This from our good friends at Changing Scene Theatre Northwest.
The first paragraph is good news … the rest, not so much:
“Dear Patrons,
Artists past and present, and Friends of The Changing Scene Theatre
Northwest,
“The Changing Scene Theatre Northwest will hold
an encore performance of their current show, the World premiere of
Scott Gibson’s “Six Sour
Raspberries,” Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7
p.m.
“It is with
much sorrow that we report that it is to be the last performance in
our little black box space on Highway 303 unless circumstances
change significantly. Many of you have been aware of
our struggles to stay open in this difficult economy. The
owner of our building generously helped us the past several months
by reducing our rent, which allowed us to continue to weather this
financial storm, while the owner searched for tenants who can
afford the rent. We have not been given our 30 days notice
yet, but all indications tell us that this is
imminent.
“Since we do not have another show ready to
rehearse and perform, our best bet at this point is to have a final
performance of “Six Sour
Raspberries,” an exceptional show that embodies our mission,
and a farewell party for anyone who wishes to attend.
Tickets to the performance will be free, as will be the
party afterward (if you are involved with another production in the
area, please come by after your performance … we would love to see
you, and have you spend some time in our little playhouse that
could!) We will ask for any kind donations you wish to
make to help support our move to a storage unit in preparation for
whatever the future holds for The Changing Scene. We
promise each of you to live up to our name, and make a Change to a
new Scene as quickly as we can. We welcome any leads on
new performance spaces any of you may
have.
“Thank you all for your continued support!
We are grieving already for the loss of our space that has
shown nine original full-length plays, 32 original one-act plays in
7 “Summerplay”
productions (plus public readings of countless others), 11 edgy and
innovative published works, eight Shakespeare productions, two
adaptations of the Classics, two musicals (one original), one
original children’s production, two staged reading series, three
productions off-site of Shakespeare in the Park, and three
productions at The Panda Inn, for a total of 48 productions of over
70 plays since our first production in October of
2002.
“Please come
to the performance on Saturday, Sept. 12, and/or the party
afterward, and help us celebrate the success of our past and hope
for our future!
Thank you,
The Board of Directors of The Changing Scene
Theatre Northwest:
Pavlina Morris (Founder, President, Artistic
Director) Involved since incorporation in
2002
Briana Osborne (Vice-President) Involved since
“The Taming of the
Shrew” in 2005
Darren Hembd (Secretary, Treasurer) Involved
since “Twelfth
Night” in 2003
Kyle Boynton (Board Member) Involved since
“The Taming of the
Shrew” in 2005
Rachel Cummings (Board Member) Involved since
“Summerplay
2005”
Kenadi Lewis (Board Member) Involved since
“As You Like It”
in 2006
Jane “Maggi” Brazell (Board Member) Friend of
The Changing Scene since 2006
Bill Smith (Board Member on Leave) Involved
since “Summerplay
2006”
If you have any leads about a
possible new performance space for CSTN, please include them in a
comment and we’ll pass them along.
More later … —
MM
