- Syracuse Stage
Syracuse Stage is a professional non-profit theatre company in Syracuse,
New York , U.S.A. It is the premier professional theatre in Central New York. It was founded in 1974 byArthur Storch , who was its first artistic director.cite web|url=http://www.syracusestage.org/
title=History of Syracuse Stage|accessdate=2007-09-28|work=Syracuse Stage "About Syracuse Stage" subpage|publisher=Syracuse Stage]In the early 1990s,
Tazewell Thompson was artistic director.Robert Moss also has been artistic director. In 2007,Timothy Bond became artistic director.cite web|url=http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/stories/index.ssf?/base/living-3/1185444501245660.xml&coll=1
title="Syracuse Stage, SU drama share new artistic director", by Laura T. Ryan|date=July 26, 2007|work=|publisher=The Post Standard]Each year, it offers several productions, including one collaboration between Syracuse Stage and the drama department of
Syracuse University .John D. Archbold Theatre
Its facility, the John D. Archbold Theatre, named after
John Dustin Archbold , cost US$1.3 million.cite web|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&res=9A03E4D7123BF931A35751C0A967948260&oref=login
title="Play:Syracuse Premiere for South African Work", by Max Gussow|date=February 2, 1981|work=|publisher=The New York Times]The theatre has a 36-40 feet wide
proscenium ; the stage is 30 feet deep. It is lit by 215 Source Fours, 16 fresnels, 36 par cans, and 22 16x22 lekos.cite web|url=http://www.syracusestage.org/
title=Tech Spec Info Sheet for Syracuse Stage|accessdate=2007-09-28|work=Syracuse Stage "Tech Spec Info Sheet" subpage|publisher=Syracuse Stage]Current Season
In Popular Culture
Towards the end of the 1982 movie
Tootsie , Michael Dorsey, the character inTootsie played byDustin Hoffman , reports he has found acting work at Syracuse, presumably at the Syracuse Stage.References
External links
* [http://www.syracusestage.org/ Syracuse Stage]
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