| The Specifics on The Generic | | Print | |
| Written by Clyde Berry | |
| Wednesday, 12 July 2006 | |
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Where will they move to?AD 1 I don’t know. I’ve heard nothing about a new location. TECH As far as I know, there are no longer any suitable spaces available in the immediate area, and I would be surprised to learn the theater’s funds were sufficient to procure or maintain one at this point. BOARD 1 We have some great options going for us and hopefully an announcement will be made soon! Why does the Generic have to leave the building it is in?AD 1 The city has plans for use of that corridor of 21st street. TECH The facility that the Generic has occupied since a few years after its inception was part of the Norfolk Skills Center, a vocational training facility that was owned and operated by the city of Norfolk. As such, the Generic has been able to use the space rent-free since it has been there. Last year Tidewater Community College took over operation of the skills center, and the deal was not extended. BOARD 1 The building is owned by the city and they want to restructure the space and do something different with it. Patricia Wray We had been working with the city and we will probably be able to stay where we are until a new permanent home is found. It requires city and private cooperation right now. In the interim we will be able to stay there and do the first half of our season. We are moving ahead and we have several plans. The second game plan is to work out of the Chrysler Museum theater for the second half of the season. We’ve considered doing a second series of things at the Chrysler. They do have a need for that theater space. There’s a real push for them to do more theater there. The problem is there is no infrastructure to support us. In October – December we will know if the grand scheme will work or if we will go in someone else’s house for a while. There’s also a plan to have Governor’s School, and another arts group work with the city to buy an existing building and have it refurbished to our specifications, gut it and build out according to what it needs to be. |
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On a lighter note, thanks to all this free , controversal publicity about the Generic and The Adjustment, Denis Malone now has one of the stupendously inflated egos I have ever seen. So these stupid blogs do have their uses after all. See Denis float! Lighten up, it's only a dream.--Hank Generics are being very cautious these days about public controversy. Why? They are under litigation from the former Artistic Director, Stacy. Which is even more interesting since Ms Stacy also sued Theatre IV in Richmond for even more frivolous reasons before she came to the Generic. One can only wonder why they (Ms Xander et al) didn't check out her resume with her former employer (Bruce at Theatre IV). It is of no surprise to me that The Generic Theater gave no acknowledgement or recognition to the final show of the season, the one responsible for the majority of trafficking and controversy it received. This is the exact reason why The Generic Theater will always be a struggling theater instead of a revealing power and dominant force in our community! I don't know anything about the Generic theater nor any of the people involved, but I will say one thing. Are you sure it isn't an audition site for a reality show about the angst of a local theater? --C See I couldn't have made that posting. I don't even know how to work these darn things! Hmm?! INDEED! I am Terry Jernigan and I have recieved several phone calls asking if I was the the Terry Jern who submitted a slanderous blog on Tuesday 18 July 2006 against The Generic and persons involved. No I am not. For the record I support the Arts in all forms in Hampton Roads and I have been a fan of The Generic Theatre since origins in the early 1980's. I am also a suporter and fan of my personal friend Christa Jones. I am excited at what she will bring to the Generic Theatre and what The Generic will offer the whole of Hampton Roads. Hmm?! INDEED! I am Terry Jernigan and I have recieved several phone calls asking if I was the the Terry Jern who submitted a slanderous blog on Tuesday 18 July 2006 against The Generic and persons involved. No I am not. For the record I support the Arts in all forms in Hampton Roads and I have been a fan of The Generic Theatre since origins in the early 1980's. I am also a suporter and fan of my personal friend Christa Jones. I am excited at what she will bring to the Generic Theatre and what The Generic will offer the whole of Hampton Roads. Hmm?! INDEED! I am Terry Jernigan and I have recieved several phone calls asking if I was the the Terry Jern who submitted a slanderous blog on Tuesday 18 July 2006 against The Generic and persons involved. No I am not. For the record I support the Arts in all forms in Hampton Roads and I have been a fan of The Generic Theatre since origins in the early 1980's. I am also a suporter and fan of my personal friend Christa Jones. I am excited at what she will bring to the Generic Theatre and what The Generic will offer the whole of Hampton Roads. For the education of your writers and readers: The first actress of the season had to drop out due to personal affairs that now need her undivided attention- absolutely no firing was involved whatsoever. 'The Pillowman' had to be removed from the season simply because the publisher has not yet released amateur rights to the produciton. Hmm?! of course the board at the generic has a personal approach to the theater's running. it is well known that to be a board member one is expected to contribute financially to the theater. so-called 'checkbook meetings.' Well, where do I begin? This article says everything and yet nothing. The beginning of the end of The Generic occurred with the unfortunate death of Gerry Rowe. He was the guiding light and a powerful person who was able to rein in the Board of Directors. His end brought the theatre into the tailspin it currently suffers from. Steve Harders, a magnificant Artistic Director, was constantly harassed by the board, but luckily his brilliance and talent was recognized and protected by Mr Rowe. A small example of the Board's 'logic'-during the inception of 'the Broken Jug', Steve's personal adaption of the German playwright, the board demanded that a play without intermission wouldn't sell any candy bars or soda, so against Steve's will the play was split in two. Pettiness personified. This, and many other examples which won't be cited, only prove that if the Board of Directors, including Ms Wray want to point the finger of blame, remember you have four more fingers pointing back at yourself. Stacy, though, was a funny situation. The divine Miss X pushed her AD candidacy through, hoping to controlher, and Stacy turned right around and accused Miss X of pre-casting. The fox outfoxed! By the way, that space was used by TCC years before the Generic located there under the Dept of Dance, music and theatre.--Chip |