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Ojai Playhouse Reopens as State-of-the-Art Coastal Showcase for Oscar Contenders, Revival Films and Live Shows, After 10-Year Closure
The Ojai Playhouse, located north of L.A., is back after a $10 million renovation and 10-year closure, with Oscar contenders, revival films and music.
But residents and frequent visitors who have a love for movies may actually have to work up some adrenaline to keep up with the aggressive film programming schedule being announced for the reopening of the Ojai Playhouse, a 110-year-old venue that sits smack in the middle of the historic main street located amid the Topatopa Mountains, roughly an hour and a half north of Los Angeles. David Berger, formerly an executive with companies like Live Nation, bought the theater in 2020 and has spent the last four years working on a top-to-bottom renovation with principal architect Bob Kupiec, local builder Kerry Miller and the construction team Holwick Constructors. I mean, the building actually spoke to us in ways that kind of directed us to do certain things, with the geometry of the existing structure incorporated in what Dolby Atmos requires in terms of developing arrays for the appropriate placement of all of these fabulous speakers that are surrounding you from the ceiling and all the walls.
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