Center Theatre Group announced it will lay off approximately 10% of its full-time staff and pause season programming at the Mark Taper Forum after “Transparent” concludes its run on June 25. The pause is expected to continue through the 2023-24 season.
After its ‘A Christmas Carol’ shuttered shortly after opening, the company will launch a new show this weekend, ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.’, Snehal Desai, is scheduled to take the reins of the beleaguered nonprofit, which recently used special funding, including money from FEMA and employee revenue tax credits, to offset an $8-million budget shortfall.
Audiences have not returned in the numbers needed for financial viability, and the generous pandemic funding via various government subsidies has dried up. At the same time, costs to stage productions have risen due to inflationary pressures and the added financial burden of COVID-19 monitoring. Recession fears also have affected the large-scale donations on which nonprofits typically rely to fill budget gaps.
That report focused on particularly vulnerable small companies, and if CTG, which is relatively stable compared to those operations, is experiencing pain at this level, it does not bode well for the industry at large. Theater critic Charles McNulty interviews Snehal Desai, producing artistic director of East West Players, who has been named artistic director of Center Theatre Group.
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