REPERTORY COMPANY TO MAKE MOVE A NOISE WITHIN ACCEPTS OFFER TO LEAVE TEMPLE FOR PASADENA.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer GLENDALE - A repertory theater company that has performed since the early 1990s out of Glendale's historic former Masonic temple is planning a scene change that would take it to Pasadena. A Noise Within, whose leaders had been talking for years with Glendale Redevelopment Agency officials about developing a new theater, have decided instead to accept an offer from a Pasadena developer to build a theater there. ``We were probably facing looking at being in a building that we would conceivably outgrow outgrow verb To change the relationship with a condition or structure by dint of ↑ age or size; while children outgrow clothing, and certain behaviors, they rarely outgrow diseases–eg, asthma within 10 years,'' said Julia Rodriguez Elliott, co-artistic director for the theater company. The Glendale sites under consideration for a new theater were not as big as the Pasadena site, and the company had concerns that parking could also be a problem, officials said. A Noise Within had an exclusive deal with Glendale Redevelopment Agency to negotiate about building a new theater on an agency-owned parking lot in the 100 block of North Louise Street. Another site under consideration was an agency-owned parking lot at Central and Wilson avenues. The theater's artistic directors said they were told at a GRA GRA Graphic Arts GRA Grande Raccordo Anulare (circular highway surrounding Rome, Italy) GRA Graduate Research Assistant GRA Georgia Research Alliance GRA Graduate Research Assistantship GRA Guyana Revenue Authority meeting last week not to count on using the city's Orange Street Garage to meet all their parking needs if they built a theater at Central and Wilson. Developer David Worrell David Worrell (born 12 January 1978 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who plays for Dundee. David signed for Blackburn from Shelbourne in January 1995 but he had not made a first team appearance before he moved to Dundee United in March 1999. offered the theater company enough land to build a theater of up to 45,000 square feet at a Pasadena project planned at Foothill and Sierra Madre boulevards Sierra Madre Boulevard is a 7-mile long road connecting four suburbs of Pasadena, California; Hastings Ranch, East Pasadena, and San Marino. For the most part, is a winding road divided by a grassy median, built around an interurban line of the Pacific Electric. , theater officials said. That compares with the 26,000 square feet it could get in Glendale. A Noise Within on Friday sent a letter to Glendale officials informing them of the planned move to Pasadena. Because A Noise Within will need to build a new facility in Pasadena, it expects to be in Glendale for a few years more. The nonprofit company opened in Glendale in 1991 at the former Masonic temple at 234 S. Brand Blvd. In 1999 the theater moved to the California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or "'CSLA"') is a public university, part of the California State University system. , campus, but that did not work out and the theater moved back to Glendale the following year. ``I wish them luck, but I hope (in) a couple years or something they don't come back and want back in Glendale again,'' said City Councilman Dave Weaver. ``It looks like if what they're being offered comes true they've gotten something good. So I don't blame them for doing it; it's just the mechanism of doing it.'' The theater company stages its performances in a former banquet hall Definition A banquet hall is a room used for social gatherings like receptions, reunions, parties, and business events. on the old temple's third floor. The upper six floors are closed off because of safety concerns and the building has problems with its air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. and heating systems and lacks space, officials said. The Pasadena theater would be part of a mixed-use development Mixed-use development refers to the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. In planning zone terms, this can mean some combination of residential, commercial, industrial, office, institutional, or other land uses. with apartment and condominium units. A Noise Within would get the land for free or a nominal amount, and it would have to raise the funds to build a theater. ``We think Pasadena's a terrific community and we're very excited about the potential for growth and all the opportunities that are available for us there,'' Elliott said. ``And we still feel that we're going to be able to serve our base. It's not like we're moving to San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. or anything.'' Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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