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The Valley
Ridge Studio, Inc. Receives Grant
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Founded in 1991 by E. Reid Gilbert and Robin Pyle, Valley
Ridge Studio, Inc. was created in a small storefront
primarily as a venue for new or experimental theater works.
This small establishment in Thomas eventually expanded its
playing space, repertoire, and audience by converting a much
larger storefront into a theater/gallery, and producing
one-act and full-length plays in repertory throughout the
summer. Since 2003, Valley Ridge Studio has produced 14
fully-staged productions, providing performance, directing,
and design opportunities not only to professional artists
from around the country, but also to over 30 local children
and adults. Additionally, Valley Ridge continues to offer
classes to children and adults; produced a play-reading
series, an evening of one-act plays, and has continued to
exhibit work from local artists in their gallery.
Valley Ridge Studio, Inc. exists as an arts organization
dedicated to providing quality arts experiences to both the
residents and visitors to Tucker County. With a particular
emphasis on the performing arts, Valley Ridge offers
professional and non-professional artists opportunities to
develop and practice their craft in a professional,
supportive environment. Thus, it is an on-going process that
is growing. Valley Ridge Studio’s goals include becoming a
year-round, professional theater company that maintains
strong ties to the local community through education,
outreach to isolated populations, and nurturing young,
emerging artists.
To help Valley Ridge Studio, Inc. reach their goals, the
Mollohan Foundation awarded $2,000 to Valley Ridge Studio,
Inc. in 2005 to help fund a production of the famous C.S.
Lewis work The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as well as
a production of Pinter’s The Homecoming as part of the 2005
Family Series.
For more information about Valley Ridge Studios, Inc. please
contact Margaret Anich, Artistic Director, at 304.463.3365.
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