The guy’s 6’3”, has a long, silver mane and a fu manchu to match. How could it escape our notice that Satch Huizenga, the Producing Artistic Director at Live Arts, doesn’t seem to be around?
A red flag first went up at the Live Arts Gala on November 6, where Huizenga was conspicuously absent. (Well, maybe the tux shop screwed up his rental.) But then a November 22 newsletter said, “We’re still reeling from the most wonderful Gala and Afterglow we can remember, and so we’ve decided to postpone the auditions for Clybourne Park,” which Huizenga is slated to direct. (Hmm…) Now Huizenga’s office phone goes straight to voicemail and he hasn’t return calls for comment. (O.K. Something’s up.)
So where’s the guy in charge of the artistic vision of our leading local theater? Executive Director Matt Joslyn also hasn’t yet returned calls for comment. Asked if there was a situation that they were willing to speak to, members of the board of Live Arts politely declined.
Joslyn said in a recent cover story on the theater, “We have as complex a relationship as a married couple or two people who own a business together.”
Joslyn and Huizenga posed for a recent C-VILLE cover story on Live Arts.
Read C-VILLE’s recent cover story on Live Arts’ 20th anniversary here.