Photograph of the marquee of the Highland Theatre, which is located at 826 West Market Street in Akron's Highland Square district. The theatre first opened in 1938 but closed several times, including in 1990 when it was set to be razed; after reopening in 1992 and running for several years, the theatre's operator killed himself and his wife, forcing the theatre to close in May 1996. Later that year, Patti Eddy, the former executive director of the Akron Civic Theatre, leased the theatre with the hopes of reviving it.
