Work has continued since that time, as have the venue’s offerings, stimulating growth for the downtown area by bringing more traffic to local businesses. “I believe the Glove Theatre has the potential to be the economic catalyst for downtown’s development,” said Bryan E. Taylor, president of the Glove Theatre’s board of directors. He cites marketing studies demonstrating that theater patrons spend $15 to $20 at peripheral businesses when they attend a show. “Even a show with 200 patrons would inject $3,000 to $4,000 of additional revenue into downtown businesses,” he said, noting that this translates to a $156,000 to $208,000 potential aggregate increase in revenue to those businesses when the Glove Theatre implements its plan to host productions each week by the end of 2021. By ramping up events, the board anticipates attracting patrons from surrounding counties as well as Fulton County. The theater’s current capacity is 385 people.

The Glove Theatre’s past events have included Beatles tribute band Hey Jude, screenings of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” classic movie showings, collaborations with the Caroga Arts Collective, sell-out children’s performances such as “Willy Wonka Kids,” and an indoor holiday market for the community. In 2018, NBC’s “The Voice” winner Sawyer Fredericks filmed his first music video at the Glove Theatre and debuted it there with a benefit concert for the Glove Theatre.

Currently, the theater’s board is in the middle of a $100,000, four-phase capital campaign which includes replacing the office roof, renovating the marquee, restoring the interior walls and men’s restroom, and upgrading lighting, sound equipment, and rigging system so that the theater can host more high-caliber performers. Other future plans include installing new seating and air conditioning and building new dressing rooms.