The ceiling dome was originally finished in silver leaf. The District has also received great support from the people and organizations that had previously made loans to the theatre. The current Virginia stage is a 28 foot deep trapped floor with a metal gridiron 56 feet above the floor. The proscenium opening is 56 feet wide by 26 feet high. Although it is 28 feet to the back wall, we have 26 feet of usable stage due to the cyc hanging upstage.
Backstage is a working piece of theatrical history.
The fly system fly system, with pin rail, sandbags, and hemp rope lines attached to the grid remains as a mute testimony to the Virginia Theatre's life as a vaudeville house. Dressing rooms are located both back stage and under the stage. No other records exist of its actual cost and according to comparisons of installations around the country, this was probably an exaggeration. The two manual, eight rank Wurlitzer Hope-Jones orchestral organ remains in great working condition. George May. In the Fall of 1963 David Junchen and Larry Chace began a few years of restoration to the organ.