The desert set the scene for The Fabulists’ hour-long show­—a production filled with improv, one-liners and lots of help from the audience.

Ladders were up and painters on the job at the Island Theatre Wednesday.

Emergency repairs to the crumbling Island Theatre have been completed, although a town-approved window for painting the building’s facade has come and gone.

Repairs got underway this week at the Island Theatre in Oak Bluffs.

The owners of the Island Theatre in Oak Bluffs, a public safety hazard at one of the Vineyard’s busiest intersections, have pledged to launch work to shore up the building as early as this week.

The Hon. Cornelius J. Moriarty sternly told an attorney for the Hall family to submit a detailed plan for repairs by the end of the day Tuesday — or face the prospect of a speedy trial.

Plans to expedite repairs for the Island Theatre in Oak Bluffs appear to be in jeopardy after owners failed to provide a complete update Wednesday as stipulated in a court order.

Under court order and on the verge of the busy summer season, the owners of the Island Theatre on Circuit avenue have agreed to take action to repair the run-down building.

The future of the long-neglected Island Theatre has become even more uncertain after voters at the annual town meeting on Tuesday decided not to pay for emergency bracing to prevent the historic building on Circuit avenue from falling down.

A plan of action for the crumbling Island Theatre will come before Oak Bluffs voters at town meeting in April, with a $200,000 proposal on the table for temporary repairs to make the structure safe.