Harvest Bible Church

Jim Sparrow, the president and chief executive of the Arts Council, announced the sale in a news release. Council officials have discussed selling the theater for several months, he said.The Arts Council and Harvest Bible have set a June 1 closing date on the building, which is the home of the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem and the N.C. Black Repertory Company.The theater, which was built in 1957, is on 2.9 acres and is valued at $3.11 million, according to Forsyth County tax records. The building, which contains a 500-seat performance theater, is situated between a CVS drugstore and the American Red Cross blood-donation center off Coliseum Drive.Christine Jones, the Arts Council’s chief operating officer, declined to reveal the proposed sale price of the building.“We are in due diligence, and we don’t want to put that information out there,” Jones said. “We are in the inspection process, and there could be developments that could affect the sale. There is always an opportunity for the deal to fall through.”Johnny Pereira, the senior pastor at Harvest Bible, couldn’t be reached for comment. The church’s congregation currently meets at Jefferson Middle School, 3500 Sally Kirk Road.Sparrow said the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem and the N.C. Black Repertory Theatre will remain in the Coliseum Drive building for two months after the building is sold.“We have worked closely with the Little Theatre and Black Rep on (the) transition,” Sparrow said. “And the tentative plan is for both to have administrative offices and rehearsal spaces under the same roof downtown. Making sure our partners have the facilities and support required for their missions is of utmost concern to us.”The Arts Council has an office at 251 N. Spruce St. It owns and operates the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts and Hanesbrand Theatre, both on Spruce Street.The Art Council’s plan calls for both organizations to eventually move their offices to the council’s downtown space and to stage some of their p... (Winston-Salem Journal)