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August 2007 Organization of the Month |
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Each month LARAC highlights an Organization from the
Adirondack Region
that is tied to the arts and culture of the
region. |
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207 Glen Street
Glens Falls, NY |
Charles R. Wood Theater
Glens Falls, NY
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The Charles R. Wood Theater opened in June 2004 with much fanfare
and a debt of over $700,000. Today the mortgage is paid off,
the facility is holding 300 days of activity and over 120 actual
events. Many nights are spent at the Wood in rehearsal and
set up for these events. Throughout the year over 25,000
people come through the door for active participation in a Wood
Theater activity.
The Charles R. Wood Theater subsidizes all non-profits that perform
in the theater, which is the majority of renters. Never
designed to make its total operating revenue on rentals alone, the
Wood Theater has been blessed with a community that understands its
worth and supports it.
The next step in the Wood Theater’s life is to renovate the
backstage dressing rooms and install adequate toilet facilities for
both actors and handicapped performers. This is a must to
begin renting the facility to union and professional acts.
This project will finish the Capital Campaigns that were called Act
I and ACT 2. The goal was to raise $500,000, and to date the Wood
Theater has raised 465,000 of this goal.
The sustainability of the Wood Theater will come with
annual membership drives and fund raisers. The community was
supportive and the Wood Theater's first Mother’s Day Weekend event
with Tony DeSare raised over $30,000 in badly needed operating
expenses.
The Theater has been able to install lobby carpeting,
refurbish the Paramount Theater Box Office, upgrade its regular box
office, refurbish lights and obtain new equipment and safety
features because of generous donations from the Community.
The Wood Theater is a proven boon to the business community
of downtown, "when it’s busy so is the downtown". Almost 20
businesses have signed on to give Wood Theater Members special
deals and offers when presenting their Wood Theater membership
card.
The purpose of the Wood Theater is to promote cultural and
artistic endeavors, thereby fostering the economic development of,
and improving the quality of life within the greater Glens Falls
area. In just a few short years this goal is quickly becoming
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Let the Show Begin! |
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Glens Falls Theater Production at the Wood Theater |
Martin and Marshall Seelye install the
Paramount Theater Ticket Booth in the Wood Theater |
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Upcoming Events at the Wood Theater
Call 798-WOOD, ext. 21 for tickets and information |
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August 1, 2, 3: Seagle Colony presents THE FANTASTICKS (798-9663)
August 3, 10 am: Seagle Colony presents THE GOOSE GIRL
August 10, 11, 12: Adirondack Children’s Troupe
presents
LITTLE WOMEN (793-8845)
August 17: ART AUCTION sponsored by the Warren Washington Co.
Homeless Youth Coalition
August 25-Sept. 1: First Annual WOODFEST
featuring Rock Music, Film, Classical Music, Dance,
Children’s Programs, Drama and Clowns.
See what the Wood
Theater can do.
August 25, 7:30 pm: Glens Falls Community Theater
presents: 3 Short Plays by Joe Pintauro, $5.00
August 26, 7 pm: Adirondack Movie: THE LAST RADEAU with
discussion, $5.00
Aug. 27, 7 pm: Crandall Library & L'Ensemble present
FIDDLE FEVER, part of the Music Makers Series, Free
August 28: ELLEN SINOPOLI DANCERS, Pre-show Talk 7:15 pm;
Show at 8 pm, $20.00 per person
August 29, 2 pm, LARAC presents THE ZUCCHINI BROTHERS, Free
August 30, 7:30 pm, BOBBY DICK AND THE SUNDOWNERS and
THE STONY CREEK BAND in Concert, $15.00 per person
August 31, 7:30: CIRCUSBAMBOUK, $20.00 per person
September 1, 7:30 pm:
BRYAN KIRK Piano Concert, Free
September 7, 8: Pendragon Theater presents LEND ME A
TENOR
September 15, 2 pm: Pendragon Theater presents SLEEPING
BEAUTY
September 21, 22: Pendragon Theater presents CLEAN HOUSE
October 12, 13, 14: Adirondack Children’s Troupe presents
FAME
November 2,3,4,9,10,11: Glens Falls Community Theater
presents THE PAJAMA GAME
November 14: Crandall Library presents A Concert by WOOD'S TEA
COMPANY
November 16,17,18: The Theater Association of New York
State presents
A Play Festival of the Best Plays From Around New York
State
November 30, December 1, 2: Adirondack Repertory Dance
Theater YULETIDE CELEBRATION
December 8, 9: Adirondack Ballet Studio presents THE
NUTCRACKER
December 10: Crandall Library Folk life Center presents
L'ENSEMBLE'S FINALE
December 13: Lake George Community Band’s CHRISTMAS
CONCERT
'December 14, 15, 16 : Pendragon Theater
presents A CHRISTMAS STORY
December 20, 21, 22: Glens Falls Community Theater
presents A CHRISTMAS CABARET
December 31: DINNER DIVAS AND DANCING
Divas Through The
Decades with Laura Roth…Dinner/Dancing available at the
Queensbury Hotel |
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Charles R. Wood Theater
207 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801
518-798-WOOD (9663)
www.woodtheater.org |
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Read about past
Organizations of the Month |
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Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
7 Lapham Place
Glens Falls, NY 12801
(518) 798-1144 • Fax: (518) 798-9122
information@larac.org
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