Theater Troupe Gets Funds to Help Build Playhouse
A professional theater company announced a major gift Thursday that will help it move to a new playhouse in downtown Long Beach.
The California Repertory Company, currently in residence at Cal State Long Beach, received a $62,000 gift from Westland Construction.
The Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club of Long Beach also have pledged support for the theater company’s $300,000 capital campaign.
The fifth annual Cal Rep holiday production of “An O. Henry Christmas” will be presented at Cal State Long Beach through Dec. 20, said theater company spokesman Paul Stuart Graham.
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