California's First Theater reopens 30 years after shutting its doors. Cream soda, popcorn and musical performances to celebrate the re-opening of California's first-ever theater in Monterey.

MONTEREY >> California”s First Theatre, built in 1845 at what is today the corner of Pacific and Scott streets, is under restoration and could once again become a public gathering place.

Monterey State Historic Park Association, alongside the Point Lobos Foundation, is hosting An Evening at California’s First Theatre at 5 p.m. Nov. 2, showing off their latest restoration efforts.

California’s First Theatre in Monterey, Calif., May 14, 1934. Library of Congress/Historic American Building Survey via Wikimedia Public Domain Elevation of partition from south in California ...

Cream soda, popcorn and musical performances to celebrate the re-opening of California's first-ever theater in Monterey. American soldiers from the Mexican-American War performed plays here from ...