Disabled Man Seeks Grant Money To Refurbish Local Historical Theater

by Russ
(Philippi, WV, USA)

Ready for New Glory Days!

I am 36 and have only 17% use of my heart left after suffering two heart attacks and a triple bypass.

We have a 300-seat theater in our town that goes back to the early 1900s. It was originally built as a vaudeville theater and the film system was added later, but it still has a lot of the old vaudeville equipment.

The place has seen acts like Tex Ritter who rode his horse onstage to Hollywood's greatest golden age movies.

I want to refurbish the theater to its heyday and reopen it for our seniors to have a chance to see their favorite films they way they were meant to be seen and for their grandchildren to enjoy them as well.

I want the theater to return to being the center of culture, entertainment, and history for our town.

I plan to show old westerns, comedies, dramas, and foreign films on Friday evenings, then old horror and sci-fi for the younger set on Saturdays.

I also want to use the vaudeville stage as a place for new and undiscovered playwright and acting talent to find their voice as well as local musicians, poets, and others.