Copperstate Dinner Theater

The Copperstate Dinner Theater began in 1981 when Max Beyer, owner of Max’s Sports Grill in Glendale contacted Candace Lincoln with the idea of turning their small banquet room into a dinner theater. The theater opened in 1981 with a production of the popular farce Pajama Tops. Candace ran the theater for several years before passing the reigns to Trudy Hurley who in turn turned the operation over to Jacque Gaston. In 1994, when Jacque became ill, Candace returned for a brief time before turning the theater over to Peter J. Hill, who, with his partner and wife, Noel Irick, still runs the theater today.

In 2002, Max’s was sold to Phoenix Greyhound Park which turned the banquet room into a state of the art off-track betting facility However, Greyhound Park’s General Manager, Dan Luciano recognized the value of the dinner theater and built a lovely, intimate 100 seat theater inside the Greyhound Park where the Dinner Theater resided until 2009.

Copperstate is also pleased to announce that Arizona Broadway Theatre has asked them to continue presenting their award-winning productions in the Encore Room. That’s right, Copperstate has a new location! After a tensioned filled year which included the closing of The Greyhound Park, Copperstate’s home for many years, the valley’s oldest dinner theater has a new place to call home.

The theater has launched many careers and has seen many popular valley actors on its stages including Robyn Allen, Robyn Ferracane, Rusty Ferracane, Bob Sorenson and Jon Gentry.

Copperstate Dinner Theaters are brought to you by Copperstate Productions, and operate the following domains:

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