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A Little History...Dante Hall Theater of the Arts is an intimate, 243 seat performance venue located in the Ducktown neighborhood of Atlantic City. The theater is both a symbol of the past and an emerging cultural touchstone for the surrounding community. Dante Hall’s history is really all about its present—it is much more than a stellar performing arts venue, one of South Jersey’s best; it is the very heart of Ducktown.
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ocated at 14 North Mississippi Avenue, just 1 1/2 blocks from the Boardwalk, Dante Hall could not be farther from one of the casino’s many popular entertainment showrooms.
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he venue was originally built in 1926 as an addition to St. Michael’s Church. After acting for decades as the hub of community life, the hall fell into disrepair once the parish school closed in the late 1980s. It was used for storage until a major renovation in 2003, funded through the Ducktown Revitalization Association and the CRDA converted the former community center into a beautiful, new performance center.
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Our Mission StatementHistorically a community center, Dante Hall Theater of the Arts seeks to continue the tradition of serving Atlantic City and the surrounding communities as a home for local performing artists and arts organizations.To achieve the goal of the development of new audiences, Dante Hall will also present a diverse range of professional performances with the hope of attracting and retaining a wide variety of patrons who will come to see Dante Hall as their home for the performing arts.
