Majestic Theatre. 3000 seats. From 1923 used as a cinema. Closed 1971. 1971-1973 major rebuilding, demolishing the original auditorium. 1973 renamed Lederer Theater Center and re-opened as a live theatre with two new theatre halls: Chace Theater (ca. 500 seats) and Dowling Theater (ca. 300 seats). Home to the Trinity Repertory Company (Trinity Rep).