2021 Annual General Meeting - Curtain Going Up

When
Friday, September 24, 2021
09:45 - 14:00
Location
Online, Via Zoom
Registered
37 registrants

Registration

Member Rate – $25.00
Full access to all presentations.
Non-Member Rate – $45.00
Full access to all presentations, also includes WCAPT membership until July 2022.
Sponsor: Level 1 – $50.00
Full access to the event for one person, company logo displayed on event material and during the event.
Sponsor: Level 2 – $100.00
Full access to the event for two people, company logo displayed on event material and during the event.
Sponsor: Level 3 – $150.00
Full access to the event for three people, company logo displayed on event material and during the event.
Students, Speakers and Corporate Sponsor Rate
Full access to all presentations, free of charge. Contact info@wcapt.org for registration code.

Registration is closed

Please join us for our Annual General Meeting!

Follow this link to join the event!

Curtain Going Up is a half-day program with presentations from our three member states: Arizona, California and Nevada.

Presentations will cover restoration, rehabilitation and reopening of historic theatres through the region with presentations from four organizations:

BROADWAY WEST: KEYNOTE

The Broadway Theater District in Downtown Los Angeles is the first and largest historic theater district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

BEALE STREET THEATRE, AZ

The evolution of the Beale Street Theater (State Theater) into the Kingman Center for the Arts, Kingman, Arizona began in 1907.

RIALTO THEATRE, CA

The Rialto Theatre in South Pasadena, California is considered one of the last single-screen theaters in Southern California and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

PIPER'S OPERA HOSUE, NV

Piper's Opera House has been a fixture in historic Virginia City, Nevada since 1876.

Everyone is welcome to join the event, members will enjoy a discounted rate ($25) and the non-member rate ($45) includes a membership for the remainder of the 2021-2022 period.

All proceeds to be donated to the participating theatre organizations.

As always, student registration is free of charge!

Schedule for Friday, September 24th:

0945 - Pre-Presentation Networking

1000 - Welcome, program goals and agenda

1015 - Keynote Speaker - Broadway West

Introduction

Presentation: “Bringing Broadway West”

Q&A

1115 - Break

1120 - Historic Theatres by State

Introduction

1125 - California Theatre - Restoration

Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA

Escott O. Norton, Architect

1150 - Arizona Theatre - Rehabilitation

Beale Street Theater, Kingman, AZ

Kristina Michelson, Executive Director,

Kingman Center for the Arts

Michael Taylor, Architect

1215 - Nevada Theatre - Reopening

Piper’s Opera House, Virginia City, NV

Whitney Brunson

1235 - Q&A for State Theatre Presentations

1250 - Closing - Importance of Funding for Theaters

1255 - Break

1305 - WCAPT Business Meeting