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Residents and Water Tower Theatre ask Addison to reconsider holiday closures for athletic club and theater
Summary
Public commenters and council members debated opening the Addison Athletic Club and performing arts center on select town-observed holidays; staff cautioned that theater operation requires certified technical staff and the current small staffing model drove a recommendation to defer theater changes until next year. Council signaled support to pilot Athletic Club openings subject to staffing and cost analysis.
JC Shuster, associate artistic director of Water Tower Theatre, told the council the resident company was left uncertain about which post-Thanksgiving dates are available at the Addison Performing Arts Center and said the theater had to move this year’s Thanksgiving-week performances to a Plano venue. “We are your resident theatre company,” Shuster said, asking council to “think about this next year.”
Several residents and council members pressed the question of whether the Addison Athletic Club (AAC) and the Addison Performing Arts Center should open on specific…
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