COLUMBIA, Md. — After months of construction, crews have reached a major milestone for the future home of Toby's Dinner Theatre.
Earlier this week the concrete was poured for the stage that will anchor its new location, just next door.
"It's all exciting. Scary a little bit, but incredibly exciting," said Mark Minnick, a longtime performer and associate producer at the theater.
For Minnick, Toby's is like a second home.
He's now helping preserve the theater's 50-year legacy while preparing to carry it forward for another 50 years.
It stands as one of the only remaining dinner theaters in the Baltimore-DC metro area.
"And that's for a reason. There is quality. There is talent. There is heart. Toby has nurtured such an environment here for creativity, for artists to grow and prosper an