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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Playhouse goes all-volunteer
The Dayton Playhouse has discontinued the contract of executive director Wade Hamilton.
Board chair Brian Sharp said the 52-year-old old community theater is “moving forward as an all-volunteer organization.”
Changes were also announced for the 2011-12 season, which will open with the Anne Nichols play “Abie’s Irish Rose,” instead of the previously announced musical “Jekyll and Hyde.”
A musical to be chosen will be added later in the season. For more information, go to www.daytonplayhouse.com.
“Wade was working as a contract employee and the contract was discontinued,” Sharp said. “The board feels that just like the Dayton Theatre Guild and Beavercreek Community Theatre, we need to be more hands on.”
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Culture Works, the Miami Valley’s united arts fund, has gotten a head start on its next campaign by naming Colleen Ryan as chair of the 2011-12 drive.
President of Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Ryan was previously commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and vice president of aerospace and defense for the Dayton Development Coalition.
Culture Works’ annual campaign provides the largest single source of private funding for arts and culture in Dayton.
President and chief executive Martine Meredith Collier said the 2011-12 drive will be “critically important as we focus on expanding our funding base, increasing the number of workplace-giving sites and develop new efficiencies.”
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