PM & L Theatre
877 Main Street,
Antioch,
IL
60002
877 Main Street,
Antioch,
IL
60002
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PM & L Theatre (Official)
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Functions: Live Theater
Previous Names: Crystal Theatre, Lakes Theatre, Palette, Maque & Lyre Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
847.395.3055
Manager:
847.395.3055
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This small theatre opened around 1914 as the Crystal Theatre, seating 350. It contained a small stage area and a balcony.
In 1946, the theatre’s name was changed to the Lakes Theatre, and operated another eight years before closing as a movie house in September 1954.
Beginning in 1963, the Palette, Masque and Lyre Theatre Company began renting the vacant Lakes Theatre and has called it home ever since.
In 1982, the group purchased the theater outright, and in 2002, after a $1.5 million gift, the theater, known as the PM & L Theatre, underwent a renovation that enlarged seating, created larger lobby areas, a larger stage area and updated plumbing and electricity.
The PM & L’s season generally consists of six different productions, ranging from musicals to drama.
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Bryan Krefft
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The 1911 Crystal (later Lakes) Theatre of Antioch dates was owned by Fred Remer and was sold to Percy Chinn the following year. By 1946 it was renamed the Lakes Theatre. (In 1958, the Lakes Theatre company proposed building a 400-car outdoor theatre on the northwest corner of Route 59 and Grass Lake Road. Strong opposition ended the plan.)
In 1964, the local Palette, Masque and Lyre amateur players began presenting productions at the Lakes Theatre, and in January, 1984 they were able to purchase the theatre. Much of the interior ornament was lost thereafter but the three oval facade windows that had been bricked over were restored after a bequest left by Dolly Spiering. In 2015, the players were able to purchase an adjoining commercial building as a concessions venue.
The Lakes Theatre was still operating in the early 1960s. Military members were offered discounts on admissions.