The theater department received a letter today from a production group in Shoreline that has been working on a show called Conclave. The show was set to run weekends from August 19 to December 17. The letter says, in full:

Dear Editor,

Conclave is cancelled. No one came to the preview, and no one wants to buy a ticket for any upcoming show. Hell, we couldn’t even give tickets away. Please remove any mention of it in your arts calendar. And we’ll try to do the same from our memories.

Most sincerely,

Dave Whitley