Faced with the prospect of closing Spokane’s only professional theater company, the board of directors at Interplayers instead opted to merge operations with a community theater company, Lake City Playhouse of Coeur d’Alene. The merger, announced Monday, gives operational control of Interplayers to Lake City. The playhouse’s artistic director George Green will oversee both companies, along with LCP’s managing director, Hannah Paton. Out in this transition are Interplayers executive director Pamela Brown, artistic director Reed McColm and associate artistic director Michael Weaver. Ryan Oelrich, secretary of Interplayers board, said it became clear earlier this year that Interplayers could not continue to operate as it had been – the income just wasn’t there/Carolyn Lamberson, SR. More here.

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