<UL>The Joseph Papp Public Theater has laid off about 20 percent of its staff to balance its budget, citing a downturn in the economy, cuts in city funds and an expected drop in donations. The action follows the resignation of the theater's two largest donors and the departure of its executive director, Fran Reiter, the former deputy mayor of New York who was brought in for her administrative skills less than a year…
SOURCE: The New York Times at 12:00AM on November 15, 2001