Top Executives At Stamford Arts Resign

 Variety is reporting that the board chairman, president, AND the executive director of Stamford Center of the Arts have all resigned this week. SCA is a not-for-profit organization which runs the Palace Theater and smaller Rich Forum in Stamford, CT. The organization has been facing problems all year and started out this new season in red ink already.

Variety states that "Board chair Michael Cacace, board president Rick Lake and exec director Ken Wesler exited after the full board nixed a plan to suspend all new contracts for the season until a strategy was established to deal with the debt. Remaining board members are reported to be assessing the effects of these sudden exits while considering their plans for the new season. State legislators have been attempting to whittle down the annual special subsidies in the state budget and replace them with increased grants to the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. The most Stamford received from the state was $2.5 million for the 2001-02 season. The center's annual budget is $6 million."

The Center was scheduled to produce Spring Awakening this season and it is unclear yet what results these resignations will mean and how they will effect their future endeavors as they now find themselves under new scrutiny.

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