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Anyone can go to a
theater and be
entertained. But if
we want work that
is more personal
and truer — what
the educated
audience is calling
for—than we need
to add human effort'
— Julie Portman
Ki Theatre
work,” Ms. Portman said.
“We had a fine response from the artist and the community. But we only hope to do this again,” she said.
Budget cuts across the state are having a reflection on variety of occupations. Artists everywhere have found funds slowly dwindling.
“All funding has been taken away,” Ms. Portman said of Ki Theatre. Last year, Virginia Commission for1 the Arts supported the group financially, helping to offset costs. The theater’s membership drive — only one year old — has supplemented funds necessary for the group to survive.
Without outside support, the group searches for inventive ways to incourage fundraising, membership drives and fund allocations.
“None of us here have earned income from Ki Theatre,” Ms. Portman said. “What we offer is without pay. We are artists and we enjoy our work. But, without alternative sources of funding next year, I don’t know,” she said.
“It’s not fair to have the abundant quality and variety of artists in one community and not have a public forum for their work,” she said, referring to the theater’s “Exchange” series as a “public forum. ”
“How do we face next year?” she asked. .
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