Washington County’s Fort Salem Theater to open under new management this summer | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS May 8, 2021 Kyle West and the Fort Salem Theater in Salem, Washington County. The interior photo is a view from the balcony. (photos provided) Shares0 When Fort Salem Theater opens its doors this summer, it’ll be under new management and with a different array of programming. That’s thanks to long-time theater professional Kyle West, who purchased the historic theater in the Washington County town of Salem last summer. “Because of the pandemic, both my husband and I realized our jobs were up in the air and we had some flexibility so [we started] looking at theaters. Falling in love with Fort Salem was something that we checked off the bucket list a lot more quickly than we thought we would,” West said.