The Starlight Dinner Theatre shut it's doors recently, with ticketholders for their next production, "Fiddler On the Roof," left stranded. Here is an email they are sending out to patrons. The owner, Dori Parker, sent this email to the Orlando Sentinel theatre blog and asked them to publish it.
"Please be advised that the theater waas in negotiations with the landlord until Monday, October 8. When no agreement could be reached, the theater closed. No tickets were sold after that date.Theatres in Orlando were SCRAMBLING to let children perform La Cage after they lost their venue. Now a theatre putting on a normal blue-hair delight is being igored by these same people. Who will step up and give this theatre a venue? Or will they have to refund their ticket money?
Presently, the theater is looking for a facility to produce "Fiddler on the Roof." Credits would be issued for each ticket sold for the production to each ticket holder. Dates, location, and times would be announced with as much notice as possible. We are in the process of calling all ticket holders at this time.
Season ticket holders and groups would be entitled to the same type of credits -- one ticket for each ticket sold.
Obviously having one or more of our shows at another facility is not ideal, but we're doing the best we can to find a feasible solution to our problem. We appreciate your patience as we struggle to make alternative plans and notify our customers individually.
Thank you!
Dori Parker"