world premiere of a new rock musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen by Lombardo, Kirsten Brandt and Haddon Kime. After the San Jose Rep production in 2013, this musical was invited to be a featured selection in The New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2014. The American West Coast premiere of Melinda Lopez's play "Sonia Flew." The world premiere of Jonathan Marc Feldman's "Death of the Novel", which starred Vincent Kartheiser, from AMC's Mad Men. In June 2014, the San Jose Repertory Theatre board of trustees informed Mr. Lombardo that they had voted to close the theater as he was in rehearsal for American Premiere of "Landscape With Weapon" by Joe Penhall. About the closing, Lombardo had this to say: Facilities The Rep started performing at the 500+ seat Montgomery Theatre, owned by the City of San Jose. The dream of building and performing in their own theater became reality in 1997 when they moved to their new home, San Jose Repertory Theater, a few blocks away. After the Rep closed, the building became the Susan and Phil Hammer Theatre Center named for the former mayor and her husband who were instrumental in getting the theater built. The theater consists of three seating sections, with a total capacity of 584 people. See also American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, California TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley), Palo Alto, California Berkeley Repertory Theatre Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Santa Cruz, California Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon References External links Theatre consultant Theatre Projects Website Culture of San Jose, California Theatres in San Jose, California League of Resident Theatres Theatre companies in San Jose, California Tourist attractions in San Jose, California Performing groups established in 1980 Companies that have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy