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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Jewish Theatre of the South to close
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Marcus Jewish Community Center is eliminating the 13-year-old Jewish Theatre of the South at the end of the season, and founding director Mira Hirsch is resigning to pursue her artistic vision elsewhere in Atlanta.
Michael D. Wise, the center’s executive director, said Thursday that the professional troupe’s commitment to new work is at odds with the Dunwoody-based organization’s community mission.
The center expects to form a new theater with a different name by fall 2008.
“We need an expanded vision of theater that should include community theater, professional theater as well as children and youth theater,” said Wise, who joined the center in April with a mandate to address the center’s financial problems.
Hirsch said she was “disappointed” by the development.
“It’s a very different vision than I have,” the artistic director said. “I had to say it was time for me to part ways.”
Jewish Theatre of the South listings from accessAtlanta
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