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The Ails
May 17 2007
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he Jewish Ensemble Theatre
of West Bloomfield, which
just finished a season
dominated mostly by dramas, is fac-
ing a real life drama of its own — a
financial predicament with possible
temporary staff layoffs.
Because Michigan's budget crisis
has led to a freeze of $7.5 million in
previously awarded arts grants, as
well as a proposed $3.6 million cut
in the state arts budget for this year,
hundreds of arts groups — including
JET — have lost state money they
already had spent.
If the Senate-approved cuts stand,
the arts grants budget would fall to
$6.5 million — down 73 percent from
its 2000 peak of $24 million. The
grant freeze, which took effect last
month, has robbed arts groups of 75
percent of the $10 million awarded
by the Michigan Council for Arts and
Cultural Affairs.
JET, the dominant arts organization
in the Jewish community, has received
only $7,000 of its grant funds and
stands to lose the remaining $13,000
in the freeze.
JET Managing Director Christopher
Bremer and Artistic Director Evelyn
Orbach aren't taking the cutbacks
lightly although there isn't much they
can do about the situation except
hope for an unlikely lifting of the
freeze — and/or better ticket sales
revenue and continued donations
from corporations and individuals.
JET'S 18th season, whose tickets sales
Bremer calls "average," will close May
19 with performances of the drama
An Inspector Calls.
But Bremer and Orbach are being
aggressive and optimistic. Stung by
an article in a Detroit business pub-
lication that claimed that "the arts
don't matter," Bremer fired off a let-
ter to the writer and about 100 other
people, mainly state legislators and