HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/12/2019 Item 10, Brocato
Wilbanks, Megan
From:dianebrocato@gmail.com
Sent: 11:03 AM
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Approval of Rep Theater
Dear Council Members,
When my late husband, Dr. Earle B. Blakeslee was hired to chair Cuesta College’s new Fine
Arts Department, we moved to San Luis Obispo from Berkeley I cried most of the way down
the highway. As a mother of three under 7 years of age and pregnant with our fourth, I felt we
were taking our children to a ‘hick’ town. It had little Art, Music, Dance, or Theater, just lots of
cows and Camp San Luis!. Now, as a 55 year resident of San Luis Obispo I am proud to say I
have done what I could to help these Arts flourish and grow. This growth is because thousands
of people, like myself, recognize the spiritual lift that the Creative Arts give to people. Rep
theater started in a tiny space, a hole in the wall on Monterey street. It then moved to the old
SLO library where you compassionately only charged the Little Theater $1 in rent. Now it has
grown and is known as SLO’s Rep Theater. The city of San Luis Obispo can share in the pride of
it’s growth and should now be willing to recognize it’s maturity by approving a ‘home of its
own.’
Respectfully,
Diane Pusey Blakeslee Brocato
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