The Craterian Theater facility is also used for community performances, rehearsals, classes, conferences, receptions, and more.

[1] The Theater holds many different types of performances including Broadway tours, traveling musicians, and local performances for organizations such as the Rogue Valley Symphony and the Rogue Valley Chorale.

[3] At the time there were no other theaters in Medford with a large capacity, so in 1924 business owner Jeremiah Henry Cooley and attorney Porter Joseph Neff collaborated to construct one.

The building was designed by architect Frank Chamberlain Clark and would be leased to George A.

The original name of the theater was decided by a 1925 contest held with a $25 prize.