Center in the Square president Jim Sears has been making noise on his Facebook page about using the soon-to-be dark space at Mill Mountain Theatre for community performances. Others, like Todd Ristau (Hollins playwriting program and No Shame Theatre, plus Studio Roanoke, a space scheduled to open this spring) have told Dr. Sears they are interested in exploring that option.
Its a big space to fill if you're talking about putting on experimental plays or readings... MMT has over 300 seats I believe. Here's a thought:
what about turning the Trinkle main stage theater into a movie house? Show first run foreign films and big budget movies that need another screen .... or maybe second-run films? Many older folks seem to remember fondly the big old movie houses that used to be downtown. Maybe the Grandin Theatre folks could run it? Call in Grandin Downtown?
Its another way to draw folks downtown, other than for a night of drinking and carousing... if they ever get their act together at the City Market building some of the vendors could stay open to take care of people after they get out of the movie ... maybe an ice cream shop would pop up, who knows... Its a thought, anyway.
The Roanoke Regional Writer's Conference this past weekend was invigorating and informative.. great to be around another 100 writers/journalists or so .... lamenting about the fading away of newspapers, the rise of blogs and other on line news services ... and how most writers won't get rich, or close to it. Looking forward to next year's conference already. I presented one session and co-hosted another, which was also fun.
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