The Emelin Theatre for the Performing Arts is a 275-seat nonprofit theater located in Mamaroneck, NY. The Emelin Theatre was founded in 1972 by a group of Mamaroneck citizens and named for local pharmacist Arthur Emelin, who died in 1978. Its facility originated with a $360,000 gift to the Mamaroneck Free Library by Emelin in memory of his father, Emanuel Joseph Emelin. The structure of the current theater was constructed in 1984. In 2013 the Emelin’s lobby underwent a $250,000 renovation to make it more modern and accessible. The New Rochelle-based architecture firm Stoll & Stoll donated their services to the Emelin, which paid no fees for the design of the new facility.