San Jose State University SJSU ScholarWorks Master's Theses Master's Theses and Graduate Research Spring 2015 The eD mise of American Musical Theatre of San Jose Mike Scott yC manski San Jose State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses Recommended Citation Cymanski, Mike Scott, "The eD mise of American Musical Theatre of San Jose" (2015). Master's Theses. 4535. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.f8tm-3jas https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses/4535 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Master's Theses and Graduate Research at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE DEMISE OF AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE OF SAN JOSE A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of Theater Arts San José State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts by Mike Cymanski May 2015 © 2015 Mike Cymanski ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Designated Thesis Committee Approves the Thesis Titled THE DEMISE OF AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE OF SAN JOSE by Mike Cymanski APPROVED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, RADIO-TELEVISION-FILM SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY May 2015 Dr. David Kahn Department of Theatre, Radio-TV-Film Dr. Matthew Spangler Department of Communication Studies Dr. Scott Fosdick School of Journalism and Mass Communications ABSTRACT THE DEMISE OF AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER OF SAN JOSE by Mike Cymanski In 2008, American Musical Theatre (AMT) of San Jose filed for bankruptcy after more than 74 years in business.