In late 2025, Tyrone Butler slipped into the newly finished 142-seat theater adjoining the Augusta Mini Theatre and sat in one of the padded seats for a quiet moment alone.
“It dawned on me –‘Wow, what have we done?’” said Butler who founded the mini theater 50 years ago in October 1975 and worked side-by-side with Judith Simon Butler and Earnestine Robinson for decades to build and operate the program. Read more about the program’s history here.
The grand opening celebration for the new building will feature multiple events during the weekend of Jan. 16-18, the weekend of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday…