Carmel Forest Theater Under Construction
Project type: Amphitheaters, Parks and recreation
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description
The theater was established in 1910 and was deeded to Carmel in 1937. It is still an active theater. A 1940 WPA publication reports that:
"Probably the most noteworthy feature of the institution is the unmarred beauty of the glade in which the performances are given. In the reconstruction work by the Works Projects Administration of Northern California this beauty has been jealously guarded and every shrub and tree preserved."
The WPA renovated the theater, building a new surrounding wall, a reinforced concrete floor, a new theater and new dressing rooms.
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Carmel Forest Theater Under Construction by the WPA
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Carmel Forest Theater Seats and Stage
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Carmel Forest Theater External Wall
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Carmel Forest Theater WPA Plaque
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Carmel Forest Theater Seating
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Carmel Forest Theater Stage
Source notes
William R. Lawson. "Achievements, Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration, Northern California." 1940: 89. http://www.foresttheaterguild.org/index.cfm/the_theater.htm
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