Curtain closes at Theatre Works
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on October 28, 2008
Stamford Theatre Works, a 20-year-old production company of contemporary plays that called a barn home, is shutting down, according to the president of its board of directors.
“We don’t have enough money to go forward,” Vignola said. Four shows that were to be part of the subscription season will be canceled, he said.
Much of the debt is in advance subscriptions that will not be refunded, he said. Ticket-holders will receive letters thanking them for their donation to the organization, but there is no money to refund subscription fees, he said.
Vignola said the group had seen dwindling donations from the community, including local corporations.
Vignola said the SCA’s bankruptcy had no affect on Stamford Theatre Works’ money problems. But he said operating in the Palace Theatre would have been even more expensive for his group than operating in their current home in the barn.
The group was founded in 1988, a year after the Hartman Theater Company dissolved because of declining subscriptions.
Stamford Theatre Works was home to professionally produced plays about challenging, provocative issues, Vignola said.
“Steve Karp has given Stamford something very unique,” Vignola said. “That’s my sadness, along with the fact that the community has lost a wonderful, wonderful theater.”
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