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Performing-arts groups urge township to build a larger performing arts center
Summary
Local theatre companies, arts nonprofits and performing-arts advocates told the board the community lacks a mid-to-large venue and urged The Woodlands Township to plan a performing arts center. Speakers described educational and economic benefits and urged board support as groups seek rehearsal and performance space.
Multiple performing-arts organizations and artists used the meeting's public-comment period on May 20 to press the township to pursue a performing arts center, saying existing local spaces are too small or too costly for larger productions and touring shows.
Meredith Alexander, president of Class Act Productions, said the group has outgrown small stages and would use a larger venue for bigger-scale productions. “We are very much in favor of a performing arts center here in The Woodlands,” Alexander told the board.
Gary Heath, president of the Woodlands Performing Arts Society,…
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