Comments on t u e s d a y s: artists are "employees" and "only exist because we...

I apologize for chiming in so late - but I have be...

2009-07-14T22:25:08.995-04:00

I apologize for chiming in so late - but I have been focusing on my own funds economic issues - If I repeat please forgive-

I beleive it is very important that the board is aware that those "protesting" the issues are not "just artists" - although I have had the pleasure of performing only once on the skylight stage - my dismay with the decisions recently made and

If the previous PR debacle at the Skylight was the...

2009-07-13T19:34:11.412-04:00

If the previous PR debacle at the Skylight was the first nail in the coffin, the forwarding and endorsement of this ex-board member's letter seals the lid shut for me. "Everyday a little death" for sure...

How differently this could have been handled. To create such a bad vibe going into your 50th year seems near suicidal. Where was the creative thinking? That's the

Face the facts this was a power play, even if the ...

2009-07-13T07:13:25.724-04:00

Face the facts this was a power play, even if the board does not know it. Look at the people let go, and the depts. that had no cuts. You can tell right there that Eric wanted the whole cake and he used the economy as his reason. Yes some changes were needed but these were the incorrect moves and handled badly. The person who wrote the short play on Eric hit the nail on the head. It is a

PART TWO: In Response to Moron EX Boardmember I ...

2009-07-13T03:43:10.482-04:00

PART TWO: In Response to Moron EX Boardmember

I am simply disgusted with this whole letter. My thoughts quickly turn to all of my students whom I have had over the past fourteen years, and the personal utility that they have found in the Fine Arts. Art has catapulted them into some amazing defining moments, and for hundreds of them, continues to serve them as well as the

PART ONE: In Response to Moron EX Boardmember I h...

2009-07-13T03:39:50.018-04:00

PART ONE: In Response to Moron EX Boardmember

I have to say that, as I have spent such an unforeseen amount of time entrenched both cognitively and emotionally in this current Skylight dissolution, I feel as if I have been experiencing the Elizabeth Kubler-Ross stages of death and dying. First denial, then anger, etc. I don’t think, however, that I will ever evolve to that place of “

Chris, it's already been verified that whoever...

2009-07-11T22:47:04.408-04:00

Chris, it's already been verified that whoever has set up the Skylight's Twitter account is following Karl Rove, so, yeah, GWB is represented by the Skylight.

And really, I don't think ANY political pundit should be followed by the Skylight or any arts organization. Whether it's Rove or Olbermann, O'Reilly or Maddow, why would they follow them on Twitter? The point

WAIT, George Bush used to be on the Skylight board...

2009-07-11T22:21:18.938-04:00

WAIT, George Bush used to be on the Skylight board?!

OK, in all seriousness, who the heck peed in this guys coffee? All that venom makes me think that an actor refused to sleep with him at some point and he has hated all artists (and why the quotes for that word?) since.

In the end, that email isn't worth a damn, because the ire of patrons, subscribes and Joe T.

I would post something erudite in response to the ...

2009-07-11T16:00:15.645-04:00

I would post something erudite in response to the board member's e-mail message, but the words "ignorant" and "buffoon" have already been used.

mnemosyne... i think you'll be interested in ...

2009-07-11T14:12:52.673-04:00

mnemosyne...

i think you'll be interested in this.

Tony, after a night of consideration, my head has ...

2009-07-11T13:25:23.266-04:00

Tony, after a night of consideration, my head has cooled and I'd like to modify my statement that THIS LETTER WAS ENDORSED AND FORWARDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD BY ERIC DILLNER.

I withdraw my earlier comment because I have no proof he forwarded this himself. I only know it was sent to SOT offices for him, and per the request it made of him, was subsequently forwarded to the Board.

just wanna step in here and clarify: i have no pro...

2009-07-11T10:35:54.513-04:00

just wanna step in here and clarify: i have no proof that this email was forwarded to the board BY eric dillner.

on behalf of, perhaps.

another skylight employee may have simply been following the request in the email "Please relaty this to the Board and the Executive Committee."

and we all know how easy it is to

I do believe this is real. Having done many shows...

2009-07-11T10:00:43.987-04:00
I do believe this is real. Having done many shows at Skylight, I've heard all about this former board member's emails. I believe (name removed) is the person who coined the terms, "Asiatic," and "Hispanical."

Anyway, the fact that Eric forwarded this just shows how unfamiliar he is with the Skylight. This former board member has not been taken seriously

Sorry, I'm just not sure this e-mail is for re...

2009-07-11T09:12:15.380-04:00
Sorry, I'm just not sure this e-mail is for real.

Just when I thought I was done commenting. Obviou...

2009-07-11T09:02:49.984-04:00
Just when I thought I was done commenting.

Obviously an AIG executive, the writer of this sadly unfortunate email expresses an opinion widely held by corporate America's upper management.

This would be the attitude that begets huge salaries for the execs, minimum pay for the employees and further down the road, companies broken by greed and misdirection.

Correction - I would rather hear an opinion THAN n...

2009-07-11T08:49:16.356-04:00
Correction - I would rather hear an opinion THAN not hear one.

OK y'all. I have to play gadfly. I have neve...

2009-07-11T08:43:12.004-04:00
OK y'all. I have to play gadfly. I have never considered my job to be any more special or extraordinary than any other person's job. Singing just happens to be what I do better than anything else. My main objection to this e-mail is not the misspellings or the expressing of an opinion. I would rather hear an opinion and not hear one. I take umbrage with the notion that, as an

You show great restraint, Tony. If you ask me, th...

2009-07-11T04:12:13.606-04:00
You show great restraint, Tony. If you ask me, the writer of this ignorant filth ought not be given the comfortable cloak of anonymity, but rather should be held up to very, very public ridicule. And anyone else who thinks along these lines should just keep their damn money. In the long run "The Arts" are better off without such "generosity." I'd rather perform in

I think there is a larger problem here, one that g...

2009-07-11T02:44:30.402-04:00
I think there is a larger problem here, one that goes well beyond the horrid opinion and is more appalling. It should directly inform the decision of Bill Theisen and every other artist to work in any capacity with this organization.

THIS LETTER WAS ENDORSED AND FORWARDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD BY ERIC DILLNER.

By forwarding this letter to the Board of Directors as requested,

i just threw up in my mouth, a little. i wish i c...

2009-07-11T02:01:04.457-04:00
i just threw up in my mouth, a little. i wish i could be as eloquent as paula, but this ill-adivsed show of support for dillner and the executive board made me sick...

Oh. My. God. What an illiterate buffoon. One can o...

2009-07-11T00:53:36.857-04:00
Oh. My. God. What an illiterate buffoon. One can only hope that this person's fingers are never allowed to rape a keyboard again. And that they never step foot into another theater.

Paula Suozzi so well said! I think this author wa...

2009-07-11T00:49:01.407-04:00
Paula Suozzi so well said! I think this author watches a little too much Pay-per-View TV. We do this because we are working for something greater than we ourselves could create alone.
Something good must come of this ...
Michael Morgan

still pissed off.

2009-07-11T00:24:05.556-04:00
still pissed off.

sounds more like Archie Bunker wrote this... and t...

2009-07-11T00:07:24.183-04:00
sounds more like Archie Bunker wrote this... and the sentiments therein sound like "Bunkeresque" BUNK!

OH NO! SARAH PALIN HATES ME! Seriously, when this ...

2009-07-10T23:37:40.484-04:00
OH NO! SARAH PALIN HATES ME!
Seriously, when this a-hole can get up in front of 100's of people and do what I can do, I will have a serious discussion with him/her.
Would a publisher say the writers are just "employees?" Would a gallery owner say the artists exist because she pays them? NO. That theater, any theater, is there because there are gifted individuals who can

Wow, this "employee" was glad to take a ...

2009-07-10T23:06:32.118-04:00
Wow, this "employee" was glad to take a paycut for Skylight, and has donated money to the Skylight, and has done a benefit concert for the Skylight, and would do anything to keep her afloat, yet my opinion is not valuable? Thanks. If you knew what we were working for in the first place, and knew the years of work and sweat that went into it, you would be giving us a medal, not derision.