The Tower Theatre for the Performing Arts is a historic Streamline Moderne mixed-use theater in Fresno, California.

Built in 1939, it opened to the public on December 15, 1939, under the management of Fox West Coast Theater Corporation.

The building was designed by S. Charles Lee, with its tower inspired by the "Star Pylon" at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

The theater underwent a renovation and reopened as a performing arts center in 1990, after being closed as a repertory cinema in 1989 due to financial troubles.

[4] Construction began immediately following the issuing of permits under the direction of general contracting firm Trewhitt, Shields and Fisher.

The renovation earned awards from the California Preservation Foundation and the San Joaquin Chapter, American Institute of Architects.

[9] The non-profit organization Fresno Filmworks has been showing first-run independent cinema at The Tower Theatre on the second Friday of each month since 2002.

Lastly, it is one of only six extant vintage theaters in Fresno; the only one designed with an on-site parking lot and the only suburban facility.

The auditorium, which forms the shaft of the arrow, is situated at a 45° angle to the streets and the two wings of the building contain retail space.

[11] Dutch-born muralist Anthony Heinsbergen created the "Leda and Swan" and "Vine" motifs for murals on the theater's ceiling and walls.

[15][16] The theater features a centrally located bas-relief etched-glass panel, a near-replica of Gaetano Cecere's 1927 "The Huntsman".