Board meeting this Wednesday

The MHT board will meet in a regular meeting this Wednesday. At the meeting the theatre will choose our 47th Season which will open in Sept. 2010. A recent article in American Theatre magazine listed the 11 most produced plays of the year. The list includes Proof, Doubt, Art, Wit, Crowns, and the Glass Menagerie all of which MHT has produced. MHT entered Proof in the state and regional competition and brought home several awards.

This weekend I spent several hours cleaning the carpets in the main auditorium in preparation for the new chairs. I finished up this afternoon cleaning the aisles and the lobby. Tomorrow we will start loading chairs into the theatre to start making rows. Recognition Plus is working on the plaques for the arms of the chairs and the row and seat number tags as well.

I've included two photos with the blog to show the old chairs stacked up at the theatre warehouse space and the auditorium empty of chairs except for the last three rows.

Volunteer Al Knudsen (who is also acting in the play God's Favorite) has painted the set for God's Favorite. He is doing a nice glaze paint technique and the set is coming along extremely well thanks to his hard work along with Director Diane Byrd and other cast members who have helped.

There was an arts group meeting today at the River Heritage Museum and we all shared dates and information on upcoming events and possible dates for next season along with fundraiser dates. It really is important for all of us to work together to make Paducah a thriving arts community. The next couple of months are jam packed with plays, symphonies, shows at the Carson Center, the Teen Spirit show at the Yeiser, lots of films at Maiden Alley Cinema, and events happening around the city. Paducah was also ranked third in Southern Living Magazine as one the top small cities in Kentucky.