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American Players Theatre set to dedicate a new stage after $8 million renovation of outdoor venue
Posted June 20, 2017
By Lawrence B. Johnson, Chicago on the Aisle
June 20, 2017
At the outset of its 38th season, American Players Theatre has the look of a company starting afresh. Its 2017 summer at Spring Green, Wis., about 30 miles west of Madison, opens on a brand-new stage, the centerpiece of an $8 million renovation of both production and public facilities.
“Our theater was literally falling down,” says APT artistic director Brenda DeVita. “All of us love this place, but we didn’t love how dangerous it had become to work on that (stage) structure. This renewal has given us, and our audience, a theater that is better is so many ways.”
The renovation project focused on APT’s open-air hilltop arena formerly known as the Up the Hill Theatre. Henceforth, the 1,140-seat venue will be called simply the Hill Theatre. APT mounts its more intimate productions in the 200-seat Touchstone Theatre at the foot of that imposing hill.