The Rowland story beauty from ashes, the life of the Rowland Theatre and Charles Rowland
All stories have a beginning. For the Rowland Theatre in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, the screenplay began with a fire, an idea and the opening in 1917 of the 1,000-seat playhouse. The Rowland Story is a story of perseverance and survival for a small-town theatre that reached its 100th anniversary in...
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[Philipsburg, PA] :
Rowland Theatre Inc.,
[2018].
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Table of Contents:
- Act one: A drive to Philipsburg
- Scene one: The Observer
- Scene two: The tour.
- Act two: The story begins
- Scene one: Dec. 30, 1910
- Scene two: Setting the stage
- Scene three: Designs and concrete.
- Act three: The next 9 months
- Scene one: Of war and (not a lot of) peace
- Scene two: The summer of 1917
- Scene three: Of deserts, camels and summer's end.
- Cast of characters: Charles Hedding Rowland
- The Houtzdale years
- The central city
- A new hometown
- The final station.
- Cast of characters: Supporting actors.
- Through the years: Into the roaring Twenties
- New management
- The Graffius years
- The Rowland reaches its half-century mark
- The cross, the switchblade and the Rowland Theatre
- Changes ahead
- For sale: The Rowland Theatre
- Sold!
- A short-lived reprieve
- A new owner
- Philipsburg owns a theatre
- The Rowland Theatre today
- A former president comes to Philipsburg
- The digital decade
- Centennial Project: linking the past and the future.
