The WBTT complex in 2013 prior to renovation.
The state of the building WBTT purchased in 2013 for $450,000 prior to the renovations. Today, it houses two performance spaces.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe logo
Artistic Director Nate Jacobs
WBTT’s production of Bubbling Brown Sugar
WBTT’s production of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
WBTT’s production of Jukebox
Sarasota’s Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe announced a $6 million capital campaign to revise its two-theater complex over the next few years, adding space for educational programs. This comes only three years after the 17-year-old company purchased two warehouse buildings in a foreclosure auction, including the historic 1926 Binz Building, north of downtown Sarasota, as a permanent home for the theater company.
The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe had been nomadic for 14-year-old company now has a permanent home. Executive Director Christine Jennings said the theater paid $450,000 for the two-acre site at the auction on March 26, 2013.
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