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Chris Timmons (left) with Jackie Timmons at Theatre Charlotte.
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FIREPROOF
The coronavirus and a devastating December fire have challenged Theatre Charlotte to reimagine its performances, but the community support that’s sustained the nonprofit for 93 years hasn’t gone anywhere BY ALLISON BRADEN
THEATRE CHARLOTTE’S associate artistic director, Chris Timmons, let the security company’s first call go to voicemail. It was 2 a.m., three days after Christmas. Those messages, he says, weren’t uncommon. “It’s usually just that the door has blown open,” chimes in Jackie Timmons, the theatre’s development director (and Chris’ wife). But when the phone rang again, Chris picked up. The security team explained that a fire had broken out. “So I went there thinking that I just needed to meet with a police officer and sign some paperwork,” he recalls. “And I came around the corner onto Queens Road, and the sky was just lit up with firetrucks.”
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