A Theatrical Legacy

Reading that the Cast Theatre might be returning to its roots (Theater Notes, May 23) brought me much joy.

I was a friend of Ted Schmitt and was lucky enough to have worked with him on David Mamet’s “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” in 1980. Without his generosity of spirit and risk-taking elan, the show would never have been possible. Ted nurtured the entire production team as no other producer I’ve ever known. To him, we were all the Cast.

We don’t have many legacies in Los Angeles, and the theater community has even fewer. It would be a great gift to all of us if Andy Daley and Justin Tanner restore Ted’s bequest.

DEBBIE DEVINE

Van Nuys

Co-founder, 24th Street Theatre