Hole in the back wall of the theater

Company Manager Sarah Thomas contemplates the new hole cut in the back wall of the theater for equipment access at the start of construction in March.

One Goes Up, One Goes Down

As work progresses on the Opera House, the nearby Sarasota Quay is demolished.

Measure twice, cut once

The construction crew makes sure they get it right while working on the McCorkle Lounge concession.

Blue Skies

Re-roofing the Opera House in May.

Stripped Balcony

Back on May 4, Major Gifts Officer Jennifer Berges came into the theater and took some fantastic shots of the balcony steel using her digital camera.

Sarasota Opera Awarded Kresge Grant

Sarasota Opera has reached a major milestone in our "Building on the Vision" Capital Campaign with the award of a $500,000 challenge grant by the Kresge Foundation of Troy, Michigan. The grant is made towards the renovation of the historic Sarasota Opera House and is contingent upon our reaching its $20 million renovation goal by June of 2008.

Read the Sarasota Opera Press Release and more about this at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Bradenton Herald.

New skylight frame

On June 19 a new frame was installed for the skylight. It is now wrapped with a blue tarp, giving the whole atrium a blue glow.