Alden Christian Theater Society

We Have A Story For You!

And we need your support! Please read on...

A short while ago, Audrey and Russ Fuller of Alden purchased the Masonic Hall near the Gazebo in Alden. They planned to turn it into a cafe to serve light lunches and desserts, and to open it several evenings a month to provide a coffee house, with music, open mike nights, ect.

They invited ACTS to transform the upper floor into a theater!

What this would mean for ACTS is:

1) more flexible scheduling for rehearsal times;

2) more show dates--being able to keep a production running two or three weekends in a row;

3) being able to have a place to run a theater school for children in the summer and adult classes in the evenings;

4) less wear and tear on our equipment--and our bodies--from moving everything up and down onto the stage between each rehearsal;

5) constant visibility in the community--a permanent sign and box office;

6) the increase prestige and recognition of ACTS as a legitimate theater company (and therefore, more involvement from the wider Western New York theater community.) Obviously, this would be a good thing for ACTS--and we believe that it would be good for the community as well, putting Alden "on the map" culturally.

However, the Fuller's application for a zoning variance was turned down.

The street, Church Street, is zoned residential..even though there are only three houses on it, and two of them are multi-family apartments (the third is the Masonic Hall). All are within eyesight of many businesses.

So, friends, it's time to write a letter!

Please, if you can support this, send letters of support for this plan to:

The Alden Village Board of Appeals, 13336 Broadway;

The Alden Village Board and Mayor Michael Retzlaff, 13336 Broadway

The Alden Chamber of Commerce, 13500 Broadway

The Alden Historical Society, Broadway

and the Alden Advertiser, 13200 Broadway

(all zip codes are 14004.)

Let the community and its government representatives know how you feel.

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