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Pacific Repertory Theatre (PacRep) is a professional theatre company located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It is the only professional theatre company located on the Monterey Peninsula. [1] It is a member of the League of Resident Theatres [2] and presents a year-round season of plays and musicals. [3]
The Bruce Ariss Wharf Theater is a musical theater located in Monterey, California. It began its history after World War II when Bruce Ariss , an artist and friend of John Steinbeck , returned to the city of Monterey after working with his father's construction company.
The First Theater also known as the First theater in California, is a historic adobe and wood building in Monterey, California, United States. It was built in 1846–1847 as a lodging house and tavern for sailors, by English seaman and pioneer Jack Swan. Swan's Saloon staged the inaugural theatrical presentations in California.
Stephen Moorer (born September 29, 1961) [1] is an American stage actor, director, and producer based on the Central California Coast. [2] He founded the GroveMont Theatre in 1982, [3] renaming the non-profit organization Pacific Repertory Theatre in 1994, when the group acquired the Golden Bough Playhouse in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Designed by Ariss, the New Wharf Theater opened its doors on December 3, 1976, with a community theater production of Guys and Dolls, directed by Monterey Peninsula College Drama Department chairman, Morgan Stock. At the northwest end of old Fisherman's Wharf, the theater is now known as the Bruce Ariss Wharf Theater.
The Monterey Peninsula anchors the northern portion on the Central Coast of California and comprises the ... In 1907 the town's first cultural center and theatre, the ...
The coastline of Monterey County includes Big Sur, Highway 1, and the scenic 17 Mile Drive in Pacific Grove and Carmel that traces the perimeter of the Monterey Peninsula. Tourism is an important part of the economy in the coastal regions of Monterey county, although agriculture is more dominant in the inland Salinas Valley.
The theater originally had 1,600 seats at a time when the population of Monterey was just around 6,000. For a long time the Golden State Theatre was the largest theater between San Francisco and Los Angeles. [citation needed] In addition to the theater, the building has a number of leasable commercial spaces.