Power House Theatre Walla Walla

Mission Statement:

To generate a strong, inclusive community through performing arts.

Vision Statement:

To build Gesa Power House Theatre into a sustainable, world-class gathering place for the arts, culture, and education.

The only professional, presenting theater in the Blue Mountain region, Gesa Power House Theatre is community-owned and operated by Power House Theatre Walla Walla, a women-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to increasing accessibility to the performing arts for everyone in our community. Support received helps to directly alleviate the burden many families experience of expensive 150+ mile travel outside our area to access similar life-enriching cultural experiences so often found in bigger metropolitan areas. Our organization schedules events, ranging from concerts to comedy to live theatre, nearly every week of the year where we can connect and strengthen our rural community through the power of the arts. Our theatre also schedules a minimum of quarterly performances aimed at younger audiences, providing the only family-centric theater programming in our region. As a result, each year, approximately 18,000 patrons visit our building for performances, events, fundraisers and more. 

Gesa Power House Theatre is recognized by the Washington State Building Preservation Commission by the National Register of Historic Places. Previously the Walla Walla Gas Plant over a hundred years ago, the building was converted in 2011 into a 300-seat, state-of-the-art performing arts theatre. Today, it is a hub for cultural and social activities, a community meeting place we aim to make accessible to everyone in our region.