Groundbreaking held for KCD theater

Today's Courier-Journal has an article on last week's groundbreaking:

Kentucky Country Day School held a ceremonial groundbreaking May 26 for its long-awaited theater.

The 400-seat theater will be part of a new 25,000-square-foot fine arts building, which also will have classrooms, a stage shop, ceramics studio and large lobby.

Architect Sherman Carter Barnhart designed the building, and Parco Construction Inc. has been hired to build it.

A fundraising campaign called 'Expanding Horizons: Building on Excellence' was announced in March. At that point about 80 percent of the $7.5million needed for the project already had been raised.

The campaign also will pay to add a third lane at the entrance and 84 additional parking spaces. A cafeteria that was used for theater productions will be renovated.

Head of school Brad Lyman said he sees the new theater as a place where traveling productions could be held, and he envisions it becoming the 'east end center for the arts.'