Washington Stage Guild - UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
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At long last, this company
will have its own home. Construction is already underway at the corner of E
and 8th Streets NW on the building that will house the Washington Stage
Guild starting in the Spring of 2008. The site has a strong connection to
the history of theater in the Potomac Region. A huge (over 2,000 seat)
vaudeville/burlesque house, The Gayety Theatre, opened on the spot in 1907. In post-World War II Washington, it was turned into the Sam S. Shubert Theatre to house traveling shows,
since the operators of both the National
Theatre and Lisner Auditorium decided to stop presenting legitimate theater rather than admit
blacks in integrated audiences. The newly named Shubert opened for patrons
of any color on March 6, 1950. The theater fell victim to fire in 1959 and
the space became a parking lot. Now, Boston Properties is
building an office building to house the law firm of Piper Rudnick LLP with
the Washington Stage Guild as the arts component of the development.
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The entrance to
the new Washington Stage Guild theater will be on E Street NE. |
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Entering on the ground
floor, patrons will proceed to the lower level to the 250-seat
thrust/proscenium theater |
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The lower level will have a
lobby for patrons as well as the audience area facing a stage which will
have playing space that thrusts into the auditorium beyond the proscenium. |
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