Walnut Street Theatre

Walnut Street Theatre

The New Circus (1809–1811) The Olympic (1812–1820, 1822–1828)
Walnut Street Theatre in 2024
Address	825 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
Public transit	9th-10th & Locust:   PATCO Speedline
Walnut Street Theatre
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Pennsylvania state historical marker
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Coordinates	39°56′54″N 75°9′20″W / 39.94833°N 75.15556°W / 39.94833; -75.15556
Built	1809
Architectural style	Classical revival
NRHP reference No.	66000693[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	December 29, 1962
Designated PHMC	September 25, 1996[2]
Owner	Walnut Street Theatre Company (non-profit)
Designation	National Historic Landmark
Capacity	1,054
Construction
Opened	1809
Rebuilt	1828, John Haviland 1903, Willis Hale 1920, William H. Lee
Architect	William Strickland
Website
walnutstreettheatre.org

Walnut Street Theatre, founded in 1809 at 825 Walnut Street, on the corner of S. 9th Street in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, is the oldest operating theatre in the United States.^[3]

The venue is operated by Walnut Street Theatre Company, a non-profit organization, and has three stages: the Mainstage, for the company's primary and larger productions, the Independence Studio on 3, a studio located on the building's third floor for smaller productions, and the Studio 5 on the fifth floor, which is rented out for independent productions.