\nThe theater\u2019s future operators, New Oak Theatre, currently run shows at the Tybee Post Theater on Tybee Island. The Maupas Avenue site provides the company with a black box in Savannah\u2019s core.<\/p>\n
Chase Brackett, New Oak\u2019s artistic director, said the group plans to host productions for four to six weeks at a time.<\/p>\n
Plans are to have four to five shows a week, with weekday productions at 7 p.m. and weekend matinees at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Shows are expected to have a maximum capacity of 80 attendees.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to coming to some of the plays that you all will be doing,\u201d said Post 2, At-Large Alderwoman Alicia Miller Blakely.<\/p>\n\nWhile council\u2019s approval of the special use permit was unanimous, some members did ask questions related to parking. The Starland District was identified as a high-pressure parking area in the city\u2019s latest Parking Matters study.<\/p>\n
Maupas Avenue was identified as having extremely high parking occupancy, reaching as high as 100% capacity or more on Saturday afternoons, according to the study. City council recently approved changes that allow for parking on both sides of the street.<\/p>\n
Yellin also cited multiple paid parking lots within walking distance of the theater. City Manager Jay Melder said the city is analyzing if further policy measures will be needed to address parking on Maupas Avenue and in the district more broadly before council formally approves Parking Matters study recommendation.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, council\u2019s decision to allow parking on both sides of the street may bring some relief.<\/p>\n\n\u201cIt actually adds some more parking availability for theater patrons,\u201d Melder said.<\/p>\n
Evan Lasseter is the City of Savannah and Chatham County government reporter for the Savannah Morning News. You can reach him at ELasseter@savannahnow.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.savannahnow.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Savannah\u2019s Thomas Square Neighborhood is home to what many locals may regard as staples of the city\u2019s entertainment landscape, ranging from bars to restaurants and concert venues. The latest addition to the Starland District is on its way: a black box theater slated to host multiple weekly shows. Savannah City Council recently approved a special […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2488975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[30218,28769,23530,24391,239382,349726,350852,21937,284334,240269,305252,42645,309049,51971,21739,22764,305244,350847,211924,21738,23846,239343,239453,305243,328631,353025,23152,284335,305245,24047,353027,239344,353026],"class_list":["post-2488974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ai","tag-and","tag-bars","tag-clubs","tag-clubs-u0026-nightlife","tag-construction","tag-construction-u0026-maintenance","tag-dance","tag-enabled","tag-exclude","tag-exclude-from-paywall-logic-testing","tag-from","tag-ga","tag-highlights","tag-local","tag-local-news","tag-logic","tag-maintenance","tag-neutral","tag-news","tag-nightlife","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-paywall","tag-savannah","tag-spoken","tag-story","tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","tag-testing","tag-theater","tag-theater-dance-and-spoken-word","tag-u0026","tag-word"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Savannahs-Starland-District-slated-for-its-latest-entertainment-venue.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2488976,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488974\/revisions\/2488976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}