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Join LHAT Today!!

Select Membership Type
At the left, please select the appropriate category of membership to view the membership benefits and annual dues amounts for each category and level and to begin processing your registration. For all categories and levels, dues amounts shown are paid annually and memberships are renewable on the anniversary date of your original registration.

If you have questions about which LHAT membership category is right for you, please read on.

Who Should Join?

• A volunteer working to save a local theatre.
• An owner or manager running a historic theatre.
• An architect, engineer, photographer, or restoration artisan with experience in historic properties.
• A supplier of theatre goods and services.
• A director of a nonprofit service association.
• A manager of a community development organization.
• A librarian at a university, community, or scholarly library.
• An arts council, Main Street Program, or historical society.
• A fund raiser, artist representative, theatre company, performer.
• Anyone who loves historic architecture and theatres!

LHAT is a network of hundreds of people like you who love historic theatres. We're working in cities and towns all over North America and beyond to rescue theatres, restore them, and keep them operating.

Some LHAT members have been at it for more than twenty years; others are just beginning. Some are trained specialists, others are talented and dedicated amateurs. All of us are helping our communities by keeping the arts alive. And we have one more thing in common -- we're eager to share our energy and our expertise with you.

Membership Is a Smart Move--and Fun!
Joining the League will save you time and money. We'll make sure you don't have to reinvent the wheel--we'll help you solve problems and direct you to the best goods and services designed specifically for historic theatres. The League is recognized--and respected--by foundations, city councils, and state and federal agencies. So joining the League is a smart financial decision.

Join today! Just complete and return our membership registration form. If you would like more information about the League contact us.

Which Category Is Right for Me?

You should join as a Theatre member if:

• you own or operate a historic theatre, or
• you are a community, grass roots or "Friends of" organization attempting to rescue, purchase, lease, operate, restore or reuse a historic theatre.

You should join as a Service Provider member if you supply services, goods or expertise to historic theatres. Examples of types of service providers:

• acoustical consultants/designers
• architectural firms and photographers
• artist representatives and performers
• construction managers and general contractors
• facilities managers
• fund raising and economic consultants
• lighting, seating or marquee manufacturers and restorers
• restoration artisans - ornamental plasterers, decorative painters
• suppliers and installers of motion picture equipment, stage equipment, rigging, draperies, lifts
• theatre design consultants, interior designers, space planners, engineers
• suppliers of ticketing services, software, internet ticketing

You should join as a Government Agencies and Preservation Organizations member if you are:

• A library
• An arts or preservation organization
• A government agency that supports the rehabilitation and operation of historic theatres.

In order to receive all the benefits that membership for theatres offers, organizations that own or operate a historic theatre, or who plan to in the future, should choose a theatre level membership instead.

You should join as an Individual if you love historic theatres and support their rescue and restoration, but you are not the primary representative of a theatre.

You should join as a Student if you are enrolled full-time in an educational facility. You must supply a copy of an active student ID card with your registration to qualify for membership at this level

These categories are not for organizations (staff or supporters) that own or operate historic theatres or professionals who provide goods and services to them. Please choose the appropriate theatre or service provider membership category instead.