Community Theatre in the Fremont Tribune!

This past weekend, the Fremont Tribune ran an excellent story (front page!) about our progress on the Community Theatre building. Read the entire story here.

Movie Theatre set to open May 1st!

Along with help from volunteers, Midwest Cinema spent three days in West Point this week installing the movie theatre projection and sound equipment. As you can see, work continues on improving the building, getting it ready for the live musical performance of "Back the the 80's" April 17-18-19, and April 24-25.
The following weekend will be our
first movie -- with the title soon to
be announced. Movies will be shown
on the 10' by 26' screen every
Friday, Saturday and Sunday night
at 7:30. Admission will be $5 for adults, and $3 for high school students and younger.

Renovation Update - Balcony

Here's a few photos from our most recent work day. We've accomplished a lot over the past few weeks!

The balcony area "before"

The balcony area "during"

The balcony "after"

Before

After!

The balcony wall was removed to allow for additional seating during live performances. Typically, our live theatre performances will draw over 300 people per showing - with our new permanent seating, the main floor will hold 205. Our eventual goal is to have to balcony hold 100 seats, however this number will be far less in the interim.

The mosaic murals, created in 1984 by the public high school art class have been placed in storage. We are currently looking for a new home for them. If you have any suggestions, please call the Community Theatre at 372-2250.

We also made an exciting discovery of long-covered decorative stenciling on the ceiling. Hopefully, we'll see this restored someday!

Work Day on Saturday!

Another work day will be held at the Community Theatre building this Saturday, March 7 starting at 7:00 a.m. Some projects include:

• Installation of drywall in the newly constructed projector booth
• Removal of walls separating the balcony from the main auditorium to allow for balcony seating
  
• Hanging of the movie screen
• Installation of wiring for new surround sound speakers

Feel free to join us at anytime throughout the day! We appreciate your help!

Nebraska State Historical Society Visit

The Nebraska State Historical Society will visit the Community Theatre Building Monday, March 9 at 12:00 noon. Historical Society staff will be available to answer questions about what a National Historic Site designation would mean for the theatre. The public is invited.