*UPDATE* As of January of this year, this theater has changed its venue to a live theater performance establishment. I located a recent article from The Reporter that updates the current status of this vintage theater and reads:
Downtown Vacaville theater revamp right on schedule
Electricians, carpenters and other workers buzzed their drills, pounded their hammers, and snapped their tape measures inside the Theatre DeVille Vacaville, a hive of activity Saturday, just a few weeks before an expected opening later this month.
Don Matthews, director of business affairs for DeVille Enterprises, owners of the refurbished venue at 308 Main St., said some final state permits must be obtained before the doors can swing wide to welcome the public into a space that will hold more than 600 people (maximum capacity, general admission seating) for a variety of entertainment purposes, most of them music concerts.
Meanwhile, a year after remodeling began on the aging single-screen movie house, the Clark, company co-owners and project developers Royce Farris and Jason Johnson have installed a modern, three-sided marquee. Its middle is beige with brown lettering, reading Theatre DeVille Vacaville Established 2014, the two flanking portions are electric signs flashing "Coming Soon" and the theater's name.
The building's three-story exterior boasts a black-and-gray color scheme, and the walls below the marquee, on each side of the street entrance, are black marble.
In an earlier interview, Farris noted that construction workers put in 12-hour days to meet the late-January deadline for a "soft opening" at the theater, which also will a center for comedy, classic movies, community theater, speakers, festivals, special events and corporate rentals, among other things. The multimillion-dollar theater will be open at least five days a week, he added.
The theater's interior will have balcony and side-area seating, with a sizable number of removable seats to open up a dance area, depending on the musical act or venue needs, said Farris, a Vacaville native and graduate of Vacaville High School.
Additionally, the stage will be approximately 28-by-34 feet, not including a green room, or small backstage area, accessible by an elevator, above the stage. He and Johnson plan to install Dolby Digital sound, top-of-the-line LED lighting, two kitchens, a full-service bar and several other portable bars scattered throughout, plus employee restrooms and locker areas, security systems inside and outside the building, and storage areas. The kitchen alone cost nearly $300,000, or about one-seventh of total construction costs, Farris noted, adding that other plans include restoration of the theater's 1920s-era proscenium, the use of carpeted walls, and the incorporation of chandeliers into a state-of-the-art lighting scheme.
The Clark closed nearly 25 years ago, a victim of time and the era of multiplexes.