We can trace the history of our site at 143 Compromise Street back to 1696, when it was designated as wharfage. Several different structures followed, but the current building--actually two buildings that were later combined--was probably constructed around the time Compromise Street was platted in 1837.
ASGT leased the site from the Anne Arundel County Board of Education in 1967. In 1990, the County very generously sold the property to us for $1 with the stipulation that it continue to be a community theatre engaged in cultural and educational activities. The hours of hard work required to turn the site into an outdoor theatre and maintain it as such began the day we became tenants. Initial conversion was followed by a spate of improvements in the early eighties and nineties. Essentially, however, the efforts over the years have been “patchwork home improvement.”
For the full Stage/2 story, follow the Stage/2 link at left.
ASGT is an all volunteer community theatre located in the heart of historic Annapolis, Maryland. |
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