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International City Theatre ...

International City Theatre in Long Beach, California, was founded in 1985. It is a professional (Actors Equity), award-winning, non-profit company located at 300 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802.

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International City Theatre, founded by Shashin Desai [1] in a 99-seat black box theatre on the campus of Long Beach City College, grew to become the official resident theatre of the City of Long Beach CA. [2] The theatre moved into its 862-seat semi-thrust auditorium at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center in 1988, phasing in at first with some shows in the larger space and some in the original. [3] [4] Desai's wife and longtime general manager Caryn Morse Desai assumed the post of artistic director when Shashin retired in 2011. [5]

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