The fine theatre performing arts groups in Sedona soon will find themselves without a local venue and thus Sedonans who want theatre will travel to Phoenix, Prescott, and Flagstaff for their theatre fix. The Red Rock Review's publisher, Robert Scot, a true lover of theatre himself, has been directing Sedona's attention to the state of affairs of the performing arts locally for some time through several stimulating articles appearing in this magazine over the past several months. There are a number of fine groups, Oak Creek Theatre Company, Grannies on the Rocks, The Community Theatre, Actors Repertory Theatre of Sedona, Children's Classic Caravan, Omni Dance, Chamber Music Sedona, Sedona Theatre Guild, and Shakespeare Sedona. All of these could benefit from a state of the art theatre complex in Sedona. Of course, this does not even consider the audience who also would be benefactors from such a venue.
Great theatre strengthens our faculty to face it.
The problem facing theatre in the city is really two fold. The first is that the Sedona Arts Center is faced with closing its theatre at the end of June this year. The board did not say that it resigned from supporting theatre, and will continue to give classes in the many aspects of performing arts. Awareness of both these problems has been provoked by the vigilant Red Rock Review and by the theatre groups themselves, in particular the Oak Creek Theatre Company and The Sedona Theatre Guild. Behind the scenes, Chairperson Paul Chevalier and his commission, the Arts and Culture Commission, have been aware of the problem, and have been active in interviewing these groups and in planning for a study that has the potential for support and help from the City Council.