Cape Fear Regional Theatre (CFRT) celebrated the topping-off ceremony for its transformational capital expansion project, Act 2: Expand & Elevate, marking a major milestone in construction with the placement of the final structural beam on the theatre’s new facility at 1209 Hay Street.
Cape Fear Regional Theatre, a nationally recognized regional theatre, produces Broadway-quality performances and serves tens of thousands of patrons annually through mainstage productions, education programs and outreach initiatives. The ceremony represented significant progress toward CFRT’s vision of expanding its campus to better serve artists, audiences and the greater Fayetteville community.
“We are looking at 1,622 pieces of steel holding this vision together. It weighs nearly 400,000 pounds. That is massive, literal weight, but it is nothing compared to the weight of the dreams that have been carried within these walls for decades,” said Artistic Director Mary Catherine Burke in a press release. “You staked your name on this steel, and today, this steel is standing tall. This is where possibility lives. This is where we show the world that Fayetteville doesn’t just work hard – we dream big.”…