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Dec. 2nd, 2008 07:45 amFirst, the good news:
The New Zealand Hat and Hair Awards were just held on November 29th! The article has a photo of the winning entry, and the event's website has a lot of photos of the past two years' worth. What with this and the World of Wearable Art awards, NZ is certainly the place to be for wearable artwork! Amazing stuff.
...but, there's bad news, too.
I feel i'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the economic casualties in the American regional theatre community of the past few days.
My heartfelt sympathy goes out to all these folks, not only for the loss of their jobs at a particularly unfortunate time (midwinter/holidays), but in two cases for the dissolution of their theatres altogether as well. When a theatre goes under, it leaves a hole in the community that it serves.
They say things are going to get worse, in general, before they get better--i wonder how many more regional theatres will go under before it's all over?
The New Zealand Hat and Hair Awards were just held on November 29th! The article has a photo of the winning entry, and the event's website has a lot of photos of the past two years' worth. What with this and the World of Wearable Art awards, NZ is certainly the place to be for wearable artwork! Amazing stuff.
...but, there's bad news, too.
I feel i'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the economic casualties in the American regional theatre community of the past few days.
- California: San Jose's American Musical Theatre closing and declaring bankruptcy.
The final decision to cease operations was made at a board meeting last week, and the employees were notified Wednesday. [You're reading that correctly: the AMT laid off their staff on the day before Thanksgiving. Personally, i'd have at least waited til Monday after, on principle.] - West Virginia: Theatre West Virginia to close, an announcement that came just three days after their 2009 season programming announcement.
[General Manager Gayle] Bowling said Tuesday the board of directors has given her two weeks to decide how to dispose of the company's assets, its offices in Mabscott and an amphitheater at Grandview Park. She expects total shutdown within a month. - South Carolina: Charleston Stage cuts staff, salaries.
Charleston Stage, the city’s largest theater company, announced today that it cut three full-time staffers from its payroll and issued a 6 percent pay cut for everybody else, including Julian Wiles, the company’s founder and director. - Wisconsin: Madison Repertory Theatre to lay off half its staff.
Positions they decided to cut: managing director, production manager, development officer, graphic designer, scenic painter, and props master.
My heartfelt sympathy goes out to all these folks, not only for the loss of their jobs at a particularly unfortunate time (midwinter/holidays), but in two cases for the dissolution of their theatres altogether as well. When a theatre goes under, it leaves a hole in the community that it serves.
They say things are going to get worse, in general, before they get better--i wonder how many more regional theatres will go under before it's all over?
