After a prolonged silence, the Victory Gardens Theater board of directors posted two open letters on the theater's website, both addressing its critics.
The open letter spelled out criticisms of Martin. The letter alleges a “failure to create any show budgets and secure any theatrical agreements for an upcoming season,” leading the theater with no choice but to dismiss its remaining staffers due to there being nothing on its stages and no box office income. The letter also alleges that Martin “attempt to leverage the theater’s dire need for an executive director for personal gain.
In an interview with the Tribune, the 48-year board member Fred Bates said the board had made an early commitment to equity and diversity at the theater and that they had been perplexed at the “vicious and troubling” attacks that had come their way from activists over the last several months. Bates also said some of the board’s critics had displayed “a lack of knowledge” of the legal and fiscal obligations of a board of directors and a similar lack of understanding as to the theater’s financial situation in the difficult post-COVID environment when it found itself hemorrhaging subscribers and audience members.
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