I went down to the shelter and talked to the new manager there, a guy I didn’t know but liked on sight. I told him about my new job and how I wanted to hire some of the teens for cleanup after school and some of the old-timers for concessions and other full time jobs.
Then I fired the guys with bad attitudes or who were rusting away doing nothing on theater time.
The shelter sent over a guy who was trained in design and ad layouts, and another guy who could write promotional copy and keep the theater’s online listings current. I made them the design department.
While we were talking about the look of the theater after it was remodeled, I took both of them into the basement, where we looked through the old posters and A-frames. They told me we should get a bunch of the stuff framed, then
