and Tim Morrissey was hired as Technical Director. One of the first things he did was enlist the help of Sam Bass, and the two of them built the cover over the orchestra pit, which is removable. In 1986 the first "Temple Theatre Day" was instituted. and held around April 1. It was a community and patron focused fundraiser. Patterned after The United Way's fund raising organization, the first one was chaired by local businessman Lamar Beach. Funds raised by this scheme were designated for the theatre's staff salaries, insurance and utilities throughout the year. It continued to be an annual event although the date was later changed to accommodate the theatre's fiscal year change to July 1 to be in line with the State's Art Council grant cycle. In the summer of 1987 the Temple embarked on its first professional theatre venture, producing three shows in the summer of 1987 using casts and crews that were all paid. There were no union contracts at that time. In February 1988 DeNobriga moved to Atlanta where she took a position with Alternate Roots, and Morrissey was named Executive/Artistic Producing Director. In the summer of 1988 another professional show was done. In the Spring of 1990 Wally Eastland was hired as the technical director and Frank Nunally retired. Brewer took over the duties of the bookkeeper and office manager. Eastland left in 1993 and was replaced by Bill Freeman. Freeman left in 1996 and was replaced by Ron Smith. Smith left in 2000 and was replaced by Brad Sizemore. In the summer of 1989 another professional show was produced using contracts with Actors' Equity. In the Spring of 1990 the Temple Board of Directors voted to accept a budget that included salaries for actors during the regular season. This was essentially the end of 'community' theatre at the Temple, and while various shows continued to use unpaid, local, actors and tech crew, many in those positions were paid- some union wages. In 1990, David Almond, who had been the musical director for the community theatre was replaced by Bert Fox. Fox stayed as MD until the summer of 1994, after which Musical Directors were contracted show by show. In the Fall of 1994 Serena Ebhardt became the General Manager. She remained in that position until 2000 when she left to pursue other theatre activities. Kathy Stallings replaced Ebhardt and she left in