Owner Bryan Frenchak, center, shows visitors the new venue’s blueprints framed in the Penn Theater’s marquee. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle

The Penn Theater’s new owner, Bryan Frenchak, invited the community to “take a seat” at the venue this weekend — literally.

“We thought, ‘Well, let’s give the chairs away,’” Frenchak said. ”If somebody wanted to give a donation they could — if not, then we’ll give them to them because we thought then people will have a slice of history from the Penn Theater.“

Megan Hepler, marketing coordinator for the theater, said the two-day event was an opportunity to prepare the space for renovation and raise awareness for the project.

“So, with the new plans, a lot of the chairs in here they wanted to get out so that we could completely renovate it,” Hepler said. “So we’re calling it ‘Take A Seat,’ presented by the Penn Theater, where people can come in and donate a certain amount of money, whatever they feel, to get a set of three chairs that were used at the Penn Theater.”