The venue was constructed in 1883 and originally functioned as a combination opera house, barber shop and saloon.[1] The building was chartered as the Norfolk Village Hall, although it was commonly known as the Norfolk Opera House. It was designed by the architect George Palliser, from Bridgeport, Connecticut, who published its design in his book, Palliser's Court Houses, Village, Town and City Halls, Jails and Plans of Other Public Buildings (1889).
The Norfolk Opera House hosted vaudeville and theatrical presentations until the late 1940s. For the following four decades, it was used as a restaurant and a grocery store. The building was closed in 1994 and remained vacant for four years.[1] In 1998 Kimberly Gelvin-Melville (now Kimberly Gelvin-Wilks) was given "right to first refusal" to try to get the townspeople or someone else to buy and restore the old opera house as a theater and not apartments or offices. She then produced a theater play in the dead of winter to try to draw public awareness of this glorious opera house she wished to run her own theater company in with the help of Trustees. The Four Poster was produced at The White Hart Inn in Salisbury and the Smithies saw the article in the tristate paper, Litchfield Times, about the building and Kimberly Gelvin-Melville's desire to save it. She gave the Smithies permission to purchase it because they liked all of her ideas to turn it back into a theater and run shops downstairs to help finance it. In 1998, the building was purchased by playwrights and theater producers Maura Cavanaugh and Richard Smithies for US$50,000, who undertook a US$650,000 restoration that included the rebuilding of an observation tower that was part of the original structure.[1] Cavanaugh and Smithies renamed the venue the Greenwoods Theater and brought dramatic and musical productions to its stage. Mr. Smithie had asked Kimberly to play Cleopatra in a future production but sadly Mrs. Cavanaugh Smithie decided she did not wish to include Kimberly as a director or actress for fear of her getting the credit for their restorations. The theater was restored and Kimberly attended the opening but then returned to live in Australia with her former husband and daughter.
Cavanaugh and Smithies operated the Greenwoods Theater until early 2007, when financial difficulties forced them to...
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Read moreMe and my husband went today evening to spend a quality time and at the gate we handed over our belongings to the team they kept on top in front of us while leaving it was kept down where lizards were in it and they were kept beside the shoes. We repeatedly called for the manager Instead of addressing the issue politely the bouncers pushed us out and raised hands on my husband then I started making videos. There was violence outside the restaurant by their two bouncers as the camera wasn't there. We repeated here also asked for the owner and later he came and supported the staff. Very unmannered staff, violent, no respect to customers belongings pls check yourself as to where your things are kept and if questioned they push you out and become violent. Disgraceful, pathetic behaviour, What are the rules of the bouncers to throw customers out ? To hold the neck of the customers? Using abusive language for customers ? Dear owner is this your trained staff? Does your religion tell you to support violence? Just apologizing doesn't help. We have all the videos of the behaviour conducted outside the restaurant. And we will share with the customers seeking suggestions and advice regarding this. The restaurant might have the videos when they was silent inside the restaurant. The moment we kept our foot out they hold their hands...
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