What is up in the mid-west? On Monday I wrote a post about BoarsHead Theater in Michigan firing their artistic director to save money. At the end of the post I said I hoped this wouldn’t be a trend and low and behold…from today’s Playbill:
In a move that would seem to send a chill down the spine of not-for-profit artistic directors everywhere, Skylight Opera Theatre’s board and managing director eliminated the job of the artistic director on June 14.
Bill Theisen, the Milwaukee musical theatre company’s popular artistic director for the past five seasons will not hold the job for the troupe’s 50th anniversary in 2009-10. Theisen was let go “as part of an organizational restructuring in response to the economic downturn,” according to a statement from the Equity company that produces musicals and English-language versions of classic operas.
Skylight’s “artistic coordination and administration will now be part of the responsibilities of managing director, Eric Dillner, who assumed the managing director position at the Skylight in 2008.
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there’s a lot happening in milwaukee…
i don’t really know what the chances are that this decision could be reversed, but after a week? i’d say they’re a lot better than they were five days ago.
much more here:
http://www.tuesdaysblog.com/search?q=skylight+opera+theatre