Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts

on october 7, 1996, the weill center foundation, inc., a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation, was established and became the driving force in the preservation and restoration of the sheboygan theater. a group of dedicated local volunteers began an ambitious five-year restoration project, and solicited the help of nationally recognized restoration companies who provided the expertise to bring back to life sheboygan’s premier historic movie palace. the restoration project returned the theater back to its original 1928 appearance as accurately as possible while behind the scenes, the theater received all new electrical, hvac, plumbing, and beautiful new dressing rooms. the property was placed on the national register of historic places by the united states department of the interior and the state of wisconsin register of historic places by the state historical society of wisconsin on december 22, 1999. the theater’s second grand opening came in october, 2001 with a gala performance by t