New leadership to guide Rideout
in capital and equipment, infrastructure, information technology, and corporate support to Rideout over the next five years. The most effective and efficient way for Rideout to benefit from this commitment is to leverage the experience of a leader familiar with Adventist Health’s structure, resources and capabilities,” read a Tuesday Rideout Health press release.
Patrizio has served as the organization’s CEO since late 2015. Before that, he served as the organization’s chief operating officer.
The Rideout Board of Directors credited Patrizio for helping guide the organization through a series of regulatory and licensing challenges in 2014 and 2015, playing an important role in seeing the new Rideout Regional Medical Center through to completion, returning Rideout to profitability following several periods of financial challenges, and helping prepare the organization for its affiliation with Adventist.
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Tuscano said. “We took all the old seats and are having them refurbished and reupholstered.”
Once completed, the black box will be a state-of-the-art venue with in-house audio and lighting (but for the time being, they’re contracting the audio, lighting and other services). The space can be used for small performances, dinner theater, etc.
“The walls are all made to enhance the acoustics and we will have pleated material against some of the walls which will also help with the sound plus it looks great,” he said. “We have some uplighting along the walls that was inspired by the old HVAC vents on the ceiling, which we thought looked nice so we kept them.”
They’ve worked lighting and sound units, along with metal columns, into the design of space.
A second performing arts center in the building, with seating for 299, will be completed at a later date, as funding becomes available.
Tuscano’s longtime friend Glenn Everett also remembers coming to the theater when he was young and wanted to be part of the theater’s revival.
“It’s a legacy,” Everett said, “It’s very fulfilling to know that this is somewhere people can come for events long after John and I are gone.”
The lobby will retain most of its original feel, including the swinging doors with the circular glass that will serve as the entrance to the black box. Some changes were needed to bring the structure up to current building code standards.
“There will be a fountain in the lobby that will serve as a memorial to the Yuba City High School bus crash victims,” Tuscano said.
He said about $70,000 is needed to complete the restrooms, $50,000 for the lighting system and $10,000 for the sound system.
Terri Tomlinson, a co-chair of the Performing Arts Association, said the exterior is completed and all of the interior demolition is done, with the electrical and plumbing mostly roughed in and ready for finish work.
“There are only a few small things that are needed to get the black box completed and the funding is in hand to complete the black box,” she said. “Three families got together and donated $80,000, wanting to create a matching grant program to get the community involved in donating. We’ve gotten up to $10,000 and that money will go to some of the bathroom and lobby work.” The Sutter Theater as seen in 2017 on Plumas Street in Yuba City.