Geva Theatre Center
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Geva Theatre Center is Rochester's
leading professional theatre, operating in the Naval Armory-Convention Hall. It is the birthplace of many new and popular works such as Gregg Coffin's Convenience and Five Course Love. Geva is an abbreviation of Genesee Valley Arts Foundation. Founded in 1972, Geva Theatre Center is located at 75 Woodbury Boulevard in Rochester, New York.
Geva will host the 2011 American Association of Community Theatre
Festival.
and Convention Hall
, was re-opened as a theatre in 1985 after extensive renovation. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
.
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
leading professional theatre, operating in the Naval Armory-Convention Hall. It is the birthplace of many new and popular works such as Gregg Coffin's Convenience and Five Course Love. Geva is an abbreviation of Genesee Valley Arts Foundation. Founded in 1972, Geva Theatre Center is located at 75 Woodbury Boulevard in Rochester, New York.
Geva will host the 2011 American Association of Community Theatre
American Association of Community Theatre
The American Association of Community Theatre is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1986 to be the voice of community theater in the United States. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, the AACT represents over 7,000 theaters and 1 million volunteers...
Festival.
History
The current building, originally constructed in 1868 as a Naval ArmoryArmory (military)
An armory or armoury is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, issued to authorized users, or any combination of those...
and Convention Hall
Convention Hall
Convention Hall was a convention center in Kansas City, Missouri that hosted the 1900 Democratic National Convention and 1928 Republican National Convention.It was designed by Frederick E...
, was re-opened as a theatre in 1985 after extensive renovation. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
.