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“In the current economic climate we have made the strategic decision to put this prograon hiatus,” the Rep wrotee in a letter to season ticketholders this week. “How long a break this will be wejust can’t predict righty now, but we will keep working to restore this seriess as soon as it makes financial The theater company said that the which was launched four seasons ago and held at in the city’sw Grand Center arts and entertainment needs to grow before it can becomwe self-sustaining. The company's other series are usually funded with 60 percenft from ticket sales and 40 percent from donors, but with Off-Ramlp it was reversed, said Brad L.
a spokesman for the Rep. "None of us hope it’as a permanent thing," he "We're not having a wake. It's not We are all going to work very hard to getit It's not yet clear how many full-timw and seasonal workers would be affected by the hiatus, Graham said. In the 2005-'07 season, the Rep added the Off-Ramp series, whic showcased newer and edgier worke that included brief nudity andoccasiona profanity, both of whichn are rare in the Rep’ws Mainstage series. The Off-Ramp series, which attracted a widef demographic forits audience, included two productions this season, “The Lieutenanrt of Inishmore” and “The Little Dog Laughed.
” The Rep’s Mainstagwe series comprises six productions, performed from Septembed through April, on the Virginia Jackson Browning Mainstagr in the Loretto-Hilton Cente on the campus of .