The new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center in Purcellville is a 275-seat indoor stadium style theater, constructed using the foundation of a 19th Century dairy barn complex and silo. Sitting in front of the new center is a handmade ceramic piece by Goose Creek Tileworks.

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The new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center in Purcellville is a 275-seat indoor stadium style theater constructed using the foundation of a 19th Century dairy barn complex and silo. Looking out from the stage, the silo rises above the seats.

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At the new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center in Purcellville, wood beams frame the stage area.

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Here is the green room area just off stage at the new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center, a 275-seat indoor stadium style theater in Purcellville. Actors and actresses will prepare for their on-stage performances here before facing the crowd.

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The upper seating area at the new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center, a 275-seat indoor stadium style theater, constructed using the foundation of a 19th Century dairy barn complex and silo.

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A state-of-the-art, computer-controlled lighting and sound system, where the lights and sound are controlled, fills the control booth at the new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center.

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The new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center in Purcellville provides 275 seats in the indoor stadium style theater, constructed using the foundation of a 19th Century dairy barn complex and silo.

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Beams of wooden rafters frame the interior of the new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center, a 275-seat indoor stadium style theater in Purcellville.

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Manager Jeffery Stern talks about the stage area during the media tour of the new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center in Purcellville.

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Center Manager Jeffrey Stern on stage giving a media tour of the new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center, a 275-seat indoor stadium style theater, constructed using the foundation of a 19th Century dairy barn complex and silo.

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Art hangs on the walls of the lobby of the new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center located in Purcellville.

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Outside the new Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center.

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