Theaters & Performing Arts
Enhance your Ithaca experience by catching a show from one of our local theatre groups! With national recording artists and Broadway-caliber theatre mixed with young, undiscovered talents, Ithaca's art scene will leave you with a fresh new perspective on the performing arts. Plus the many venues around town offer everything from a small, personalized experience to a 1,600 seat historic theatre, giving you fantastic variety for whatever you're in the mood for.
See the show, stay for the encore...
Theatre Arts
State Theatre of Ithaca
- 107 W. State/MLKing Jr. St.
- (607) 277-8283
The State Theatre of Ithaca is a historic, 1600 seat theatre in the heart of Downtown Ithaca, NY. We host various events between September and June including concerts, comedians, lectures…
Kitchen Theatre Company
- 417 W. State St./Martin Luther King Jr. St.,
- (607) 272-0570
Bold • Intimate • Engaging The Kitchen Theatre Company is Central New York's Off-Broadway theater, a critically acclaimed and nationally recognized year-round professional theater…
Hangar Theatre
- 801 Taughannock Blvd.
- (607) 273-2787
About the Hangar Theatre The Hangar Theatre is located at 801 Taughannock Blvd., north of Ithaca on Route 89 on the shores of Cayuga Lake. The building — once part of the Ithaca Municipal…
Cinemapolis Movie Theater
- 120 E. Green St.
- (607) 277-6115
You know those cool, independent films you think you need to go to a big city to see? We've got them! Cinemapolis is Ithaca's member-supported art house cinema. During your visit to…
Cornell Cinema
- 104 Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University,
- (607) 255-3522
Screens over 250 films annually, including classic foreign & Hollywood, documentaries, silent films w/ live music, world cinema, unusual children's films, art-house hits and more. We also…
Civic Ensemble
- 127 Cleveland Avenue
Civic Ensemble is Ithaca's Public Theatre, a community-based theatre with national reach that creates theatre that explores and explodes the social, political, and cultural issues of our…
The Cherry Arts
- 102 Cherry St.
- (607) 241-0703
The Cherry Arts is a waterfront arts destination on the Cayuga Inlet for performing and visual arts. The Cherry presents new and innovative works that are radically local, radically…
Ithaca College - Theatre Department
- 953 Danby Rd., Ithaca College,
- (607) 274-3224
Enjoy opera, musical theatre, dramas, classics and comedy –all performed in the professional model by talented students from across the country. Oct-April. Visit their Main Stage…
Running to Places Theatre Company
- 1013 W. State St.
- (607) 216-8750
Running to Places (R2P) is a youth community theatre company that brings together middle & high school students from across the area. Our company rehearses and performs a complete season of…
Community Arts Partnership
- 110 N Tioga St.
- (607) 273-5072
The Community Arts Partnership has networking events, workshops, grant programs and events that include the Greater Ithaca Art Trail (with annual Open Studios and monthly first Saturday…