The turning point came last year when the theater center asked for a $32 million subsidy over 5 years.

The Theater Center met with financial trouble and was forced to close.

Augsburg is also located in the heart of a major theater center.

In August 1987 the 240-ton structure was moved to the theater center's grounds overlooking the beach.

The theater center develops educational and professional projects in the performing arts.

Nearing the end of a two-year, $8 million renovation, the arts infrastructure is now in place to make the city a theater center.

That philosophy has remained the purpose of Theatre Centre ever since.

In Europe, by contrast, his troupe was presented at major arts festivals and urban theater centers.

But well before the festival was conceived, San Diego had established itself as a major regional theater center.

George C. White, the theater center's founder and chairman, is now acting as president and executive director.