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| The same view today |
Seventy years ago this month,
Workshop Players was nearing the end of its first year in its new home, the former Middle Ridge School. The non-profit, volunteer community theater group had staged its first play at its new permanent location in February 1953.
Above is an article that appeared in the Journal on September 9, 1953. It's the first article about the group with a photo of its new home.
Back in 2015, I featured a two-part series about the theater group on this blog. Part 1 was a capsule history; Part 2 included various newspaper clippings.
It's nice to see that Workshop Players is still thriving today in its 75th season.
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This new series of clippings (below) document the move to the former one room schoolhouse on Middle Ridge.
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| November 28, 1952 |
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| December 17, 1952 |
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| January 16, 1953 |
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| February 4, 1953 |
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| February 11, 1953 |
It's interesting in the first article, they mention "Arsenic and Old Lace."
ReplyDeleteThat's one of this year's productions!
https://workshopplayers.org/catalogs/arsenic-and-old-lace/s7502-01
Quite an admirable enterprise. May they continue for many more years.
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