Photo Flash: CTG's Kirk Douglas Theatre Hosts 10th Birthday Celebration

Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie recently gathered with CTG Founding Artistic Director Gordon Davidson, Kirk Douglas, Anne Douglas and more to celebrate the Kirk Douglas Theatre's 10th birthday in Culver City. Scroll down for photos!

In a jam-packed season of exciting work - from widely varied voices and at every level of development - the 2014-2015 season at the Kirk Douglas Theatre will include four powerful mainstage productions, five lively DouglasPlus productions and readings, and a critically acclaimed show for families and people of all ages.

"This new season at the Douglas is a full, rich season," Ritchie said during the theatre's season announcement earlier this year, "and it reflects the phenomenal growth we've had at this beautiful theatre. I particularly love the warm, inviting environment we have created for our audiences with our lobby engagement activities and with our friendly staff...October 31, 2014, will mark the 10th anniversary of the day that this one-time movie theatre was reborn as a live theatre space. Since the inaugural production of presciently named 'A Perfect Wedding,' we have strived to fill the theatre with an eclectic blend of voices and visions, of humanity and imagination, and above all, we have worked to create a space where artists and audiences feel comfortable and inspired to expand the way they relate and express themselves. The Douglas is meant to be a space for a marriage of ideas and entertainment, like the art of theatre itself. And, as with all good marriages, it is constantly evolving. I can't wait to share the Douglas' second decade together."

Center Theatre Group, a non-profit organization, is one of the largest and most active theatre companies in the nation, programming subscription seasons year-round at the 736-seat Mark Taper Forum and the 1,600 to 2,000-seatAhmanson Theatre at the Music Center of Los Angeles, and the 317-seat Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. In addition to providing theatre of the highest caliber to the rich, diverse communities of Southern California and beyond, CTG supports a significant number of play development and arts education initiatives.

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