The Apple Hill Playhouse property at 275 Manor Road in Salem has been sold to a Washington County corporation.
Westmoreland County deed records from June 25 show the property, which previously belonged to the theater’s executive artistic director Pat Beyer, was sold for $150,000 to Manning Properties LLC, based in Peters Township.
The theater closed its doors in late 2020.
A representative for Manning Properties said they will announce plans for the property in the future.
The barn was transformed into a theater around 1956 and a group from the Pittsburgh Playhouse expanded the building and named it the William Penn Theater, according to the theater’s Facebook page.
In 1964, it was bought by a trio of theater practitioners associated with Mountain Playhouse and renamed Apple Hill Playhouse. Their first production was a one-woman show starring the late comedian Totie Fields.
Beyer bought the theater in 1982, producing plays from May to October. Children’s plays also were produced under the name Johnny Appleseed Children’s Theater.
Patrick Varine is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Patrick at 724-850-2862, pvarine@triblive.com or via Twitter .
