Press Release

The home depot donates ladder

Date:12-30-08

COLDWATER, MI—

Tibbits Opera House recently received an unexpected gift in the form of a 12-foot step ladder donated by the The Home Depot, Coldwater store. 

The ladder had been on the theatre’s wish list on its website for nearly a year when Ryan Flannigan, Store Manager of The Home Depot saw it and decided it was something they could help with.  The new fiberglass and aluminum ladder will have many uses in the theatre as it is light weight and much more versatile than some of the theatre’s other ladders. 

One of the primary uses will be on stage to allow design crews to set and focus lights safely for the many shows presented at the theatre. Lighting is one of the easily overlooked features of a good stage production. With the variety of performances held at the theatre there are a lot of changes made to the lights depending on the set design, the amount of stage being used, the number of people on stage, and the mood being created for the production. 

According to Dave Brown, Tibbits Facility Manager and Technical Director, “This ladder is a great help to so many things we do and allows us to do things much more safely. The summer theatre crew will really appreciate it.”