Bailiwick Moves Up
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Bailiwick plans to christen the new space the Lakeview Performing Arts Center and expects to begin construction immediately on two new stages at a cost of about $100,000. A main theater with flexible seating for between 150 and 200 will open around October 1 with the world premiere of F-64, a play by New York-based Christina de Lancie. Also slated for the main stage later in the season is the world premiere of Pope Joan, a new musical about the first female pope by Christopher Moore, who demonstrated great promise at Bailiwick last season with Son of Fire. The second project is a 75-seat cabaret theater with a piano and windows looking out onto Belmont, scheduled to open in late September with Impulse Studio’s production of Pierre de Marivaux’s False Admissions. The new building also has space for several amenities Bailiwick’s never had before: a green room, ample dressing rooms, and rehearsal and classroom space.
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