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Article: West Virginia Public Theater digs its new Morgantown digs
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- June 29, 2005
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
MORGANTOWN - West Virginia Public Theater has come a long way
since its actors performed under a tent in a hotel parking lot.
Soon, the company will put on shows in a new $15 million riverside
Morgantown Performing Arts Center in the up-and-coming wharf
district. Construction of the theater and connecting exhibition hall
could begin this fall.
Last week, the non-profit group announced it will partner with
West Virginia University to operate and manage the new facility.
Already, $13 million has been raised to build the theater.
Ron Iannone, founder and producer of West Virginia Public Theater,
said, "This gives us a chance to broaden our goals. It opens our
artistic vision ...