Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Mishler Theatre, Altoona

A wedding at the Mishler Theatre in downtown Altoona puts you on a real stage. The theatre offers wedding ceremonies on its stage with seating for up to 850 guests, so your family watches from the theatre seats while you stand under the stage lights. For wedding photos and film, that means a room built for drama, with stage lighting a technician can set just for you and seats for everyone to watch your processional.

Your wedding package covers a three-hour rehearsal the night before and up to six hours in the theatre on your wedding day. A staging consultant stays backstage during the ceremony, and a technician runs the lights and the sound system, which helps your wedding videographer get clean audio of the vows. Downstairs dressing rooms with clothing racks give the two of you and your wedding party a place to get ready, and a quiet corner for getting-ready pictures.

Only the wedding ceremony happens at the Mishler, so plan your reception at another venue. The theatre's front, with tall stone figures and columns above the entrance on 12th Avenue, gives you a classic spot for a group picture as you leave. Inside, the house seats and the stage make good backdrops too, so build in time after the ceremony for wedding pictures before guests head to dinner.

• Contact the Blair County Arts Foundation office for a consultation and to book your date.
• Use the rehearsal night to walk the processional with your photographer and videographer.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and where your vendors can set up.

A little about the Mishler Theatre

Opening night at the Mishler Theatre was February 15, 1906, and a fire that October closed it for three months while it was rebuilt. Today the Blair County Arts Foundation runs it as a performing arts theatre.