The good news (as reported by Missy Frederick) is that Theater Alliance, a local performing company with some great work to its credit, has received a grant of federal economic stimulus money from the D.C Commission on the Arts and Humanities, sufficient to fund half a year’s salary for its artistic director. The appalling news is that the grant is all of $12,500.
“I was in danger of being laid off,” explained [Paul Douglas] Michnewicz. “Theater Alliance only employs one full-time person and that’s me. I’m the one writing the grants that keeps us going and paying the bills, so it was a pretty simple argument to make.”
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be professional theater people.
