Coachella Valley Rep to Renovate Cinema into Carol Channing Playhouse

The Desert Sun has announced that Coachella Valley Repertory has purchased the UltraStar Desert Cinemas and has plans to renovate the property into a live theatre venue. The venue will be named the Carol Channing Playhouse.

Artistic director Ron Celona discussed the project and CVRep's motivations behind the renovation, watch!

CVRep is a not-for-profit professional theatre company. It is the only theatre in the Coachella Valley that has Small Professional Theatre (SPT) status with Actors' Equity.

CVRep is an educational, dramatic and musical theatre organization whose mission is to present thought-provoking, innovative theater of substance, and outreach programs that enrich enhance and impact the quality of life for residents and visitors in the Coachella Valley.

CVRep's vision is to be a premier arts organization that provides leadership in arts presentations and makes an essential contribution to the cultural vitality of the Coachella Valley communities it serves.

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