The Drama Theater is a famous and popular among tourists city attraction, one of the architectural gems of the old part of Mukachevo. The building of the theater, built in the late XIX century, is an architectural monument of local importance.
The residents of Mukachevo, one of the cultural centers of Transcarpathia, thought about founding their own theater in the late XIX century. In 1884, the «Community for the construction of the theater» was established, which was joined by 50 activists who urged the townspeople to help in the construction of the theater. The appearance of the drama theater, although in an ancient but small in population city — the result of the desire of its inhabitants, who contributed as much money as they could for the construction. After 12 years the necessary amount was collected, and in July 1896 the foundation of the theater was laid on the place of part of the buildings of the salt department and shopping rows. The construction was completed in 3 years — on October 28, 1899 the Mukachevo Drama Theatre was inaugurated.
Mukachevo Drama Theater became a part of the magnificent architectural ensemble ploschad Mira, it is located in the heart of the old part of the city. The building was built in the Secession style — an Austrian variation of Art Nouveau — and became a perfect embodiment of it. «The highlight» of the two-story structure was the unusual solution of the front entrance, which was located under a large balcony with a balustrade, resting on simple rectangular legs. The balcony is domed by a cone-shaped roof, the front part of which is decorated with stucco — theatrical symbols of masks. Such a non-standard solution reflects the very essence of secession, refusing everything traditional, it made the theater a real architectural gem.
After the opening of the theater was periodically performed by guest actors, but its own cast in Mukachevo appeared only in 1947, when the troupe «New Ackerman» from Belgorod-Dnestrovsky moved to the city. The first theatrical season in Mukachevo opened with the play «Polkovodets Suvorov», but ahead of it again waited a hard time: in 1963 it was almost closed, 
joining the Uzhgorod Musical Drama Theater. However, after 2 years the troupe managed to achieve a return to Mukachevo as a Russian branch of the theater, and in 1972 it finally gained independence as the Transcarpathian Regional State Russian Drama Theater.
The theater itself and its structure are very famous attractions of Mukachevo. The building of the theater is included in the list of the most visited city attractions, and participating in numerous international festivals theater team, daring performances, more than once became a great cultural event not only in the city, but also in the whole country, allow to justly assign the Mukachevo Drama Theater the status of attractions of Ukraine — inspiring and unusual, with a unique character and a wide soul.