- small but passionate band of artists form company in 1995
- entire company sucks it up/busts hump to help build amazing reputation/following
- reputation/following grows
- reputation/following grows
- reputation/following grows
- heartless capitalist landlord gives band of artists the heave-ho
- awesome (loaded) members of company contribute huge sums of money, buying the theater a home to live in
- awesome (not-loaded) member of company contributes huge amounts of sweat equity and genius to create sterling reputation in local theater community to raise the theater’s profile
- entire company sucks it up/busts hump to help build amazing reputation/following
- reputation/following grows
- reputation/following grows
- reputation/following grows
- grumbling in the ranks about too much sucking it up/hump-busting, particularly as regards being cast in plays
- outright denial of unfair treatment by management
- miscommunication builds
- miscommunication builds
- miscommunication builds
- sides are taken
- loaded members take ball and go home
- not-loaded members take mailing list and go live out of (metaphorical) shopping cart
- website mysteriously vanishes
- former member/webmistress/general design lackey comes out of hiding to save “vanished” website, purchasing new URL, redirecting to new server
- former member/webmistress/general design lackey, peeved over having to spend time needlessly recreating work because of childish vendetta, propagates new URL all over the intertubes to get Google rank back up, then shamelessly requests others to come to her aid and do same
xxx
c
P.S. The new home of the ER online is evidenceroomtheater.com. Pass it on…
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Very nicely done. Good luck with the resurrection.
Roberta – Thanks. We’ll see what happens…
I think you have the outline of a decent novel on your hands here.
Well C,
(or shall I call you “former member/webmistress/general design lackey”)
You’ve taken 23 events and compiled them quite artistically, into a fairly concise format that people like me who crave the point can really appreciate.
My favorite is definitely #23.
Until then, my monkey mind was going ‘Who the? What the? How the? Where the?
Then #23 hit me with a few words that somehow initiated some curiosity candescence in my mind. So I re-read it about 4 times to make sure I really don’t understand it, but I can appreciate the fact that an injustice that you care about more than just a little transpired and you’re going to invest some of your soul into it to rectify if only a little the situation.
Dave – You don’t know the half of it, brother. Actually, neither do I, which is why I can’t write it.
Paul – The nonsense went on a long time (on both sides, if I haven’t made it clear), and I just bore with it. I guess this one last little thing was the proverbial last straw for me. So yes, I am investing just a little bit to correct what I feel is an injustice. Thanks for noticing!
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