USDA Loan Guarantee Assists Chenango River Theatre in Purchasing Building

In a ceremony at Chenango River Theatre’s new home, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Patrick H. Brennan presented a ceremonial check for $250,000 to Board of Directors President Jeffrey Brooks.

The loan serves as a guarantee to assist NBT Bank, which has been working with the theatre’s Board to finalize the purchase arrangements for the company’s new, permanent home about 15 minutes north of Binghamton on Rt. 12.

Attending the presentation were Assemblyman Clifford R. Crouch, Robert Messinger (representing US Congressman Michael Arcuri), Kellyanne Truesdale (NBT), Josh Browning (Greene Town Council) and CRT Board members’ Jeffrey Brooks, Ruth Young and Jim Daniels, as well as the company’s Artistic & Managing Director Bill Lelbach.

“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to express our thanks to USDA and NBT Bank for their financial support,” said Jeffrey Brooks, Board President. “As the area’s professional, non-profit theatre, Chenango River Theatre has become an engine for economic growth while attracting significant revenue to our region. The purchase of our own facility will enable us to provide exceptional theatre while expanding our Arts in Education program.”

CRT’s final production of the season, the Pulitzer prize winning comedy Crimes of the Heart runs October 10 - November 2 in the company’s new building at 991 State Route 12, about 3 miles south of Greene.

Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30, plus Sunday matinees at 2:00pm. Tickets are $16 Thursdays, $18 Fridays & Sundays, and $22 on Saturdays. All performances start on time and there is no late seating. The box office opens one half hour before curtain. For reservations, call 656-8499 (TIXX), or go to www.chenangorivertheatre.org.