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	Please help bring up the curtain! We are engaged in a funding campaign to raise the money to complete the renovation. Contractor estimates are about 18 months of construction once funds are resceived and work begun.

Donate a level that is significant to you!
We seek to raise about $1M more in public and private funding soon so we can open the theatre and continue the economic development of the region.

Some Background

Lyric Theatre Oil City Artist Conception 2015

Lyric Theatre History:

Orpheum Theater opened 1906
The Princess Theater 1917
The Cameo Theater
Cameo damaged by fire, owners Herman and Julius Stahl commissioned Holmes Crosby to rebuild
The Lyric opened 1927
Vaudeville house until 1937
Operated as a movie house until closing 1953
Holmes Crosby redesigned the building into 2 storefronts in 1955 (Abe Lang Women’s Wear and Ray L Way Men’s Wear)
2001 Community Playhouse, Inc. purchased the building and began demolition of the storerooms to expose original theater
2006 Colonel Drake Cultural Alliance, Inc. entered into an agreement with CPI to assume management and development of the theater.

Short Term Projects:

Replace auditorium roof (complete)
Demo and clear interior (complete)
Emergency exit (complete)
Removal of floor over raked Auditorium (complete)
New stage electric panel (complete)
Auditorium/Stage work lights (complete)
Dressing room hallway lighting (complete)
Framing for Men, Ladies, and 2 family restrooms (complete)
Back stage wall, dressing rooms, and hallway – cleanied and painted (complete)
Temporary furnace and gas meter (complete)

Much remains to be done

You can help!

Donate now!!

Thank you for your consideration!!!

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