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From the Board of Directors of The Woodward Opera House comes the following
announcement:
Beginning in 2024, the boards of Knox Partnership for Arts and Culture and
Woodward Development Corporation combined to act as one board under “The
Woodward Opera House”.
With this collaberation came the naming of Dena Hess as Managing Director of the
entity. Dena will oversee all events both public and private as well as the daily
business operations. Under her direction The Woodward Opera House will maintain
tenants, continue operating a comercial kitchen, maintain the historical nature of
the building as well as approve and operate all added events within the venues
including the main theater. In addition, Kyler Dickey has been hired as the Facility
Supervisor and will assist Dena with mechanical oversight as well as event set up
and operations.
While the task has been handled for several months, we were made aware that an
official announcement had not been made and we needed to do so.
As a combined board we plan to move forward with our mission of keeping
community at the heart of all operations. Our goal is to provide a safe and
professional environment for all of our tenants. We wish to promote their
businesses and help in any way possible to offer them a great space in which to
operate. Having the added opportunity to utilze the event spaces within The
Woodward Opera House building, we hope to give the community and local talent
a great place in which to perform. We have several community partners that work
with us under Dena’s direction and that has been extremely successful. We are
grateful for our tenants, board members and employees that continue to flourish in
The Woodward Opera House.