BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Penobscot Theatre Company is getting ready to turn up the volume in 2026.

On Thursday, T-Mobile announced PTC as one of the latest recipients of a Hometown Grant.

The theater is getting $50,000, the maximum individual grant amount, to upgrade its sound system. The end result will be a complete overhaul of an aging system, resulting in better audio quality, especially for hard-of-hearing guests.

Penobscot Theatre Company was one of 25 grant recipients selected this quarter out of more than 900 applicants nationwide.

“The theater has been struggling for three years since the pandemic was over. And I guess winning something like this, gaining this sort of national attention, just feels like... We always say we’re going to recover. That’s all we’ve been fighting for

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