See Local Drama Under A Columned Third Street Theater
Local troupes stage Poe readings and community dramas inside the columned Third Street Theater on a midtown Phoenix arts campus.
🎭 Behind the columns
Phoenix Center for the Arts runs a community arts campus just north of downtown, anchored by the columned Third Street Theater that fronts North 3rd Street. The white portico and brick facade read like a small civic hall, and the stage inside carries rehearsals, presentations, and full dramas through the week.
Programming leans local and low-cost, from staged Edgar Allan Poe poems served with cocktails to community performances that fill the room on weekends. Regulars return for the technical polish, clean sound and lighting that punch well above the budget-friendly ticket price. Setups change often, and one visit might be a reading, the next a full production.
The campus anchors Roosevelt Row, minutes from the monthly First Friday art walk and the galleries of central Phoenix.
