No more Shakespeare?!

I inadvertently happened upon this link today while browsing for Young Alumni events (when I should be looking for a job!) and it made me sad. Well, only marginally because a) I adore Shakespeare and fun venues such as the Shakespeare Tavern which really makes an effort to transport their audience and offer educational opportunities for students and young aspiring actors is worthy of applause. So, to see that a creative outlet such as this one is suffering saddens me. Where are our values, society?! Clearly the millions of dollars we play NBA stars and Olympic swimmers is far more important than augmenting the minds of middle schoolers in hopes of swaying their interests AWAY from sex and onto something more.. promising. b) We all know that the Tavern will come up with the money. There will be some anonymous millionaire who will foot the bill and cushion their books to make the next season superb. c) Back to me: where is my anonymous donor!?