North Texas Performing Arts is relocating its headquarters from the Willow Bend Mall to 2819 W. 15th St., according to a news release from the organization.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s happening<\/p>\n
The new complex will feature four performance stages, six dance and rehearsal studios, private practice rooms, a set-build shop and additional spaces \u201csupporting NTPA\u2019s theatre, education and community programs,\u201d the release states.<\/p>\n
The space used to house Holiday Warehouse<\/a>, which closed last March.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is an exciting and transformational moment for North Texas Performing Arts,\u201d NTPA CEO Darrell Rodenbaugh said in the release. \u201cWe have a vision that everyone should have the profound opportunity of taking the stage, and so it is critical that we preserve our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n Construction on the new site is expected to begin next month, with theater build-out anticipated by Dec. 1 and new performances hitting the stage in January.<\/p>\n The context<\/p>\n NTPA was informed that it would have to leave its current space in the Shops at Willow Bend in February. Plans to move the National Hockey League\u2019s Dallas Stars<\/a> into the mall were made official in June, when Plano City Council approved a non-binding letter of intent.<\/p>\n