When the doors of the Frances Marion Brown Theater opened up for the first time in two years to welcome patrons, they were greeted with a newly constructed decking systems on the North and South exterior of the Oswego Civic Arts Center.
Thanks to the generosity of the Richard S. Shineman Foundation’s recent grant award of $160,000, the local community theater organization has been able to make substantial improvements to their home and have been able to enhance the overall patron experience with programmatic improvements that will impact the organization for years to come.
Tony Pauldine and his crew worked on the new exterior decks for the past many weeks, and successfully completed construction prior to the OP opening its doors on August 4, in celebration of their 83rd year of continuous community theater in Oswego. The North deck now extends the full 100 feet length of the building with a new accessible ramp on the East side of the building leading to the south parking lot. The new South deck will now function as an emergency exit only.