Taylor Theatre
Opened in 1967
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The Taylor Building, usually called “Taylor Theatre,” was designed by J. Hyatt Hammond of Greensboro, North Carolina, and was opened in 1967. On February 27, 1967, the building was named in honor of William Raymond Taylor.
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William Raymond Taylor
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The Taylor Theatre is named in honor of William Raymond Taylor, the University’s “Father of Drama, who was on the faculty from 1921 to 1961.. He founded the Play-Likers drama troupe in 1925 and the Parkway Playhouse in Burnsville, North Carolina, in 1947.