Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts – Grand Reopening
Jeff and Melinda Leuthold of Love Street Playhouse invited me to join them and their daughter Ellen for a trip up to Longview, Washington to check out the grand re-opening of the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. I immediately fell in love with the space. It was built in 1925, almost demolished in the 80′s and saved at the last minute by the eruption of Mount Saint Helen’s (talk about luck!) They recently completed a multimillion dollar renovation, and the place is amazing. It reminds me a lot of the Capitol Theater in Salt Lake City. The stage was amazing, with a completely new grid / fly system, electrics, dimming and ETC Ion control over ETCNet3. After seeing the theater, I knew I’d love to work here and it was close to home, so I applied to be on the lighting crew. I met with their technical director Kelly Ragsdale and was brought on-board! My first show with CTPA is March 25th – Curtis Adams – Magic that Rocks!
