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Renovations at the Andy Griffith Playhouse in Mount Airy will run past their original November completion date, with Surry Arts Council Executive Director Tanya Jones saying the work will realistically stretch into the first quarter of next year.
The project launched in March with $675,000 in appropriations from the North Carolina General Assembly and adds 1,900 square feet onto the playhouse's 200-square-foot lobby, encloses the front portico that had been only partly sheltered and upgrades the restrooms. Delays have included the city's decision to correct a longtime drainage problem affecting the building's wall infrastructure and crews running into granite.
Performances have continued through a temporary entrance, including busloads of local students in recent weeks, and Jones said navigating that flow has been a logistical challenge for the playhouse and the adjacent Andy Griffith Museum. The playhouse is a former school building from the early 1900s, the town's first public campus.
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