NEWBERRY’S GROWTH

South Carolina, rich in history and culture, is lacking in arts facilities. Bracketed on the north by the Greenville-Spartanburg corridor and on the south by Columbia, the area along I-26 appears to be artistically dormant, but is actually alive with talented artists, who are looking for a place to perform and exhibit.

Nowhere in the region can a national theater or opera company play to over 400 people in a more current, acoustically sophisticated facility. Performers will find a gracious, state of the art home in the Newberry Opera House.

Many arts groups and individual artists thrive in the Midlands of South Carolina. Members of the Newberry Ballet Guild both teach and perform. Newberry College’s dynamic and respected music and theater departments, and the area’s public schools, have outstanding arts teachers and talented students. The Newberry Fine Arts Center and it’s group of local visual artists are an important part of the local arts scene. And the Community Players, the local theater group, present a variety of theatrical events. The company works in an art deco theater, The Ritz, which serves as the second anchor for the proposed Newberry "arts district".

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