- April 27, 2024
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Board members and donors came to get the first look at the new building.
Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards gets excited telling the crowd about the new building.
Herman and Sharon Frankel address the audience.
The dedication took place Oct. 25 at the Asolo Annex.
Asolo Rep Managing Director Linda DiGabriele speaks.
Sharon and Herman Frankel unveil the new signage.
The new signage in the back displays Herman and Sharon Frankel's name.
Guests clap as the new signage is revealed.
Sharon and Herman Frankel
Managing Director Linda DiGabriele, Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards, Herman and Sharon Frankel and Ann Charters
Herman and Sharon Frankel with Carole Crosby and Larry Wickless
The annex was an older building that was updated.
A cheese tray was available for guests to snack on as they listened to the speakers.
The new building will serve as a meeting space.
The sign out front of the building faces Tamiami Trail.
The new building will be a storage and meeting space for Asolo Rep.
Guests were able to tour the building after the unveiling.
Guests view the special events storage space.
In October 2017, Asolo Repertory Theatre announced its five-year strategic plan, Staging Our Future.
Part of that plan was to remodel the building on 5553 N. Tamiami Trail, which is at the southeast foot of the Asolo Rep’s home campus, the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. After a generous donation from local philanthropists Herman and Sharon Frankel, the building was able to be completed, and was then unveiled to donors and board members Oct. 25.
The building is a multi-purpose space, which will be used for storage, meetings and collaborations, archives, office space and a place for the special events team to store their items.
The signage was made possible by Carole Crosby.
However, right now, the signage looks a bit off-kilter.
"Some thought the signage was a artsy move on my end," Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards said to the audience. The sign was actually run over by a car last week. Thankfully the sign is covered under insurance, and will be fixed, and raised higher, in the near future.
