Washington Center for the Performing Arts — Attraction in Olympia

Washington Center for the Performing Arts: A Gem in Olympia The Washington Center for the Performing Arts is a fantastic venue for experiencing a wide range of artistic performances. Whether you're a fan of opera, orchestra, choir, or plays, this place has something for everyone. What We Loved: Diverse Programming: The Washington Center offers an impressive variety of shows throughout the year, catering to diverse tastes and interests. Excellent Acoustics: The sound quality in the theater is superb, allowing you to fully appreciate the nuances of each performance. Beautiful Ambiance: The theater itself is a beautiful space, creating a wonderful atmosphere for enjoying the arts. Helpful Volunteers: Even during a crowded free event like the SOGO Christmas performance, the volunteers were incredibly kind and helpful, going out of their way to find us seats. Areas for Improvement: Crowding at Free Events: While free events are a wonderful offering, they can get quite crowded. Arriving early is recommended to secure a good spot. Overall: The Washington Center for the Performing Arts is a true gem in Olympia. With its diverse programming, excellent acoustics, and beautiful ambiance, it's a wonderful place to experience the performing arts. We highly recommend checking out their schedule and enjoying a show in this...

I volunteered with 2 elementary schools who took their collective 1st grade classes for a field trip & to watch a play entitled "Flight School"! Being Abt 💯% first time viewers, they did such an incredible job being lil people!! The Awe in their eyes & their overall experience of theater was irreplaceable! About an hour into the show & closely approaching the end, you could feel the energy like the "wave" at a sporting event...all getting the wiggles!! Arrive early enough to travel through slightly congested & tight traffic. The parking meters can be fed quarters or Card...I believe a $25.00 parking ticket will be issued 4 failing to adhere to your time. Staff & Regular volunteers were wonderful!! There was only 1 fine wine matured encounter for "me" I found to be a little snooty if you will. With 🍷 smell, swirl, taste, & then spit, so no biggie at all. "Okay, smile, & keep moving" works wonders!

The theater was orderly, well maintained, well lit, well equipped & the bathrooms were great.

Our performers & materials presented were relevant, funny, & engaging from the beginning to questions & good byes @ the end. Good message for children to take away with...

We were seated on ground level 2nd row from the back. The floors were so sticky that our shoes were sticking to it like glue. It was so sticky that at one point when I tried to move my feet, the tar like substance, on the floor, pulled the heel cap off of my very expensive Stewart Wiseman heels! After the performance, the four of us stayed seated waiting for the room to clear so we could leave easily. When we stood to go we all checked the flooring out and found what appeared to be tar on all the flooring. In that isle were coins and other items lodged into it and were mostly buried in the goo. Not only is that disgusting, it is distracting from the performance and costly if your shoes are damaged like mine were. Now I'll need to take my shoes to my shoe repair person and have the heels re-tipped. Other than that the seats are not very comfortable, but the setup is visually stimulating. They definitely need new flooring, chairs and a parking garage. If the floors hadn't had tar or a tar like substance on them, it would have gotten 5 stars because of the well kept nostalgia vibe. I...