Austin's Zilker Theater Productions' Scott Schroeder Resigns

The Austin Chronicle reports that Scott Schroeder, the Artistic Director of Zilker Theater Productions, resigned last week after a financial dispute with the company's Board of Directors. Schroeder had served as Artistic Director for eight years, however had been associated with the company since 1984.

According to the report, the dispute involved the repayment of a loan Schroeder had given the company during a rough patch with their production of The Music Man this year, crippled by record-breaking heat and troubled economy.  

To read the full report in the Austin Chronicle, click here.

Zilker Theatre Productions (formerly known as "Friends of the Summer Musical") has been dedicated since its inception in 1987 to preserving this special gift to Austin audiences by producing the Zilker Summer Musical as well as sponsoring a variety of other community outreach and youth training programs. Originally created as a project of the Austin's Parks and Recreation Department in 1959, the Zilker Summer Musical continues to provide high-quality musical theater entertainment to Central Texans and visitors from around the world. Zilker Theatre Productions, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides award-winning, pay-what-you-wish entertainment, boasts an audience of 60,000+ annually and has a budget of over $150,000. We are dedicated to the celebration and preservation of that unique American art form, the Broadway musical, by mounting large-scale musical productions at the Beverly S. Sheffield Hillside Theater in Austin's beautiful Zilker Park.