Complex sentence: The appointment in mid- 1982 of Andrew Ross as Artistic Director brought La Boite into more professional main-house repertoire, but by 1983, the company had lost both state and federal funding.
Split into simpler sentences: The appointment in mid- 1982 of Andrew Ross as Artistic Director brought La Boite into more professional main-house repertoire. By 1983, the company had lost both state and federal funding.