North Texas Performing Arts will let the public inside its future headquarters on West 15th Street on Saturday evening, with the walls up and the theaters still under construction, Plano Magazine reports.
The open house starts at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 at 2819 W. 15th St. with a reception, followed at 6:30 p.m. by an overview of the building. Visitors can walk the space, hear about its design and construction, and give feedback, according to the magazine. The organization asks people to reserve a spot ahead of time.
NTPA, which grew out of Plano Children's Theatre, spent years in the Willow Bend mall and had to find a new home when the mall closed at the end of August. In July, the group announced it would build out the former Holiday Warehouse space in central Plano, Plano Magazine reported at the time.
The plans call for four stages, six studios for dance and rehearsal, private dance rooms and a shop for building sets. The NTPA academy is to have a separate building nearby. When the move was announced, NTPA said it was aiming to open for its January productions and launched a campaign to raise $2.5 million.
CEO Darrell Rodenbaugh said in that announcement that the move was meant to keep the group's programs going for young performers, deaf, disabled and special-needs participants, and community theater audiences.
