Source: Rockford Register Star December 21, 2019 Sec. A pg. 1 Sec. A pg.5
New American Theater
Judy Barnard – July/August 2008
Source: Rockford Woman Magazine, July/August 2008
Michael J. Dahl, 55 – August (15) 2010 obituary
Source: Rockford Register Star August 15, 2010
Rockford Magazine – Nov 1994, cover, contents, masthead
Source: Rockford Magazine, November 1994, Vol. 9, No. 11
Linda Abronski, Stephen Vrtol III – 1995
Source: Rockford Register Star May 17, 1995
New American Theater
began 1972 at 728 1st Ave. other locations such as 118 S. Main St. beginning 1984, at 116 N. Main St.
Source: Rockford Register Star 6/4/1981
“Community directors: Mixed Cast all Wrong” – “Fences’
Source: Rockford Register Star March 5, 2006
“Theater named for Knapp” – 1985
Source: Rockford Register Star Dec 28, 1985
J. R. Sullivan founded New American Theater in 1972. It had several addresses over time. N.A.T. operated at 118 N. Main St. from 1984-85 to 2008, Bill Gregg followed Sullivan as director after Sullivan left in 1994.
“Huge Construction Program Nearing Completion” – 1938
Source: Rockford Register Star February 9, 1938
The S. H. Kress and Company building later became New American Theater and in 2012 the Rockford Public Library’s Nordlof Center at 118 N. Main St.
William Jackson – 2016
Source: Rockford Register Star 2/19/2016