Campus Theatre

{{Short description|Theatre in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania}}

{{Infobox venue

| name = Campus Theatre

| image = Campus Theater Lewisburg PA.jpg

| caption = The building in 2011

| address = 413 Market Street

| city = Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| owner = Campus Theatre Ltd. and
Bucknell University

| designation =

| architect = David Supowitz

| capacity =

| type = Theatre

| built = {{start date and age|1941|p=yes}}

| opened = {{start date and age|1941|1|17|p=yes}}

| yearsactive = 1941 onwards

| website = https://www.campustheatre.org/

| coordinates = {{Coord|40.963401|-76.88635|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

}}

Campus Theatre is an entertainment venue in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Opened in 1941, and located on Market Street, it is one of the few single-screen Art Deco movie houses in the country still in operation, and forms part of Lewisburg Historic District.{{Cite web |title=Scotta Magnelli continues at the helm of the Campus Theatre |url=https://www.lockhaven.com/life/2022/06/scotta-magnelli-continues-at-the-helm-of-the-campus-theatre/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=lockhaven.com |language=en-US}} It is now owned by Bucknell University and leased to The Campus Theatre Ltd.{{Cite web |title=About Us – Campus Theatre |url=https://www.campustheatre.org/about-us/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |language=en-US}}

The theater, designed by David Supowitz, was founded by the Steifel brothers (Oscar, Harold, Moritz (Morris) and Barney), Russian immigrants who ran an empire across New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |title=Our History – Campus Theatre |url=https://www.campustheatre.org/history/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |language=en-US}} Its opening night was January 17, 1941, when it showed the Jack Benny and Fred Allen musical comedy Love Thy Neighbor.{{Cite web |last=La Coz |first=Cara |last2= |first2= |date=2021-09-08 |title=Premiering: The Campus Theatre- Spotlighting the Campus Theatre’s History |url=https://bucknellian.net/105534/features/premiering-the-campus-theatre-spotlighting-the-campus-theatres-history/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=The Bucknellian}}

Morris's son, Harold, took over the management of the theater in 1953, when his uncle, Barney, retired.

In 2001, Bucknell University film and media studies professor Eric Faden purchased{{Cite web |last=La Coz |first=Cara |last2= |first2= |date=2021-09-08 |title=Premiering: The Campus Theatre- Spotlighting the Campus Theatre’s History |url=https://bucknellian.net/105534/features/premiering-the-campus-theatre-spotlighting-the-campus-theatres-history/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=The Bucknellian}} the theater from Jacquie Steifel, Harold's widow, and founded Campus Theatre Ltd. as a nonprofit organization. Five years later, Bucknell purchased the building and leased it back to Campus Theatre Ltd. for $1 a year.

The theater underwent a $2.5 million renovation in 2011, including the addition of the Bucknell Bison logo on its facade.

File:Campus Theatre Interior 3.jpg|The theater's interior (2022)