Hippodrome State Theatre

The Hippodrome State Theatre (referred to by the inhabitants of the city is often abbreviated as the Hipp ) is a regional professional theater in the center of Gainesville, Florida, in the United States. It was founded in 1972 by local actors.

The building is a former post office of the United States Postal Service on the first floor and Courthouse on the second floor, which was registered on 10 July 1979 in the National Register of Historic Places.

Inside the building, many of the original walls and support from the time they get in the Hippodrome State Theatre was used as a post office and courthouse. In 1980 it was converted into a theater with 266 seats on the second floor and a movie theater with 80 seats on the first floor. The building in the Beaux -Arts has one of the oldest functioning elevators in Florida. The elevator operator must manually close a switch and then move the car door.

At the Hippodrome State Theatre professional actors operate, it has its own set designer and Köstümdesigner, sound and lighting technicians who take care of the productions on the main stage. It offers a Jugendtheaterunterrricht. The program includes productions of Broadway and Off- Broadway and essay films and art films.