Picton’s historic Regent Theatre has mounted a major fundraising campaign as it prepares to reopen to the public.The “Raise the Curtain” campaign is aimed at welcoming audiences back into the theatre after its closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.But in order to do that, some urgent and significant safety and accessibility upgrades need to be done — and that’ll require money, says Benjamin Thornton, chair of the board of directors.“What COVID has done is turned off all of our revenue for a half year,” Thornton said. “So now we still have the work that needs to be done, we have adjustments that need to be made to our operations to deal with the post-COVID reality and we need the money to do it.”Theatre manager Alexandra Seay talks.