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The interior of the Soreng Theatre, which ORT hopes to move into some day.
Lost lease troubles ORT
Theater group vies with Hult Center for money
By Alan Routh
David Lunney, producing director o
Eugene's Oregon Repertory Theatre, calls the
Hult Center tor the Performing Arts an "ambitiou:
project," one intended to benefit all the com
munity "In a way," he says, "we belong there "
ORT originally planned to move into the
center's Soreng Theatre when the group’s sea
son ended last year But it didn't anticipate havinc
its season interrupted by having to move into new
facilities
When ORT's lease for its theater in the Atriurr
Building expired, the Social Security Hearing:
and Appeals Office offered to pay 93 cents pe
foot for the space ORT was paying 45 cents
When Lunney appealed to the agency to lool
elsewhere or at least wait until ORT's season wa:
completed, he was ignored
"The government rolls on forever," Lunne;
says, somewhat agitated "You can't talk to thos<
people
"We were scheduled to move into EPAC a
the end of the season," he says, "but our lease if
the Atrium was up in mid-season and the govern
ment took over our space We were forced t(
move prematurely
"We were all excited about the prospect of
working in the Soreng," Lunney says "For four
years I've worked to get ORT eligible for someth
ing as grand as the Soreng And now we can’t
afford it."
Lunney adds that if ORT doesn't get into the
Soreng as planned and take advantage of sub
sidies provided by the Eugene Arts Foundation
and added ticket sales from the larger theater, the
local theater company may well eventually go
bankrupt
We feel our chances of eventually getting into
the Soreng are still good,” Lunney says, "but not
great And it would be sad, I think, for Eugene to
lose us If we don’t get the support and the
investment in the future that the move to EPAC
represents, we ll disappear, and it will be a while
; before something or someone takes our place."
Lunney points out that very little drama is
- available at EPAC — only two plays this year That
! dramatic void could be filled by ORT, but not if it
goes bankrupt And with the new competition
t provided by the Hult Center, it might
i "A lot of arts support we might have seen is
now being directed to EPAC," Lunney says "We
) must make the leap to the Soreng to see some of
that
‘Now we can’t afford to get ORT into
something as grand as the Soreng. ’
"We couldn't shut down until EPAC opened
We already had season ticket subscriptions sold,
and our audience was waiting We couldn't treat
the people of Eugene so shabbily as that, you
know
"We remodeled the first floor of the old
Eugene Hotel because EPAC wasn't ready,
moved in, and continued out the season, all in
nine days and at a cost of $25,000," Lunney says
Moving into the Hult Center would have been
a step up for ORT and might have guaranteed its
economic survival, which now remains question
able
Instead, remodeling the Eugene Hotel cost
ORT the revenue it needed to move into the
Soreng Theatre
"We have been building to establish our
selves as a Eugene institution, employing Eugene
talent and keeping all the money from our work in
Eugene What are we supposed to do now?"
In a regular season, ORT employs about 250
local actors and production people, produces
eight plays and has more than 1,900 season ticket
subscriptions held by area residents
Lunney says he hopes ORT can at least
produce Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in the
Soreng this December, if all goes well But he isn t
sure when, if ever, ORT will be able to afford
permanent residence in the 500-seat theater
ORT opens this season October 10 with
Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire"
at the Eugene Hotel, 222 E Broadway
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