Tenth anniversary photo gallery

10 years ago: the making of Manhattan Theatre Source

Manhattan Theatre Source 10 Years Ago Manhattan Theatre Source - Day 0 ¶Founders obtain key and begin work on December 19th, 1999. David Valade & Ed McNamee box ceiling rubble from exposing the beams for the lighting grid ~ January 2000. Preparing to install matching antique oak floor boards and new spiral staircase ~ March 2000. Founding Directors Andrew Frank & Chad Stutz rip up the floor in prep for the spiral staircase to the dressing room ~ March 2000. Founding Members Jeremy Seaver & Mitchell Riggs pictured here with a visitor before the "theatre wall" ~ February 2000. Founders Jeremy Seaver & Jason Howard build the soundproof wall with Founding Director Chad Stutz ~ March 2000. ~ March 2000. Founders: Ed McNamee, Andrew Frank and Daryl Boling black out the front window prior to demolition ~ December 1999. TheatreSource prior to the construction of the offices, dressing room & cafe ~ January 2000. Founding Member Mitchell Riggs assesses the progress in the soon to be cafe ~ January 2000. Andrew Frank and Ed McNamee assess the window display for the Opening Night Party ~ February 2000. Ed McNamee, Tom Christopoul, Andrew Frank and Michael Waelter plan the Volunteer Center ~ January 2000. Ed McNamee preparing some blueprints and lumber orders in what is now the book shop ~ January 2000. Founding Benefactor Tom Christopoul and Ed McNamee ~ December 1999. Founding Director Fiona Jones officially opens the space ~ February 4th, 2000. An early window display ~ Spring 2001. Scores of friends dropped by the space in those early days (between Dec. 19th, 1999 & Feb. 4th, 2000 ~ the Opening), to lend a hand, raise a hammer, a paint brush, or a mop. ¶Thank you! ¶Then, as now, Manhattan Theatre Source is only possible through the consistent and collective energies of the many people who build it. ¶And that building is still going on today, in new productions, new ideas, new ways and better solutions. ¶Here’s to you, as we look back, and forward!