Walnut Street Theater

Founded in 1809, the Walnut St Theater is said to be the oldest continuously operating theater in the English-speaking world and the oldest in the United States and the first copyright law protecting American plays has its roots at the Walnut. The Walnut St theater school was established and currently enrolls over 1200 students annually and it is the largest subscribed regional theater company in the worked with over 50,000 subscribers annually.