Barter Theatre, Abingdon
- Address: 127 W Main St
- Vicinity: Partington Pl
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1829/00/00 | A Methodist church is built in Abingdon. Previously known as, Barter Stage II, it is now the Barter's Smith Theatre, Barter Theatre's small stage. | |||||
| 1831/00/00 | The Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church is built in Abingdon, VA. | |||||
| 1876/01/14 | A performance of "The Virginian" is held at the Sons of Temperance. The proceeds will be used for facilities and repairs. | |||||
| 1890/00/00 | The Sons of Temperance give their building to the Town of Abingdon, to be used as a town hall for the benefit of the citizenry. The Town Hall consist of offices upstairs, a jail in the basement and fire department in the back. | |||||
| 1905/00/00 | The current front portion of the building is constructed. | |||||
| 1933/00/00 | Robert Porterfield | Founder | With "some twenty of his fellow actors", Robert Porterfield establishes the theatre where admission could be had by barter, paying with food instead of money. "With vegetables that you cannot sell you can buy a good laugh." RP | |||
| 1933/06/10 | The Barter Theatre's opens with a production of "After Tomorrow" by John Golden. The price of admission is 40 cents or an equivalent amount of produce. Four out of five theatregoers paid with vegetables, dairy products and livestock. | |||||
| 1953/07/00 | After Robert Porterfield learns that the Empire Theater at 1430 Broadway in NYC is to be demolished, Porterfield and his crew remove with $75,000 worth of seats, lighting fixtures, carpeting, paintings, and tapestries. The lighting system at the Empire, | |||||
| 1975/00/00 | The lighting system removed from the Empire theater in NYC, designed and installed by Thomas Edison, is used at Barter Theatre through the mid 1970's. |
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