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

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

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

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.

Leipzig left his staff position at the Theatre Center in 1986, but continued to consult and do translations for the company.

He retired from Theatre Centre in 1977 and he has to his credit more than 50 plays.