Salt City Center for the Performing Arts is...
- Incorporated
in 1968
- Multiethnic
arts center which holds a 501(c)(3) non profit charter as an educational
organization
- The founder and
still is Executive is Joseph N. Lotito
- First incorporated
as Salt City Playhouse, it joined an existing Youth Program with a new
adult acting company
-
The youth program was started for inner-city youth by
Mr. Lotito in 1963
- In 1969 the Warehouse
Theatre was created on Syracuse's Peat Street.
- In 1973 Salt City
moved into its present location, the former Temple Adath Yeshurin, on
the corner of South Crouse and Harrison Ave.
- The Center houses
two theatres, a shop, dance studio, lounge, offices and classrooms.
- Activities include
theatrical presentations, a Youth Theatre, outreach programs, apprenticeship
training, classes in the arts, and special events.
- The Center is
generous in supplying space, technical help, loaning costumes, props,
sets, and being helpful in other requested ways to other theatre companies,
schools, churches and organizations.
- A recent survey
disclosed that our audience travels from seventy-four townships in a
sixteen county radius, and out of state visitors frequently attend our
performances.
