The Mission of the Market House Theatre is to enhance the quality of life in our community by providing a "hands on" artistic experience for people of all ages.
The final performance audience of Best Christmas Pageant Ever and the last audience to sit in the seats that were made over a hundred years ago. New seats will greet audiences in 2010!
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports Market House Theatre with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The 240-seat proscenium theater is a model of adaptive use. 141 Kentucky Ave., in the historic Market House. Offers a variety of performances and productions throughout the year. Drama and live musical performances enhance the spirit of this historic rivertown.
The Market House Theatre occupies four buildings. The main building consists of the south half of the Old Market House (circa 1905) on Paducah's historic Market House Square.
The Capitol Arts Center has an illustrious history in the arts and culture of south-central Kentucky. Originally built as a vaudeville house in the late 1890’s, the Columbia Theatre was redesigned as a movie house in the mid-1930’s and renamed the Capitol Theatre. Presenting movies for more than three decades, the theater closed its doors in 1967.
The Paramount Arts Center, hosts headline entertainers, Broadway plays and performances in every genre year round. Housed in the restored Paramount Theatre which, built in 1931, the Arts Center began presenting performing arts in 1972. The theatre seats 1400 people and is listed as a Kentucky Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lexington Children’s Theatre offers wonderful shows for children and their families. The season begins in September and runs through May. Share the experience of theater with a young person.
Constructed in 2001, The PAC is unique in the nation as one of a handful of performing arts centers designed and operated by theatre professionals but owned by a public school system. As such, the Kentucky Arts Council, the Southern Arts Federation, the National Endowment for the Arts have all rewarded it for its contributions to the students and community of Hardin County.
