Two for One
THIS PAST SPRING TWO THEATRES BECAME unexpected bedfellows, as they merged and started sharing resources—despite being 40 miles apart. Indeed one of them was just weeks away from closing if it hadn’t merged with a community theatre an hour’s drive north.
The Henegar Center in downtown Melbourne, Fla., was founded in 1991 when an abandoned elementary school was converted into a 474-seat performing arts center under the leadership of the late Peter Feller. A Tony-winning stage technician, Feller had worked with luminaries like Jerome Robbins and Harold Prince, then sailed his boat to Melbourne to retire. But by late 2018, plummeting ticket sales promised a grim future
