| VRE-FRIENDS of Presentation House (including, left to right,
“aggle Mason, Richard Strachan and Dorothy Jenking) invite
members of the public to attend the annual general meeting on
Saturday, Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. to support their efforts to upgrade
the facility. :

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Presentation House Theatre facing tough new season

AFTER A year of disputes, accusations, a fistful of resig-
nations and stinging confrontations, the good ship Pres-

entation House Theatre remains adrift on stormy seas.

The North Vancouver theatre is
set to open its 1993-94 season late
this month at the earliest, and
some fear it will be one of its
most, dismal seasons yet.

Accusations are flying back and
forth concerning the judgment of
those. in charge, and many are
poiniing fingers at the ship's cap-
tain.

Meanwhile, an all-out tug-of-
war is 5rewing over who will run
the venue.

All the turmoil has Ied_ to
disarray and neglect of the final
product, say theatre insiders.

“The theatre is totally stripped.
Routine maintenance hasn’t been
done in two years,’ said the
theatre’s technical director, Egon
Steinebach.

“A lot of people | talk to just
assume the theatre is closed,’’ said
Richard Strachan, a former Pres-
entation House board member.

Long-time arts activist Ella
Parkinson, one of Presentation
House founders, remembers when
the theatre was once a vibrant fa-
cility.

In the first six months after it
opened in 1978, 11,000 people
passed through its doors.

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By Evelyn Jacob
News Reporter

So far, this season includes
largely amateur productions in-
terspersed with Vancouver Inter-
national Writer's Festival events
and an Equity Masterclass
showcase series. It sounds good on
paper, but there ave some gaping
holes, says Strachan.

Even Karen Love, who was
named interim adminstrative
director following the resignation
of Brigitte O’Rooney last month,
admitted to unhappiness with the
gaps.

“Moving from a_ production
house to a rental facility is always
a bit difficult and slow. But I do
believe they (the holes) are soon to
be filled,’’ said Love.

After last year’s disastrous
summer season in which the
theatre incurred a sizeable deficit,
saw the resignation of theatre
director Michael Fera and the
subsequent cancellation of its
1992-93 season, the Presentation
House Board made public in the
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Theatre groups were shocked to
discover the plan provided no
provisions for the theatre.

Outraged by what they saw as
the deliberate dumping of the
theatre, a handful of theatre rep-
resentatives banded together to
save the venue and presented a
petition containing 200 signatures
opposing the board’s action to
municipal councils.

After several futile attempts that
same group was invited to work
with the board and an interim
theatre advisory committee was
struck this summer to map out a
season and develop a long-term
vision for the theatre.

All seemed to be going well un-
til the board let go the technical
director without consulting the
committee. (Steinebach has since
been offered his job back.)

One committee member resigned
in protest and two others have
temporarily stepped down.

While Love pointed out the
committee was never given the
mandate to get involved in per-
sonnel matters, those people are
now wondering just how sincere
the board was in seeking their
counsel in the first place.

“It’s a farce. An absolute farce.
They’re just playing politics,’’ said

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