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8 minutes ago, jmitch94 said:

Guy with the saw or the guy in the background? 

Guy with the saw.  I designed the scenery for the opening production of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

3 hours ago, placoors said:

The first production will be this Sunday February 12th:

 

http://www.chron.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/First-Look-A-D-Players-new-Galleria-area-10920612.php

That's me in picture #7.  Hope y'all can come check out our great new theater!!

15 minutes ago, gene said:

its actually a pretty cool building and have been checking in on its progress lately as well! i hope they have some good secular shows on the calendar so i can go check it out! 

We will be announcing our inaugural season for the new theater within the next week or 2.  I think you will be pleased with what we will be offering in the new year (first production will be February 2017), which also coincides with our 50th Anniversary season.  Hope to see lots of you at the theater when we open up.

When is it due to open?

We hope to move in next October and our first production should be in November/December 2016.

Are they only doing theist shows?

No.  In the early days of the company all of the plays were of a religious nature and many of them were direct re-telling of bible stories.  As the company has grown and expanded our programming over the past almost 50 years, we now do a wide variety of productions.  We have recently announced our new season, which will begin in September.  We are still Christian artists producing theater, but not every show we do is a biblical or religious based show.

Check out our new season and other information about us at http://adplayers.org

Thanks

Mark Lewis

Production Manager/Resident Designer

A.D. Players

I think I saw the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the AD Players in the 1990s one time. I am actually pretty surprised they get something like this, it seemed "community theater" back then, not bad just small.

I hope you would assume that any arts organization would grow over 20 or so years. I have been with the theater since the early 90s and we have grown in many ways. I hope you give us another chance now and once we've moved to Westheimer.

Drove by this morning and the tower crane is coming down, guess it is topped out!

Unfortunately, it's been like that for a while.

The Queensbury Theatre is about half done at this point. It's Dueling Community Theaters!

It has been fenced for awhile since Mission Construction moved their trailer to the lot.  I am the Production Manager for the theater, and we have been awaiting the lengthy City of Houston permitting process.  Construction of our new theater should be commencing by the end of the year.

toxtethogrady - Just to point out that yes, The Queesbury is a community theater, the A.D. Players is not.  We have a full time staff of 20 professionals and several contract artists that produce 10 shows a year.  In addition, the Queensbury was fortunate enough to have a piece of property that a developer wanted, and I believe that their new building was part of the deal for the land where the old theater was.

The 2015-16 theater season is going to be very exciting for Houston with The Alley moving back into their newly renovated theater, the opening of the new Queesbury Theater, the newly renovated Main Street theater on Times Blvd, the opening of the MATCH, and the opening of the A.D. Players new theater.  Very exciting for all of us in the business and our patrons. 

They are going to be adding a fly loft to the main stage theater, which generally is 75-80 feet tall, so that would be the reason for the crane.  The tower on the Alley will add 45 feet above the existing roofline.

http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=7352#.U_bBxWMXNFs

That's because I believe it is Gables phase 2 of the West Ave. complex. It is right behind West Ave. and appears to be a near mirror image of the oppisite corner.

Anyone know what is going into the former funeral home on Kirby between Richmond and Alabama? I have seen a lot of construction activity going on there and saw a sign for a liquor license application on the door the other day. Wonder where the kitchen will be?

I am the resident designer/technical director for the A.D. Players, and I can assure you the project is not dead. We have had a some difficulties in our fundraising with the downturn in the economy (but what non-profit hasn't). For further information, or better yet to make a donation, contact our development office through our website www.adplayers.org

Cool...maybe someone can snap a couple of shots?

I work nearby, will try to get shots at lunch one day this week. The sign posted at the complex has a website listed at the bottom, but it is not up yet. Kind of annoying when they do that. www.collectionliving.com is the site, but it just comes up as under construction. Was hoping to see some floorplans and prices since it is close to work, and closer to the med-center for wife's work too.

Costco Gas Station is open now.

I work near there and was curious if anyone had read or seen what is going to replace the Chevron on the corner? They've torn down the carwash as of Friday, but no signs of anything to come. There is already a Chase, Wachovia, and WaMu nearby, so hopefully it won't be yet another bank.

Houston's zoo has actually improved a lot since they started charging admission. I'll agree with you that it's not as nice as Brownsville's, or some of the other zoos in major cities, but it has improved greatly from what it was and continues to get better. Part of the problem was that for many years the zoo was not only free, but it was also not receiving adequate financial support from the city. The relatively small amount of land the zoo has to work with also hasn't helped.

The zoo in Omaha Nebraska is far better than the Houston zoo, in a much smaller market. Almost all of the funding for major updates/rennovations was from private sources. The city shouldn't be to blame, the zoo should be able to raise its own funding.

When the theater company was started 40 years ago, it was a very small troop of college students and at one of their first events, the founder was asked what the name of her troop was. She replied "The After Dinner Players" because they were hoping to be fed.

The name stuck and 41 years later it's still the name of the company.

As for the other post, I am heading down Westheimer this morning and will try to help confirm whether the land is being cleared yet.

That's great.

Educate me, but does this mean that every play thats performed will have a religous theme? Just curious. I still would like to see either way.

The theater performs both religous and secular plays. It was founded in 1967 by Jeanette Clift George. All of the shows are family friendly and generally have a redeeming message, even if they are not directly religous. More information is available at www.adplayers.org

The theater is currently located at 2710 W. Alabama. There is also plays for children performed in a space at St. Luke's Methodist Church.

It's only been mentioned a couple times but I like Barry's Pizza. New York Pizzaria is good too, my wife and I will go there for a slice so we can each get what we like.