On April 23 there was a fire in the theater.<\/p>\n
Facilities manager, Joe Andrade was treated for smoke inhalation and no other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Pratt communicated via email in which Andrade is recognized, \u201cfor his quick actions that put his own safety at risk, but prevented much more damage and possibly injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anita Reyes is in her second semester with SJCC\u2019s theater department and was instructing her class while her students were on stage reciting their monologues.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t believe it until it happens to you,\u201d said Ashly Fahy, 21, a North Carolina native back in school for her first semester at SJCC following a four-year hiatus after dropping out of high school.<\/p>\n
The fire alarms sounding off were thought to be \u201conly alarms\u201d and not initially taken \u201ctoo seriously\u201d until the smoke was smelled.<\/p>\n
Reyes had her class evacuate through the Caf\u00e9 because the normal evacuation exit, facing Moorpark, is where the smoke was coming from.<\/p>\n
Itzel Gomez, a KJ\u2019s Caf\u00e9 barista said she also saw smoke emerge from under the doors nearest the coffee and said she, \u201creturned to the caf\u00e9 to help,\u201d even after clocking out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was telling the students eating in the caf\u00e9 they shouldn\u2019t stay but instead get out because there was a fire,\u201d Reyes said.<\/p>\n
Fahy said there were some students, \u201cdilly dallying,\u201d and she urged them to get out. Not a first-timer, Fahy said her first evacuation was in North Carolina at 8 years old and the cause was a tornado.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe heat of the fire could almost be felt coming through,\u201d Fahy said of the theater fire pointing, to the double doors facing Moorpark.<\/p>\n
Reyes calls the cause of the fire, \u201ca human error.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The floor lights in the theater had gel plastics left on them that are used for color effects. Glass material color pieces are also typically used.<\/p>\n
Amber McCall, spring dance program, \u201cStories that MOVE\u201d producer and theater faculty says, \u201cThe gel pieces are fine to use.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is not the first instance in which McCall and her dance performance students have dealt with a fire in the theater and being displaced, it is the third.<\/p>\n
Angelique Canas, 20, SJCC dance major closes her eyes as she throws her head back and says of her experiences, \u201cIt\u2019s the third show!\u201d<\/p>\n
In one instance, the Camp Fire caused a district wide closure which canceled the performance hours before taking place that evening. The performance was rescheduled for two weeks later and did not take place in the theater.<\/p>\n
Former adjunct theater instructor of 3 years, Leyla Modirzadeh and producer of last spring\u2019s program, \u201cToo Much light Makes the Baby GO Blind,\u201d said via email, \u201cSomeone said that a person was sleeping down in the theater basement and somehow caused it.\u201d<\/p>\n
That show was later performed in the Art Gallery.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I was driving away I saw the firetrucks near the theater and I knew there was a fire again,\u201d McCall said she got home on April 23 to the confirmation via text message from her Dean.<\/p>\n
Spring program, \u201cStories that MOVE,\u201d scheduled for May 2-4 happened instead on May 1, 2 and 3 as the performance could not be held in the SJCC theater but took place at alternate locations: Evergreen Valley College VPA Theater and the dance studio at SJCC in classroom A206 on May 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe venue did not change the choreography at all. Maybe it effected the spacing a little but that always changes once you get into any new space,\u201d said McCall after opening night.<\/p>\n
EVC Theater instructor, John Kaufmann said via email correspondence, \u201cWe are happy that we can support SJCC with a venue for their dance performance!\u201d<\/p>\n
Kaufmann said that the VPA theater has, \u201cgreat maintenance personnel, I\u2019m not sure of their schedule, but I know that they work to keep everything up to code.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kaufmann serves as an emergency evacuation volunteer in the building and \u201cis charged with helping to sweep people out in case of an emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI firmly believe that in order to operate a unique space, like a theater it needs proper management and upkeep.\u00a0A theater typically requires a master electrician and technical director. They are there to oversee all of the technical aspects of the theater and make sure it is used properly and safely,\u201d said McCall.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition, most dance or theater productions need a lighting designer, costume designer, and possibly a scenic designer \u2026\u201d McCall about the specific needs of the theater, \u201cMy sincere hope, once the theater is renovated, is that the college realizes the critical importance of a Theater Technical Director and hires one to fulfill weekly hours and an ongoing need to keep the theater safe and functioning properly,\u201d said McCall.<\/p>\n
SJCC Humanities division dean, Ilder Lopez Betancourt could not be reached for comment on the fire or when the theater will be in use again.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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