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CHICAGO (AP) — Where the desks of Chicago police detectives once stood in a West Side police district is now classrooms for theater-art courses. And the old firing range in the basement is now a storage space for costumes.
It's the former 12th District Police Station, which has been transformed into the new, $8.5 million home of the Chicago Children's Theatre. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned Tuesday.
Phase One of the project resulted in the new 149-seat Pritzker Family Studio Theatre. Phase Two will finish in 2021 and include a second, 299-seat theater.
Artistic director Jacqueline Russell says the Children's Theatre's first-ever permanent home "is a reason for all of Chicago to celebrate." She says it creates a centrally located theatre for the city's children, "regardless of their circumstances or ability to pay."
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