The Albany Municipal Auditorium, located in downtown Albany, Georgia

Albany, Georgia

Albany is a city in and the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area and the southwest part of the state. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the...

, U.S., was built in 1915 to replace a wooden auditorium on the same site used for chautauqua

Chautauqua

Chautauqua was an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with...

 programs. It was abandoned in 1972 and was restored beginning in 1986 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

as "Municipal Auditorium".

The auditorium is the home of the Albany Symphony Orchestra. The building also hosts Deerfield-Windsor School's annual Spring Musical,consisting only of student participation in the cast. The Municipal also hosts Ballet Theatre South's (formerly Albany Ballet Theater) annual production. BTS is the only ballet company in southwest Georgia.