Randolph T. Holhut and Jeff Potter

Nonprofit’s backstage drama tumbles into the spotlight

Nonprofit’s backstage drama tumbles into the spotlight

Mere weeks after opening a state-of-the-art facility, NECCA fires its founders, setting off a community backlash that shut down the school and put its future in serious question. What happened?

This was supposed to be a summer of triumph for the New England Center for Circus Arts.

In the space of a week, the 10-year-old nonprofit spun into chaos after its founders, Elsie Smith and Serenity Smith Forchion, announced that they had been relieved of their duties as the school's artistic directors.

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