Everyman Theatre, Professional theatre in Bromo Arts District, Baltimore, United States.
Everyman Theatre is a theatre in the Bromo Arts District of Baltimore, occupying a single building with two separate performance spaces. The main hall seats around 250 people and the upper space around 200, which allows the venue to stage different types of productions at the same time.
The building opened in 1910 as the Empire Theatre, built for vaudeville shows at a time when that style of entertainment drew large crowds across the country. After many decades of different uses, the Everyman Theatre moved in during 2013, returning the space to live performance.
The Everyman Theatre makes a point of casting performers with roots in Baltimore and the Washington D.C. area, giving productions a local voice. The repertoire moves between classical works and contemporary scripts, so what is on stage tends to feel relevant to the city around it.
The theatre sits in the Bromo Arts District, a walkable part of Baltimore where several other arts venues are nearby. Checking the schedule in advance is a good idea because the two spaces often run different productions at the same time.
Before becoming a theatre again, the building spent time as a Yiddish theatre, a boxing arena, and a parking garage, which is a rare set of past lives for a single structure. Some of the older architectural layers are still visible inside, giving the space a sense of depth that goes beyond its current use.
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