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| Address | 232 South Elm Street Greensboro, North Carolina United States |
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| Coordinates | 36°04′14″N79°47′26″W / 36.070684°N 79.790533°W |
| Type | Regional theatre |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Opened | January 2002 |
| Closed | June 20, 2023 |
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Triad Stage was a regional theatre located at 232 South Elm Street, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Triad Stage began with the goal of creating a professional not-for-profit regional theater to serve the communities of the Piedmont Triad. Co-founders Preston Lane and Richard Whittington forged their artistic partnership as graduate students at the Yale School of Drama. After managing a theater in Connecticut for two years, they undertook the three-year task of opening their own theater in the heart of historic Greensboro.[ citation needed ]
In September 1999, Triad Stage purchased the former Montgomery Ward building, which had been built in 1936 and vacant for almost 40 years. Renovations began in spring 2001, transforming the five-story building into a world-class[ according to whom? ] theater center (now called The Pyrle Theater) complete with a 300-seat live performance space, rehearsal hall, offices, two spacious lobbies, special events areas and other audience amenities.
The grand opening of the theater took place in January 2002 with Tennessee Williams' modern classic Suddenly, Last Summer . Triad Stage produced over 100 productions and sold over 500,000 tickets.[ citation needed ]
In 2008, Triad Stage finished a second round of renovations to The Pyrle. A scene shop annex was added in the basement. The top floor underwent major construction to turn what was previously a storage center into the 80-seat Upstage Cabaret performance space, the Sloan Rehearsal Hall and the studio and office facilities of WUNC North Carolina Public Radio's Greensboro Bureau.
In 2011, Triad Stage purchased a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) building near the Greensboro Coliseum Complex to serve as the theater's new production facility, relocating its scene, costume and properties shops as well as its warehouse. [1]
In 2013, Triad Stage expanded its season to include shows in Winston-Salem.
In April 2020 the theatre paused operations due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
In November 2020, the theatre's co-founder and artistic director, Preston Lane, resigned following accusations of sexual misconduct. [2]
The theatre reopened in October 2022. However, on April 19, 2023, the theatre paused operations again due to financial difficulties. [3] On June 20, 2023, the company announced its closure. [4]
The theater company has received accolades on the national, state and local levels, including being named "One of the Best Regional Theaters in America" by New York's Drama League, voted the Triad's "Best Live Theater" by the readers of the News & Record's GoTriad thirteen years in a row and "Professional Theatre of the Year" by the North Carolina Theatre Conference twice. Its production of Tobacco Road was listed among the "Best of 2007" by The Wall Street Journal .[ citation needed ] Triad Stage has been spotlighted in American Theatre, Stage Directions, Southern Living, Playbill.com, Our State and UNC-TV's "North Carolina Weekend". The American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards, named Triad Stage "one of the top ten most promising theatres in the country" as the recipient of a 2010 National Theatre Company Grant. [5]
Triad Stage has been further honored with the award of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts [6] and The Shubert Foundation.[ citation needed ]
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