Arts Guides Fall 2019 Preview: South Jersey | Page 27

The surrounding area now in-
cludes Camden FireWorks (an art-
ist loft space and gallery), Mickey
McGrath’s BeeStill Studios, The
Camden Shipyard and Maritime
Museum, Brigid’s House, Cam-
den’s Center for Environmental
Transformation, Heart of Camden
Michael J. Doyle Field House, and
the Nick Virgilio Writers House.
All offer visitors quite a lot to see
and do and are helping to build a
“It was a great vision when it
started,” said Ray Croce, Artistic
Director at South Camden The-
atre Company. “It’s hard for us to
believe that its been 15 seasons.
We’re kind of like the little engine
that could and we stayed with it.
By doing that, I think we sent a
message that it’s ok to come into
Camden. The more we stayed and
the more we persevered, the more
people came in.”
It’s the realization of a vision in which South Camden
Theatre Company is no longer an island on to itself,
but the anchor to a true artistic community.
strong community of arts, culture,
and family life in the Waterfront
South neighborhood of Cam-
den. It’s the realization of a vision
in which South Camden Theatre
Company is no longer an island on
to itself, but the anchor to a true
artistic community.
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Croce would love to see more
come in, but he knows it’s still
very much an uphill battle. When
people hear Camden, they think
crime, poverty, and picture a
dangerous place. But whenever
someone enters the theatre for the
first time, they tend to say, “We
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