ELSINORE THEATRE AND DESIGN SOLUTIONS

Administration Office: M-F 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Ticket Office: M-F 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM and 1 hour prior to Performance.

Tickets are also available online.

Mission Statement:

Promote, protect and enhance the Historic Elsinore Theatre as an historic national landmark and performing arts center.

Tour the Historic Elsinore Theatre! Group Tours

can be arranged by calling 503-375-3574 or email us.

The Historic Elsinore Theatre with its castle-like architecture, exquisite artwork and stained glassed windows along with unparalleled acoustics is a popular setting for weddings, receptions, conferences, meetings, and performances.

On May 28, 1926, on a former livery stable site, the magnificent Elsinore Theatre first opened its doors to the public. Developed by George Guthrie, an entrepreneur and lover of art, the theatre was designed to resemble the castle in "Hamlet, " Shakespeare's greatest drama.

Believing the Salem community deserved and would support a splendid theatre, Guthrie contracted with the Portland architectural firm Lawrence and Holford to create a Tudor Gothic structure that would become the showplace of the Willamette Valley. Ellis F. Lawrence, who later became the founding dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Oregon, was the project's principle architect.