In the offices of The Rosetta Room — a new concert and event space in Mesa from the team behind The Nile Theater — a small sign delivers a firm reminder: “A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.”
For Nile owner and operator Michele Donovan, these are words to consider, especially with everything she and her staff need to tackle before The Rosetta Room opens in mid-June. Crunch time is here, she admits, and “everything is a little bit tight.”
There’s still plenty left to do inside the 6,300-square-foot space at First Avenue and Sirrine in downtown Mesa. Infrastructure work and the 11-foot by 20-foot stage still need to be finished. Donovan and company are still “tinkering with merch ideas,” picking out décor elements and securing permits from the city of Mesa. Outside, a mural might be in the works to cover the bunker-like building’s grey exterior…