New Gompertz Theatre Construction Progressing

Walk inside The Gompertz Theatre and it looks like some sort of ancient ruin of long ago, gutted with a sand floor exposed and angled flooring from a past renovation that houses Sarasota's oldest arts organization.
Theatre donors gathered Monday evening at an intermission of sorts to celebrate the coming of a double feature thanks to the cornerstone being laid on the New Gompertz Theatre that will not only feature a renovated Gompertz, but the Hegner Theatre Wing.
"It is important that what we build here continues to be the legacy of what people feel when they come to FST at our older part of our campus," said Dennis McGillicuddy, president of the Florida Studio Theatre board of trustees.
To McGillicuddy, that's a warm and intimate setting to enjoy theater, and it will certainly be warm when the theater opens in July save for

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