The Scottish Rite Auditorium is a beautiful design of the 1930s with over 1,000 seats. The Theater The mission of the Collingswood Foundation for the Arts is to preserve and restore the historic Collingswood Scottish Rite Auditorium, Mansion and Grand Ballroom, and to promote an appreciation and education of music and the arts by presenting and producing concerts, musical productions, plays and dance performances. We accomplish our mission while being a catalyst for economic development in the borough of Collingswood, NJ.