Business name: Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre
Owner(s) names: 12 member board of directors; Julie Ketchum, executive director
Business address: 508 South Main Street
Business location: downtown Moscow
Hours: films and events as scheduled
Phone: 208- 882-4127
Email: kpac@moscow.com
Web: www.kenworthy.org

The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre (aka Kenworthy Theater, KPAC) is Moscow’s premiere historic, downtown, community performing arts venue and cinematic art house dedicated to hosting and providing high quality arts experiences to residents of and visitors to the Palouse region.

The Kenworthy Theater occupies a dominant position in the turn-of-the-century cityscape of downtown Moscow. Although the opening of the Kenworthy as a public theater by Milburn Kenworthy took place on January 4, 1926, some of the building was in use as the Crystal Theater as early as 1908.

The theater was run as Moscow’s premier movie theater by the Kenworthy family until the late 1980s and donated to the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, Inc. in 2000. The theater was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

As an outgrowth of its traditional role, the Kenworthy actively supports artistic presentation of local, regional, and national touring artistic performers. In addition to an ongoing film schedule and periodic use for plays by Moscow Community Theatre and others, the venue can be rented for a variety of public engagements including private film screenings, fashion shows, lectures, public meetings, workshops, concerts, and fund raising events.

For performing arts organizers, the Kenworthy provides a 340-seat auditorium, 1,000 square foot stage, professional sound and lighting equipment, food and drink sales area, lobby, box office, marquee advertising on Main Street, and website promotion.

The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre is a not-for-profit, 501(c) 3 organization managed by a half-time executive director with oversight from an all-volunteer board of directors. All income supports operations, programming, and renovation.