BrontĂŤ by Polly Teale
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S NOTES by Scott Palmer
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irst, I want to extend my deepest thanks and gratitude to our Guest Director, Michelle Milne, for returning to work with Bag&Baggage on Brontë! Michelle did an amazing job with The Best Of Everything last season and, when I first read Brontë, I just knew this script was a perfect fit for her talents and skills. Also, she has been so gracious about the sudden and unexpected change in venue! Just imagine: you are offered the chance to direct on a giant stage like the Venetian’s and then, suddenly, have to change your entire vision of a show to move it around inside a library. Thanks, Michelle, for your flexibility and patience. And thanks to YOU, our beloved audience, for coming along on this amazing ride with us! The planned sale of the Venetian has thrown us for quite a loop; not just in terms of having to find a new venue for Polly Teale’s amazing and imaginative story of the lives and works of the Brontë sisters, but also because that sale means we have to cancel our final show of the season, Noises Off. You can find more information about this in the “Letter To Our Patrons” in this program, but for now I ask you to consider the importance of community as you prepare to watch Brontë. In Brontë, Patrick (father to the famous sisters) says “The word. It is this alone which separates us from animals. The power not only to live but to know that we are living. That is to think. To shape ourselves. To make of our lives what we would. To inspire others with what we say, what we believe. Look to God, to the great men of history. Look to art, to literature.” This is such a crucial part of what Bag&Baggage does here in Hillsboro—we tell stories and use language to shape ourselves and to change lives. To inspire, to challenge, to provoke, and to engage; it is, really, the very purpose of theatre.
Sharing stories and investigating those stories can shape our lives. When telling the story of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, Polly Teale not only invents her own imagined text, but folds into the story the powerful language written by the three sisters. Charlotte speaks as Jane Eyre, Emily as Cathy from Wuthering Heights, and all of the characters speak to us out of an imagined past. Teale asks us to imagine, along with the three Brontës, a world beyond the walls of our homes (or, in this case, our Public Library), and to travel, through the power of words, throughout the world. Or, as Charlotte says, “to fly.” Theatre can happen anywhere. In a performing arts space, in a bar, in a café, in a living room, or yes…in a library. I love the idea of our actors presenting the imagined words of Polly Teale, the real words of the Brontës, surrounded by thousands of books, all just waiting to be opened and read. It feels, somehow, the perfect place to celebrate three of the most remarkable women in the history of Western literature. As we, as a company, continue on our journey to our own permanent home in Hillsboro, I am thrilled to know that we take this experience of performing in the library with us; a powerful memory of just how magical a space can be when you add imagination and language. I hope that you will not only revel in the experience, but join us for many, many years to come as we continue to speak, play, invent, perform, and inspire. Stick with us; it is going to be a rough few months as we deal with the sale of the Venetian, but we will see you all on the other side. Very special thanks to the staff of the Hillsboro Public Library, and to the City of Hillsboro, for making this partnership happen. Scott Palmer Founding Artistic Director
BACKGROUND
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rontë was written and directed in 2005 by Polly Teale, and was later revived by Shared Experience Theatre Company in 2010. This contemporary play explores, in two acts, how three Victorian sisters living in isolation on the Yorkshire Moors came to write some of the most powerful and passionate fiction of all time. With the present tense set in the 1840s, we see both the real and imagined worlds of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne as their fictional characters come to haunt their creators, and the sisters come to terms with their brother Branwell’s descent into alcoholism and insanity. The play also examines the ways in which their father, Patrick, an Protestant Irish priest, influenced the writing 2 | BAG&BAGGAGE
and literary aspirations of all of his children by encouraging them to read from a young age. Without a chronological structure, the characters move back and forth in time recounting scenes from their lives—both as documented and as imagined by the author. Throughout the play, the story of the three women and their brother is entwined with appearances from the characters they created, and the sisters reading from their books often take on the personas of their own creations. Alongside these, two other characters—Bertha (the “madwoman in the attic” from Jane Eyre) and Cathy (from Wuthering Heights)—appear to help bring the novels to life.
Bag&Baggage Productions presents
Scott Palmer Founding Artistic Director Beth Lewis Managing Director Cassie Greer Director of Advancement Arianne Jacques Patron Services Manager Megan Wilkerson Director of Design & Production Melissa Heller Resident Costume Designer Jim Ricks-White Technical Director & Lighting Designer
Board of Directors Carol Beauchamp Julie Case Karl Citek Kathy Gaona John Jacques Beth Lewis Eric Lewis Patricia Logan Linda Morrisson Gayle Nachtigal (chair) Scott Palmer Jan Simmons Donna Swanson K. Marie Tyler
The 2016–2017 Season Presented by Ronni Lacroute and WillaKenzie Estate
BRONTË By Polly Teale Guest Directed by Michelle Milne
THE CAST Charlotte Brontë............................................................. Cassie Greer* Emily Brontë.....................................................................Morgan Cox Anne Brontë...................................................................Jessi Walters* Patrick Brontë (Rochester, Arthur Bell Nicholls & Mr. Heger)................................Peter Schuyler* Branwell Brontë (Heathcliff & Arthur Huntington).........................................................Joey Copsey** Cathy/Bertha.................................................................Jenny Newbry
CREW/PRODUCTION TEAM Guest Director............................................................. Michelle Milne Scenic Designer...................................................... Megan Wilkerson Lighting Designer..................................................... Jim Ricks-White Resident Costume Designer........................................ Melissa Heller Sound Designer.............................................................. Scott Palmer Violinist................................................................................ Tylor Neist Stage Manager & Props Master...................... Ephriam Harnsberger Assistant Director........................................................Trevor Jackson Assistant Stage Manager......................................Mackenzie Joseph This performance lasts approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.
Please turn off your cell phone and remember: photography and recording are strictly prohibited. PLEASE NOTE: This is a promenade-style performance and audiences will be asked to move throughout the library during the performance. Please follow the prompts of the actors and ushers!
*member of the 2016-2017 Resident Acting Company, generously sponsored by David & Shirley Woodford The 2016–2017 Season Sponsored by The Hillsboro Hops
**Bag&Baggage Associate Artist License arranged by Julia Tyrrell Management Ltd., 57 Greenham Road, London, N10 1LN, UK | info@jtmanagement.co.uk. Originally performed by Shared Experience Theatre Company in 2005.
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ACTOR BIOS JOEY COPSEY
(BRANWELL BRONTË)
Joey received his primary theatrical training at Hiram College in Ohio. Having grown up on the south Oregon Coast, Joey returned to Oregon after college and has worked on stage intermittently in the years since around the Portland area. This is his second season working as an actor with Bag&Baggage. Previously Joey performed in B&B’s Richard III, The Best of Everything, Moby Dick Rehearsed, Emma, and Parfumerie. Some notable productions at other institutions over the years include All My Sons (as Chris Keller); Judevine (as David); Antony and Cleopatra (as Marc Antony); How the Other Half Loves (as Frank Foster); and Caucasian Chalk Circle (as Azdak). Joey lives in Portland and when not acting spends as much time as he can with his incredible friends and family. He also runs a small residential contracting business, and just generally tries to be useful.
MORGAN COX
(EMILY BRONTË)
Morgan holds an MFA in Acting from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, and a BA in Theatre Arts from Santa Clara University in CA. Morgan is thrilled to be back for her third production with Bag&Baggage! Past shows with B&B include: The Best of Everything (as Amanda Farrow), and Coriolanus (as Sicinius). Morgan has performed locally with Portland Center Stage’s JAW Festival, Fertile Ground Festival, The Hearth Collective, Stage Works Ink, as well as various staged readings throughout the Portland Metro area. Morgan also works in film, television and voiceover. You might recognize Morgan’s voice from the nationally aired Hallmark animated specials; Jingle All the Way, and Jingle and Bell’s Christmas Star, as the voice of Andrew’s mom. Morgan has also participated in the acting apprentice programs and performed on stage at both The Williamstown Theatre Festival and Berkshire Theatre Festival. She is a Portland native and so excited to be part of the Bag&Baggage family!
CASSIE GREER
(CHARLOTTE BRONTË)
Cassie received her training in the MFA Acting program at Florida Atlantic University and the BA theatre program at Goshen College in Indiana. She has appeared with a number of companies around the country, some favorite shows being with New World Arts: Hello and Goodbye (as Hester) and Lysistrata (as Lysistrata); Shared Space: David’s Redhaired Death (as Jean); Festival Rep. Boca Raton: Company (as Sarah) and Twelfth Night (as Olivia); and Oregon Children’s Theatre: Gathering Blue (as Katrina) and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (as Unicorn). Cassie is a proud Resident Acting Company member at Bag&Baggage, where she has appeared in nineteen shows since the 2011/12 season—favorites include Coriolanus (as Coriolanus); Our Country’s Good (as Duckling/Tench); The Great Gatsby (as Daisy Buchanan); Julius Caesar (as Mark Antony); and Of Mice and Men (as Curley’s Wife). Passionate 4 | BAG&BAGGAGE
about theatre training and education, Cassie is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework ®, actively teaches acting and voice students in the greater Portland area, and coordinates Bag&Baggage’s professional development programs. She wouldn’t be here without Danny, and is incredibly grateful to her family and friends for their continual love, support, and energy.
JENNY NEWBRY (CATHY/BERTHA)
Jenny holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Florida Atlantic University and a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Idaho. She is thrilled to be making her debut here at Bag&Baggage! Jenny has most recently appeared as Gretchen in Boeing Boeing (Twilight Theatre Company); May in Fool for Love (Asae Dean Productions); and Portia in The Merchant of Venice (Portland Actors Ensemble). She wrote and performed a one-woman show, Cinnamon and Cigarettes, for the 2013 Fertile Ground Festival, which she produced in collaboration with Cassie Greer and later toured to the San Francisco Fringe Festival. Jenny has also worked with Profile Theatre, Portland Playhouse, Well Arts Institute, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and the Moscow Art Theatre School. Other favorite roles include: Ophelia (Hamlet); Maddy O’Hart (The Clearing); Bun Blackmun (The Love Talker); and Loud Stone (Eurydice). Jenny is an Associate Fitzmaurice Voice Teacher ®, a licensed massage therapist, and a transcriber for students with disabilities. She would like to thank Tommy and Brice; Mom, Dad, and Ashlyn.
PETER SCHUYLER (PATRICK BRONTË)
Peter is a proud member of the Bag&Baggage Resident Acting Company. He has a Bachelors of Theatre Performance from Northern Arizona University and apprenticed at the now defunct Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival and AZTheatreWorks in Flagstaff, where he received practical training in Jehlinger/Richardson and Shakespeare performance. Since moving from NYC in 2011, he has performed for numerous companies including Artists Repertory Theatre, Badass Theatre Co, triangle productions!, Lakewood Theatre, Northwest Classical Theatre Company, Portland Actors Ensemble, and Northwest Children’s Theater. In NYC, he worked with La Mama E.T.C., Immediate Theater, Dysfunctional Theatre, DMTheatrics, Three Graces, NativeAliens, The Tank, Alliance Repertory, and more. Bag&Baggage credits: Moby Dick, Rehearsed (as Starbuck, Serious Actor) – BroadwayWorld Portland Award Winner, Best Featured Actor in a Play 2016; KBNB Kristmas Karol (as Arthur Adams), Richard III (as Richard III) – BroadwayWorld Portland Award Winner, Best Actor in a Play 2015; Our Country’s Good (as Phillip/ Wisehammer); The Crucible (as John Proctor); Rough Crossing (as Ivor Fish); Of Mice and Men (as George Milton); Crimes of the Heart (as Doc Porter); and The Velveteen Rabbit, which he directed. When not on stage, he cooks Indian food, reads voraciously,
plunks on the ukulele, and spends time with his amazing wife and precocious daughter.
JESSI WALTERS (ANNE BRONTË)
Jessi holds a BA in Theatre, Film, and Dance from Humboldt State University, and has also received training from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE), and the Actor’s Academy in Southern California. Jessi is a proud member of Bag&Baggage’s Resident Acting Company, and is thrilled to be returning for her fourth season. She was recently seen on the Venetian stage as Bessie Mundy in The Drowning Girls. Previous Bag&Baggage performances include Moby Dick, Rehearsed (as Ishmael); A KBNB Kristmas Karol (as Laverne North Berkshire); The Best of Everything (as Mary Agnes Russo); The Six Gentlepersons of Verona (as Launce, Silvia, Lucetta); Lear (as Regan); Our Country’s Good (as Dabby Bryant, Meg Long); The Crucible (as Ann Putnam); Love’s Labor’s Lost (as Maria); Julius Caesar (as Lucilius & Soothsayer). In Portland, Jessi has been seen on stage with Post5 Theatre (Founding Company Member 2011-2014) in Spectravagasam 8:DRUGS (multi-roles), Romeo & Juliet (as Nurse); Arabian Nights (as the Jester’s Wife); The P&J Show (Co-host); and with Northwest Classical Theater Company in Much Ado About Nothing (as Borachio). When she isn’t performing, Jessi enjoys watching scary movies, spending quality time with her sweetie Phillip, and spoiling their kitty, Cheri.
CREW BIOS EPHRIAM HARNSBERGER
(STAGE MANAGER)
Ephriam completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Omaha, Nebraska at Creighton University. This is his seventh production with Bag&Baggage. Credits include: Parfumerie (SM); The Drowning Girls (SM); The Graduate (SM); Coriolanus (SM); Emma (ASM); The Best of Everything (ASM); The Lady Aoi (SM); Othello (SM); The South Omaha Stories (SM/AD); The Spitfire Grill (SM/AD); The Tempest (ASM); Compleat Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] (ASM); Titus Andronicus (ASM); Twelfth Night (ASM); Phantom (AD); Dames at Sea (SM); Almost, Maine (SM); Julius Caesar (ASM); and Comedy of Errors (ASM). Although he is usually found backstage he has also appeared onstage in Cabaret (as Emcee); Noises Off! (as Selsdon); and Urinetown (as Bobby). Ephriam is honored to work alongside the incredible company members of Brontë. When he is not wandering about the stage, Ephriam enjoys cooking, camping, hiking, and singing silly songs with his sisters. He would like to thank Bag&Baggage, Nik, and his parents.
MELISSA HELLER
(RESIDENT COSTUME DESIGNER)
Melissa splits her time between heading the costume shop and designing costumes at Pacific
University, and designing for local area theater companies. Melissa holds a BS in Apparel Design from Oregon State University, where her interest in costumes for theater began. She began her work with costumes in 2006, and helped to create all of their productions until she graduated in 2008; she then moved to Portland to pursue her career in the apparel industry. Melissa reignited her passion for costume design in 2010 when she began work with Oregon Ballet Theater, helping to create costumes for all of their productions for the 2010/2011 season. She has designed for numerous production companies including Mt. Hood Community College, Broadway Rose Theater Company, St. Mary’s Academy, Oregon Children’s Theater, and is the Resident Costume Designer for Bag&Baggage Productions and Pacific University. Her recent works include Our Country’s Good, Julius Caesar, Kabuki Titus, Lear, and Emma with Bag&Baggage Productions; Charlotte’s Web with Oregon Children’s Theater; and The Taming of the Shrew with Portland Actors Ensemble. Melissa thanks Bag&Baggage Productions for this engaging partnership.
TREVOR JACKSON
(ASSISTANT DIRECTOR)
Trevor holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Western Oregon University where he studied acting. He has been involved in a handful of previous Bag&Baggage productions: Parfumerie (as Fritz); Richard III (as York); Rope (as Brandon); and he is grateful to be making his assistant directorial debut with Brontë! Trevor enjoys drinking coffee, playing video games, and collecting fountain pens in his spare time (when he can afford them!) He would like to thank his dad and his girlfriend for their support, as well as Scott and Michelle for giving him the opportunity to work with this fantastic cast and crew.
MACKENZIE JOSEPH
(ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER)
Mackenzie’s love for working backstage began at Jesuit High School, where she spent hours in the Tech Theatre program. Although she now holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film from Northwest Nazarene University, she still holds a place in her heart for theatre. This is Mackenzie’s third show with Bag&Baggage. She previously worked as Assistant Stage Manager for The Graduate last fall and the recent Christmas show, Parfumerie. Outside of the theatre, Mackenzie puts her film degree to use by freelancing with various production companies as well as creating short videos of her own. She also enjoys spending time with her beloved family and friends.
MICHELLE MILNE
(GUEST DIRECTOR)
Michelle has an MFA from Towson University, and has worked as a director, performer, writer, and educator across the US—including Chicago, Portland, New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Goshen, Indiana. Recently she has directed highly physical and immersive productions of Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Eurydice, and
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CREW BIOS several ensemble-devised productions. Locally, recent productions include directing The Best of Everything at Bag&Baggage, and assistant directing Hand2Mouth’s premier of Time, A Fair Hustler. In June, she co-created and performed For Those Who Cannot Fly at San Francisco’s FURY Factory Festival. She is currently expanding that piece for touring with her company, Bird on a Wire. She has performed her original writing as the character “Carmelina du Jour” in Chicago’s Poetry Bordello; appeared as Supervisor McCrae in the sci-fi TV show pilot DeckTechs; and was a part of the ensemble for Palissimo’s The Painted Bird at La Mama in NYC. Michelle is a Feldenkrais Method practitioner; teaches at Columbia College Chicago and Goshen College; has taught creative/performing arts classes in prisons and jails; and has spent the past three years traveling around the US as part of her ongoing writing project, Traveling Home.
TYLOR NEIST (VIOLINIST)
Tylor earned his Masters of Music from Manhattan School of Music and his Bachelors of Music from Boston University. He studied violin with Midori; Mitchell Stern, a former first violinist for the American Quartet; and Bayla Keyes, a founding member of the Muir Quartet. He was also fortunate to study chamber music with members of the Muir, Juilliard, Emerson, and American String Quartets. Tylor has played with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Eugene Symphony, Spokane Symphony, NW New Music, Filmusik, and Opera Theater Oregon. He is a member of the piano trio ThreePlay and the artistic director of Bridgetown Orchestra. As a composer, his most recent projects include commissions for the theater scores Lear (a violin looping score) and Kabuki Titus (a kabuki adaptation of Titus Andronicus). He was also the 2014 winner of Fear No Music’s Locally Sourced Sounds for his piece Unfolding (for string quartet and looping pedals). Overview Effect, an immersive musical and theatrical journey through the cosmos, premiered at the Armory in Portland in April 2016.
SCOTT PALMER
(ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)
Scott received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Oregon, his Master’s Degree from Oregon State University, and completed his PhD Coursework in Theatre, Film, and Television studies at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Over the past 20 years, Scott has developed an international reputation for his approach to classical dramatic literature, and more specifically his work with major literary adaptations of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Scott has adapted and directed critically acclaimed shows for Glasgow Repertory Company, Toi Whakkari (the National Drama School of New Zealand), Salem Repertory Theatre, Oregon State University, and Bag&Baggage Productions. Scott was the Founding Artistic Director of Glasgow Repertory Company, Scotland’s only Shakespearededicated theatre company, as well as the Bard in the Quad Outdoor Shakespeare summer event at Oregon State University. Scott is a Hillsboro native 6 | BAG&BAGGAGE
and has served on the Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council and the Westside Cultural Alliance, and previously worked as the Trust Manager of the Oregon Cultural Trust. Thanks and love to Brian.
JIM RICKS-WHITE
(LIGHTING DESIGNER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR)
With over 30 years in theatre, the 2016–17 season is Jim’s debut with Bag&Baggage and he is pleased to be joining the B&B Resident Artist family. Jim has worked professionally as a Production Stage Manager and Stage Manager (Civic Light Opera Seattle, Spokane Interplayers, Stumptown Stages), Technical Director, Lighting and Set Designer (Innovation Theatreworks, Tower Theatre, Portland Actors Ensemble), Properties Artisan and all-around Theatre Tech (the list goes on and on...) in venues as small as 99-seat black box theatres, and as large as the Olympic Stadium for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. Basically, he has yet to meet a theatre tech job he didn’t like—or at least enjoy! Jim also teaches technical theatre at PCC Sylvania and has held numerous administrative positions in theatre during his career. In his free time, Jim loves to travel, explore great food and enjoys working off steam swinging a German longsword at his local HEMA gym, Indes Western Martial Arts. Jim looks forward to being able help to nail down some good story telling and bring the 2016–2017 B&B season to light!
MEGAN WILKERSON
(DIRECTOR OF DESIGN & PRODUCTION)
Megan holds an Masters of Fine Arts in Design for the Theatre from the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. Besides being the Resident Scenic Designer for Bag&Baggage Megan is also a Resident Artist at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland and an Ensemble Member at Rivendell Theatre in Chicago. Megan was a Recipient of Chicago’s After Dark Award in Scenic Design for her “thoroughly creepy” set for Marisa Wegrzyn’s Psalms of a Questionable Nature with Rivendell, and was nominated for a Drammy award for her design for The Childrens Hour at deFunkt theatre in Portland. Her Design work has also been recognized by The Chicago Tribune, The Austin Critics Circle, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the South Eastern Theatre Conference, and The United States Institute for Theatre Technology. Regionally she has worked with The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Artists Repertory Theatre, The New Conservatory in San Francisco, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Broadway Rose, Teatro Milagro, deFunkt Theatre, Next Act Theatre, The Skylight Opera, First Stage Children’s Theatre, The Michigan Opera Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and the Portland Opera. She has taught Theatre, Design, and Art courses at Lewis & Clark College, The University of Portland, Michigan State University, The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, St. Norbert College, Randolph-Macon Women’s college, Carroll University, Central Michigan University, the Milwaukee High School for the Arts, and The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis/ St. Paul.
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ABOUT BAG&BAGGAGE Bag&Baggage is committed to unique interpretations and novel stagings of plays by the world’s best-known authors. We seek to rethink and reinvigorate the most celebrated titles, to challenge the public to experience them in new ways, and to connect our work to the lives and experiences of our audiences. Founded by a Hillsboro native, Bag&Baggage believes that cultural experiences like live theatre play an absolutely crucial role in the health of our community.
To Our Patrons, What would happen to Bag&Baggage if the Venetian Theatre closed or was sold has been an ever-present, deep concern for the company and our board. Three years ago we embarked on the most ambitious campaign in the company’s history: buying the former Wells Fargo building on 4th and Main, and raising money to turn it into the company’s permanent home. This accomplishment would forever eliminate the concern of the Venetian closing or selling. And we almost made it. Almost. In spite of all our due dilligence, meticulous planning, the success of the capital campaign, and just 3 months before the end of our season, we have been informed that the Venetian Theatre is under pending sale AND, at this time, there is no guarantee the venue will remain open long enough to complete our 2016–2017 season there. Therefore, it is with great sadness and deep disappointment, that we announce the cancellation of Noises Off, the final show of our 2016–2017 season due to the lack of an available performance venue.
This was not an easy decision, as you can imagine. But I am unwilling to risk the future of Bag&Baggage on a roll of the dice that the Venetian might be open for our final show. It just isn’t worth it—it isn’t worth risking all of our hard work, donations to the capital campaign, and our future in our brand new home, on “a chance.” I hope you can understand why. We love the Venetian, and the current owners are our biggest supporters and our partners. Without them, Bag&Baggage simply wouldn’t exist. We are thrilled that there is a new owner, and wish everyone involved in the sale the very best of luck and all the success in the world. In fact, we look forward to partnering with the new onwer to promote the arts in downtown Hillsboro for years to come. But, without a 100% guarantee that we can perform in the Venetian, we can’t take the risk on this final show. We can’t ask our stakeholders— who include YOU—to take this risk. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns. I’m happy to talk with any of our patrons who might need more information.
Thank you. Scott