The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, South Puget Sound's largest performing arts facility, is committed to providing a wide variety of entertainment and cultural activities for the residents of four counties. Our multi-purpose facility contains a 984-seat proscenium theater with four seating levels, a stunning adjacent lobby space that serves as home to the Washington Center Gallery, as well as a smaller Stage II 'black box' theater with its own lobby and all with hi-speed internet access, satellite conference capability, and theater light and sound packages.

Opened in 1985, our facility has played host to thousands of events, with over 2,000,000 people crossing our threshold. However, its history did not start in 1985. The Washington Center is really the grandchild of the Liberty Theater, a 1924 vaudeville house which stood on the same ground the Washington Center does today. The Liberty Theater was renovated and refurbished in 1948, becoming the Olympic Theater movie house. The Olympic was then taken down to just a few exterior walls and completely rebuilt as The Washington Center. While the building's facade still retains elements of the 1924 architecture, the interior is contemporary and modern.