Northeast State Performing Arts Center Takes Center Stage
08/12/08 Morning Edition
08/12/08 Morning Edition
A new performing arts center is set to take center stage Tuesday in Sullivan County.
Northeast State Technical Community College is cutting the ribbon on a new Regional Center for the Performing Arts Center.
Sullivan County and academic officials will unveil the completed $15-million dollar project Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon in Blountville.
The new humanities complex seats 500 theater goers. Previously the college relied on a 200 seat auditorium to house its productions.
The building is 36,000 square feet and has a 29’ x 34’ stage. There are also spacious rooms with wall mirrors for dance and theater classes which also double as greenrooms.
Organizers say this is the start of a cultural revolution for the college and neighboring community.
“We’re providing the public and all across the tri-cities a centralized location to come see a variety of cultural events because that’s what this theater’s aim is truly going to be,” said NSTCC spokesperson Thomas Wilson.
The Publications Editor says this is a service to the general public, specifically the citizens of Northeast Tennessee.
The center represents the curtain call for Northeast State’s Humanities complex, but this is far from a final performance.
More than 6,000 people attended productions at the college in the 2008 academic year. More are expected at the new regional center in 2009.
Northeast State Technical Community College is cutting the ribbon on a new Regional Center for the Performing Arts Center.
Sullivan County and academic officials will unveil the completed $15-million dollar project Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon in Blountville.
The new humanities complex seats 500 theater goers. Previously the college relied on a 200 seat auditorium to house its productions.
The building is 36,000 square feet and has a 29’ x 34’ stage. There are also spacious rooms with wall mirrors for dance and theater classes which also double as greenrooms.
Organizers say this is the start of a cultural revolution for the college and neighboring community.
“We’re providing the public and all across the tri-cities a centralized location to come see a variety of cultural events because that’s what this theater’s aim is truly going to be,” said NSTCC spokesperson Thomas Wilson.
The Publications Editor says this is a service to the general public, specifically the citizens of Northeast Tennessee.
The center represents the curtain call for Northeast State’s Humanities complex, but this is far from a final performance.
More than 6,000 people attended productions at the college in the 2008 academic year. More are expected at the new regional center in 2009.
