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On Blake Street, A Broken Umbrella Grows A Community Theater Hub
Ian Alderman, Rachel Alderman, Ryan Gardner, and Ruben Ortiz.
It’s still a sprawl of softened wood flooring and exposed brick, but Ian Alderman can already imagine a finished foyer, branching off into a cabaret on one side and black box theater on the other.
If he pauses, he can see a bustling Saturday night, servers buzzing from table to table as a jazz band takes the whole room to church. Turn around, and he’ll point out the entrance to the black box, where a sprung floor can host dance one night, comedy the next, and maybe a musical rehearsal somewhere in between.
That vision is taking shape this month, as A Broken Umbrella Theatre (ABUT) launches its first campaign for "The Umbrella," a brick-and-mortar home at 280 Blake 10 years and multiple venues into its existence, the group has envisioned a multi-purpose, community arts hub in the building, the shell of a former dry cleaner and mechanic sh