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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Intiman and ACT theaters finally debt-free after years of belt-tightening and generosity from others
The Seattle Times: For the past eight years, Intiman Theatre has been living with an anvil hanging over its head: millions of dollars in debt, which was discovered during a harrowing spring in 2011 and nearly imploded the theater. The board laid off its approximately 20 employees — including relatively new artistic director Kate Whoriskey.
1 comment:
Annika Evens
said...
I am very happy to read something about a theatre in debt that works through the problem and does whatever they can do to fix it while still being open. So often I feel I see another failing arts organization close and another close and it makes me sad because of course, I believe the arts are wonderful that everyone should have the opportunity to experience and the more places that close the less exposure to the arts people have. But it also makes me sad because as more arts organizations fail it just reassures the world that no one can make it in a career as an artist. I applaud both Intiman and ACT for sharing their stories as beacons of hope like they mentioned in the article. Hopefully, the stories of these two theatres can help inspire other arts organizations in debt to do what they can to stay up and keep providing art to the community. I also applaud both of these companies for staying in business and producing shows to the full caliber their audiences expect while they were going through this turmoil.
1 comment:
I am very happy to read something about a theatre in debt that works through the problem and does whatever they can do to fix it while still being open. So often I feel I see another failing arts organization close and another close and it makes me sad because of course, I believe the arts are wonderful that everyone should have the opportunity to experience and the more places that close the less exposure to the arts people have. But it also makes me sad because as more arts organizations fail it just reassures the world that no one can make it in a career as an artist. I applaud both Intiman and ACT for sharing their stories as beacons of hope like they mentioned in the article. Hopefully, the stories of these two theatres can help inspire other arts organizations in debt to do what they can to stay up and keep providing art to the community. I also applaud both of these companies for staying in business and producing shows to the full caliber their audiences expect while they were going through this turmoil.
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