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Spoleto Festival USA is back in turmoil

Spoleto Festival USA is back in turmoil

The festival, founded by the composer Gian Carlo Menotti, has the board at war once more with a bumbling chief executive.

Since (Mark) Hanna took over, nearly all of the nonprofit’s established artistic and business leaders have been replaced. And in recent months the board has seen an exodus, especially since chairwoman Alicia Mullen Gregory was ousted from her leadership position in July. She then chose to leave the organization. In total, 10 board members have resigned…

The crisis has come to a slow boil as revelations of a $600,000 deficit came to light. Demands for an explanation were never met, former board members said…

Full story here.

pictured: Philip Glass playing at Spoleto

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