Following is the text of recent letter to subscribers, in which long-time Managing Director Marcelle McVay announced her intention to leave the theater this fall to pursue a new career "post Victory Gardens":
August 8, 2008
Dear Friend,
As a
subscriber of Victory Gardens Theater, I wanted to let you know that I will be
leaving the theater this fall. I have
worked at Victory
Gardens for almost my
entire working life. In many ways, the theater has been my life and many of you
have been like family to me! Thank you
for your support of Victory
Gardens and of me
personally over those years.
I have long
planned to have a new career “post Victory
Gardens.” With the next ten years of my working life, I
hope to make a contribution in education, human services or possibly grant
making. Over the last year, it became
apparent that if I am going to embark on a new project, I better get
started!
My partner
in life and work, Dennis Zacek, will
continue to lead Victory
Gardens as Artistic
Director with his long time associate, Sandy Shinner.
The Board of Directors has formed a search committee to be chaired by Hal
Pendexter, a retired executive with USG.
Dennis will also serve on the search committee. I am sure that a strong
candidate will emerge who will have the support of the board and the staff.
For me, Victory Gardens will be a hard act to follow. I will continue to support the theater in any
way I can. Likewise, Victory Gardens
will need you more than ever. As a
subscriber who understands the mission of developing new plays and playwrights,
please be our voice in your community encouraging friends, family, neighbors,
and professional colleagues to join us in the joys and challenges of becoming
an American Center for New Plays at the Biograph.
With great
affection,
Marcelle McVay
Managing Director
Victory Gardens
Theater
773-549-5788 x 2132
