San Diego Junior Theatre keeps up the Oz-like curtain

Don, thanks for your thorough follow up! I'm delighted to see that you are still on this. Investigative journalism such as yours is crucial to help us remove the "opaqueness" in this issue. The way you draw parallels to the disastrous time period for the SD Opera instills me with hope that there is still a way to save the institution of JT. Transparency is what we need. As one of the many parents & patrons who tried to communicate with the board & management from the very beginning, it does not surprise me to hear you say: "Cabrera told me that nobody else would speak, and the staff person heading communications claimed that the staff hadn’t been told what happened. I asked other questions that went completely unaddressed." Unfortunately, that had been our experience all along. For those of us who were able to attend the first (and only!) meeting with Gil Cabrera on Oct 27. it became clear that his main strategy was to shield board members & to avoid answering our questions directly. The details that - nevertheless - emerged during that 2-hour meeting were more than troubling to the parents & alumni in attendance. Over and over again, we approached board members individually & as a group, asking for a meeting of the minds. Since our attempts to communicate were pretty much blocked all the way, we decided to take matters in our own hands and organized a "Town Hall in Support of JT" on Nov 3. Everyone was invited - NO ONE from the board or management came to join our public discussion. However, Channel 10 took interest & produced this News Clip that evening: http://www.10news.com/news/junior-theater-directo… I join the many other voices asking for support from the city's officials in this urgent matter! And thanks to the SD Reader for its independent reporting!
— May 31, 2017 5:17 p.m.

Brouhaha or foofaraw at San Diego Junior Theatre?

Thanks to Don Bauder for picking up this important issue for the SD Reader! And to Matt Valenti for his diligent work! We can only hope that Junior Theater will now receive the support of the city's oversight in this matter. Too many blatant transgressions occurred for business to go on 'as usual".
— April 30, 2017 8:31 p.m.