 Their 99-seat theater is located in downtown Hillsboro next to the Hillsboro Civic Center along Washington Street.The Hillsboro Actors Repertory Theater was founded in 1994 by John and Kim Sandstrom as an extension of their dinner-theater company SandStorm Productions.The married couple opened the theater in the former J. C. Penney store in downtown Hillsboro using their own money, grants, and donated time a materials.