We have the keys!

Our apologies for abandoning the blog the last few weeks.  The whole purpose of the blog was to keep folks up to date and hopefully excited about what we're doing.  And for months--long, long months--not much was happening except for the dreaming.  But now... NOW...this theatre thing is actually materializing.  The permits from the county began falling into place about two weeks ago.  We were about to take possession of the space on Spring Hill Road when yet another unforeseen problem--this time about fireproofing the space beneath us--suddenly reared up throwing all of us into some dark pit.  (I don't think we could have handled another long wait.)  Our architects, ButzWilbern, came to the rescue yet again, solved the problem with a simple solution, and cleared the way for the takeover.  We picked up the keys on Tuesday, June 10, and started demolition of the previous tenant's buildout right away.  We decided to handle the demolition ourselves to save some money.  Thankfully--and I don't think I've ever been so full of thanks--word spread and we've had a whole stream of hardworking friends and neighbors tackling a quite sizable demo job.  It's pretty much a big, empty room now but you don't have to dream too much to begin seeing the outlines of a theatre...an actual, living, breathing theatre.  Our 1st Stage.  It's hard to find the words...

But you have to see it for yourself.  Please stop by anytime and take something more than a virtual tour.  We're going to have a party very soon--we just have to figure out how a party meshes with the construction folks.  Keep an eye on the website for an announcement.  We have so much to celebrate.  This is going to be a good thing.  What a world!