Middlebury, VT - Town Hall Theater preserves historic character of building while enlarging stage door

posted by ThrHistoricalSociety on August 16, 2016 at 11:48 am

From the Addison Independent: MIDDLEBURY — There was only one problem with the original 1884 loading dock door at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater. It was too small to actually load anything into the theater.

“The original door gave us a 4’ by 6’ opening, far too small for the kinds of set pieces we use in productions today,” said THT executive director Douglas Anderson. “The old door was historic and lovely, but it seriously limited the kinds of productions and events we could host here at THT.”

Story link, subscription required: http://www.addisonindependent.com/201608town-hall-theater-preserves-historic-character-building-while-enlarging-stage-door-0

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