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White christmas pensacola little theatre12/28/2023 The building hasn’t really been touched since the mid to late 90s. She also says the board is kicking off a new capital campaign “We’re trying to raise money to remodel the building. “The fundraising goes to costumes, it goes to props, it goes to keeping the lights on for rehearsals, we have a kids education department, we’re about to go into the summer, so we have (our) kids’ theatre camp,” said Clark-Waters. Tickets to the black-tie event are limited and cost $150 per person. And as a fun little tribute to their one million dollar donation to us, instead of a Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve, we will be having a Dave Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve outside.” “We are actually renaming the cultural center the Clark Family Cultural Center. ![]() The outdoor New Year’s celebration will commemorate long-time supporters of the theatre Dave and Cynthia Clark. “We’re dropping the ball every hour on the hour,” said Williams-Heath. Outside the Cultural Center, it will be New Year’s Eve. There will also be rooms celebrating Mardis Gras, Christmas, and Halloween. Very sultry, very velvet, chocolate, floor-to-ceiling red, maybe a drag show or two in there.” Then when you walk into our courtroom, which is one of the larger rooms, that’s our Valentine’s room. “We’re going to have a large birthday cake for the U.S. “You’re going to walk into the atrium, and that is our Fourth of July,” said Susan Clark-Waters, owner of Pure Pilates, a member of the Pensacola Little Theatre Board of Trustees. Different holidays will be celebrated in all of the different rooms of the Pensacola Cultural center. “We decided to have a party this year that showcases every holiday that, maybe you missed throughout the COVID shut-down,” said Williams-Heath. In past years the themes have included “colors," “decades,” and “locations." This year, the theme is “holidays." Now, after a two-year absence, Cabaret returns this Saturday evening at the downtown cultural center.Įach year Cabaret has a different theme. As with just about everything else in life, the event had to be put on hold due to the pandemic. “It is as true to our mission as a cultural center as possible to showcase every type of art that we have day-in and day-out”.Ĭabaret is an annual fundraiser that the Little Theatre has been holding for decades. “The whole point is to have one event in town that is not a sit-down dinner, it’s not a paddle-race fund-raiser, (and) it’s not listening to a keynote speaker,” said Sid Williams-Heath, executive director of the Pensacola Little Theatre and the Pensacola Cultural Center. This weekend, the Pensacola Little Theatre will try to put on all three, all at once. ![]() There are fundraisers, there are parties and there are cultural events.
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