The Washington Center for the Performing Arts is the crowning jewel in Southwest Washingtons cultural scene. This location was originally a vaudeville house back when built back in 1924, later going through a couple of significant remodels until its current design, which completed in 1985. This incredible jewel, situated in the center of downtown Olympia, is genuinely worth visiting to see your favorite musicians, dance troupes, Broadway shows, and more. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family and I do!

Love this place and The Nutcracker. Sad that it wont be a live performance this year :(

I looove this place for performing! The stage is spacious. The venue is clean. It is huge for a huge production company to put on a show involving numerous performers. The back stage is wonderful. The lightening for the stage is stunning and it showcases the performers beautifully! I danced for 13 years and every year for dance recitals we came here to put on the show and it was a wonderful show with lots of help to the Washington center for the performing arts!

Watched the Up With People performance here and was amazed. Both the facility and performance were great.

I love being a part of the Center. I have been working alongside the production manager, Roger for over a decade or more. The staff here are amazing!

Good seats. Very clean bathrooms. Polite staff and volunteers! And the Ballet gala was wonderful!

Very up scale. Love the place. Very clean, spacious and relaxing.

Awesome small venue (less than 1000 seats) living here in Olympia, Ive seen quite a few acts here.. they have a wine and beer bar, along with mixed hard alchohol drinks..very well priced.. mostly staffed with volunteers, so the staff are all super helpful and willing to please..Great acoustics too!

This place while being in a super old building is a very nice place. Its clean. Serves alcoholic beverages and non alcoholic beverages. Holds concerts, plays, and is a wonderful time to spend with family

Very much enjoyed the Olympia Symphony Orchestra concert this afternoon at this venue! Always very comfortable here.

I really enjoy the WSPA. There is not a bad seat in the house. The acoustics are great.

Wonderful venue for stage performance. Up to date equipment and experience staff. Parking could be an issue but after 6pm street parking is free

The building is beautiful. Great structure and staff/volunteers are amazing. I saw the Nutcracker and it was ok. Definatly good for family or couple events. Would recommend for someone looking for a casual performance.

Wonderful sing along and costume awards event.

Great place to watch a show, very clean, and plenty of seat choices.

Horrible performance center. Gets the worst shows you can imagine and gives very limited information regarding what the show actually is. Box office is also a pain to deal with, and isnt reliably open two hours before a show as they say. If you expect to ask the box office a question before your show odds are you wont be able to.

Love the people who operate and manage this organization, very open for people of different genders or sexual preferences. A very warm and inviting place to visit while in downtown Olympia.

Beautiful. Saw Melissa Etheridge here & the acoustics were superb. The staff were pleasant & helpful & the location so well maintained. I just loved it.

A fantastic theater. The harmony sweepstakes are always a treat.

Saw the Nutcracker and it was outstanding. All the dancers and people that took part should be proud of themselves. My partner and I enjoyed every moment. As for the theatre itself it was very clean, easy seating access, easy bathroom access and easy to get around over all. The deco was beautiful and the architecture itself is great to behold. Come enjoy a show here when you can.

Groovy place

The comedy show was amazing. Please bring more to town. Concessions were actually cheap and the seats were anything but.

We have had issues with getting seats that someone in a Walker can access. We contacted the office and made sure to go through them to get our tickets and they put us up In the Hire section that required taking an elevator and then climbing another set of stairs. When we went down to ask for ticket change they said they could only change for to in our party and that meant we had to separate. But the row that the 2 were sent to on the main floor for the disability had an entire row that was empty. I feel that when we called there should have been an option given for someone in the Walker they did not have to walk up a flight of stairs. I love the shows that happened there but this is the 2nd issue that we have had with mobility of trying to get this person with a walk or to the chair that they assign us

Led ZepAgain was amazing, I highly recommend seeing and listening to them. As always, the Washington Center for Performing Arts is a great venue. Great time!

Sweet venue. Not really set up for a rock concert but they made it work and it was good.

A very nice venue for a show. The acoustics are great and the variety of entertainment is top notch.A wonderful place to celebrate and support live theatre.

Love this place. Always kept clean and staffed appropriately.

The Ballet Northwest did their Nutcracker Ballet at this prestigious theater. I was in awe of the talent of the dancers, but the old world theater has its own appeal as well. The scene backgrounds, the lighting and sound system transport you into the story. The seating is very comfortable.

Very beautiful interiors. Seating is great. Acoustics are wonderful.

I attended the Masterworks Choral Ensemble concert on Saturday with two others. Virtuoso performance by the 5th grade violinist who had won the student competion MCE held in May. Several MCE soloists were superb. The Washington Center for the Performing Arts was comfortable, the audio and lighting worked smoothly and the paid and volunteer staff members were all helpful and friendly. A fun evening for an affordable price.

Nice facility, but if you do a competition here you cant video tape even with your phone. So, secret squirrel might be necessary if you want to video. I was so disappointed to not get my performance on tape when the venue didnt allow it and the event did not have a professional videography.

They were great. I was glad I went.

The jewel of Olympia. Great venue for seeing both national touring acts and shows as well as giving the spotlight to local community talent.The staff is amazing and completely geared towards making sure everyone has a wonderful experience.And I must mention that the seats are actually comfortable and can accommodate a full grown adult humanoid!

Great local theater. Clean. Great acoustics.

Attended the God is a Scottish Drag Queen performance, and it was quite enjoyable. The facility had an open bar, my wife and I got a bottle of water and enjoyed the show. The only issue was the rude woman in the front row who kept talking and disrupting the performance for those of us sitting behind her, she continued even after one of our neighbors complained to her that she was too loud and disrupting the show. The opportunity to meet the performer after the show was special...

I really enjoyed the show last night

This was a good venue for the meetings I attended.

Its a perfectly fine venue.

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 them as well!

Nice and clean. It was easy to find. Knowledgeable staff.

Very nice go very early for parking

I went here for a play for school children. The organization that out it together were great. The actual facility was nice and very well maintained.

Great, small venue! No bad seats in the house.

Anywhere you said is a good seat. However the place needs to be upgraded

Great to have a facility of this stature in our community.

Bohemian Rhapsody sing a long!!! So much fun!

Visited for a body building/ physique show. Very nice center for events and comfy seating.

Went for the Nutcracker great, fantastic performance.Concession was horrid, no organization, no one knew they were in a line. The ladies behind the counter were great, but needs organization. Too many people it was simply a see of people

The nutcracker in the front row best experience

Great building wonderful staff nobody has a bad seat. And they offer events that appeal to people across the board take a look at their calendar and spend a wonderful evening at a great performance center

Terrific student orchestra performance. The players all showed great skill and performed well.

My daughter attends! Beautiful and classy!

Attended Januarys Comedy in the Box. Venue was good. Seats we good, could see comedian well. Paid $2 for a luke warm water, that was a little annoying. Headliner was so funny. Worth attending.

Went for my granddaughters recital and they where able to accommodate my service dog.

Great place, comfortable seating, excellent entertainment.

See the Nutcracker was wonderful. Seating can be an issue for larger or taller people. Restrooms are a problem. Making reservations online sometime have glitches. I always call after I make reservation to make sure tickets are emailed. In the past they have not been attached. However staff are friendly and were quick to fix any issues.

Had a wonderful time. Very nice venue

Comedy in the Box was great fun. Nice venue. Black Box portion of the Center is not fancy at all, but it was functional and clean. The staff were absolutely top notch--so friend, patient and helpful. Well definitely be spending more time at the Center.

Just saw Mr Poppers Penguins with my sons 3rd grade class. It was a wonderful production. I especially loved how the kids reacted to the actors cues. Thank you Junior Programs and the Washington Center for preforming arts. Keep up the great work!!

A great performance center with helpful, mostly volunteer staff. Ive been to several events here and Ive never been disappointed.Be aware that theres no way to avoid stairs to loge level seating if accessibility is an issue for you.Drinks are served at intermission, but they used to not be allowed in the venue. The Center has solved that now by making a reusable adult supply cup available. Ingenious!

The Washington Center is an amazing venue that provides a great variety of live entertainment. I highly recommend attending events here.

Such an amazing and beautiful place. I saw Melissa Ethridge rock this venue and although I was in the highest balcony seating, I felt like I was front row. Its very spacious and grand, yet somehow intimate. I cant wait to go back. A true gem of our city.

A very nice place. We came here to see a concert. Parking was good we went to dinner at mcminnamins then walked the short walk.

We saw the Nutcracker and it was wonderful. The decorations were beautiful. The only thing was parking for the disabled. Its hard to walk 2 blocks with bad knees.

Great local place.Good size.

Washington Center is an outstanding venue for a wide variety of programs. Beautiful local artwork adorns the walls, and the office staff is friendly and helpful. Worth attending!!

Beautiful building, parking was terrible and no handicapped . Seats were comfortable

Went to see Don Quixote and it was amazing. The performance was incredible.

We went here for my Daughter school. The kids had fun and so did the adults.

Great place to catch a show. Parking is a little hard to find. Excellent experience for my family

The ballet was beautiful and the Center was exquisitely decorated! However they ran out of concessions within 5 min of the intermission. And parking is HORRIBLE!!!

Great venue in downtown Olympia! Seats about 1000 and it seems there isnt a bad one. Saw Keb Mo tonight and he was amazing! Great sound.

We love watching shows, and performing here. Not a bad seat in the house.

Wonderful night watching the nutcracker!! From the snow falling outside to the beautiful decorations and the amazing job everyone did on the ballet

Every seat in the house is awesome!

A great place for music!! Seatingv is good from upper balcony to orchester section. Have been to many concerts here and love it!!

Nice place, very clean with lots of different events held.

Was very impressed with the center. The ballet was very good. We really enjoyed it.

Awsome space .

Always good entertainment and helpful staff.

Attended a dress rehearsal for dance recital, it was fun, folks were friendly.

John Brewer was a good show

I love the washington center, its beautiful inside and outside. I have been here for the third time tonight, first was having my senior prom from high school there then went to rock of ages, and now seen the nutcracker. It has four floors not to hard to climb the stairs. They have a consession stand and the prices for water, soda, and candy were good not sure if they change due to certain shows or events but I was happy with the prices.

We really enjoyed the Lyle Lovett/John Hiatt concert! What a great evening - 2 wonderful performers in an intimate setting doing what they do best, storytelling.

I have actually produced a number of shows here. Fine folks, house sound system is okay. I augmented it for my shows. Nice basic acoustics. Nice 1000 seater venue.

Good venue for listening to music.

Nice sound, comfortable seating, friendly staff, good prices on drinks.

Went to see The Brothers Four had a great time.

Good place for performances. A bit if a challenge for ADA people.

The Nutcracker production is excellent. Very good production for a city the size of Olympia.

Love to go to live events. Try to go to the Ballet for Christmas every year.

Fun time seeing Stomp here with friends

Nice venue. Found parking to be difficult.

Seating in the orchestra level is mildly low but overall very comfortable and roomy theater

Excellent performances. Very efficient staff.

The Nutcracker was great but watch the rats!

Very injoyable atmosphere.thanks for the invite.

Alice in Wonderland. What an awesome performance by some very talented dancers! Thoroughly enjoyed this night.!

Good show, nice venue, poor entry way was clogged with patrons waiting in lines for the bar and snack counter.

Saw the comedy series one night. Pretty decent comics. Decent priced drinks. It was in the smaller side room not main theatre. Much more intimate.