Americas 2nd Oldest Continually Running Live Theater: ; Kanawha Players Celebrate 90 Years

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FROM the Great Depression through the Great Recession, somehow the second oldest continually running live theater in the United States lives on. The curtain rises on the Kanawha Players' 90th season Friday with Henrik Ibsen's classic, "A Doll's House."

"When the Kanawha Players had shows during the Depression, I'm sure they were living through the same things we are now," said Frank Guthrie, last year's president and current chair of the development committee. "Money was tight and attendance wasn't always the best."

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Americas 2nd Oldest Continually Running Live Theater: ; Kanawha Players Celebrate 90 Years

While budget always has a hand in the number and types of productions the nonprofit theater gets to stage, the group continues to reach out to the community for its op...

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