Stockbridge is betting on Georgia’s longest-running theatre group to help revive its downtown. The city announced Thursday the Academy Theatre would move to the area as part of a three-year public-private partnership. Under the agreement, Academy will provide cultural and leisure services for the city including a variety of theatrical work for children and adults. The Theatre will be in the former First State Bank Operations Center that the city purchased last December. Once renovations are done, the 22,000-square-foot facilty known as the Community Arts Center will include a 250-plus seat Proscenium Theater, 99-seat Black Box Theater, two community spaces, digital computer lab, special events space, dance studio, art gallery, and a small cafe. The theatre expects to produce its first theatre series in October.
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