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Mrs. Bird saia tnat, at least tor the immediate future, RAAC’s popular weekly film series will remain at the theatre.
Mrs. Weinberg said she will meet with Dr. William Young on Wednesday to discuss the future of the film series. “I’m enthusiastic,” she said. “I hope that as a joint community service we can work something out. I want to do that.”
Mrs. Bird said that RAAC plans to pursue a variety of avenues to stage programs, including the high school auditorium, the Town Hall, and perhaps the old Washington School on Mt. Salem Ave., now owned by William Carrigan.
“Some RAAC members have always felt that RAAC’s occupancy of the theatre identified it too strongly with Washington when it is a community-wide organization,” Mrs. Bird said. “Others have believed the unique characteristics of the theatre has given RAAC a rallying image and secure home. ”
She noted that Saturday evening’s performance by cellist Mary Fraley and pianist Stephen Dubberly “displayed the theatre at its best — the excellent acoustics and the intimate setting for chamber music, selected with great sensitivity, made every note played distinct and resonant.”
Mrs. Weinberg attended Saturday evening’s concert, and her reaction was enthusiastic as well. “I’d love to get more classical music into the theatre.”
She also said she senses a demand for live theatre, and hopes that opening the theatre up to use by more groups might encourage a greater diversity of performances. “I would like to help supply that, but I’m not quite sure how to do that.”
Following RAAC’s departure, Mrs. Weinberg, her plans for the theatre are “in a state of flux.” She said she is open to suggestions and comments from members of the community who have ideas about how the theatre might be used. She invited anyone with suggestions to call her at her home in Arlington, (703) 534-9390.
For RAAC, Mrs. Bird said, the “new circumstances can be seen as another phase, a challenging one, in the group’s development. . . RAAC’s vacating its offices and occupancy of the Gay St. Theatre in no way alters its mission to bring entertainment to the community. Rather it poses a challenge its members and officers expect to meet with creativity.”
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