Soulpepper’s board of directors has a better chance at restoring faith in the company if an independent entity is hired to investigate, Kemper adds. “It can’t just be a board member’s brother-in-law in a nice law firm, it’s got to be somebody that students, and volunteers, and donors . The plaintiffs, actresses are seeking a total of $4.25 million in damages from Soulpepper, and $3.6 million from Schultz. The status of Schultz’s other stage affiliations, including through theatre programs at colleges and universities in the GTA, is also in question. However, the college said he participated in advisory meetings and met with faculty and students to talk about Soulpepper in the past.

Source: thestar January 05, 2018 23:03 UTC