Movement to Suspend Operation of LATC Fizzles

A movement to suspend operations at the financially strapped Los Angeles Theatre Center fizzled at an LATC board meeting Thursday.

“LATC is an ongoing proposition. We’re here to stay,” said James R. Hunter, one of four board members who had advocated suspending operations in a memo to the other board members, distributed Monday. “Once we had learned the facts, we felt the resolution (to close the company) was not appropriate,” so the resolution was not introduced, Hunter said. “That conclusion was reached unanimously.” Fourteen of the 22 board members were present at the meeting.

“We’re thrilled that we’re going forward, and that the staff and the board support each other,” said LATC producing director Diane White.