In June of last year, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced it had acquired Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the Austin-based theater chain known for its experiential-driven food and movie service, in a move that took many by surprise.

Layoffs hit hourly and corporate Alamo Drafthouse staffers, the first time the movie theater shed workers since Sony Pictures acquired the Texas chain in June. Shortly after the layoffs were announced on Tuesday,

Alamos Drafthouse has laid off 15 corporate staffers as well as a significantly larger number of hourly employees across its circuit, effective immediately. The corporate layoffs rep about 9% of the total focusing on support center and technical engineers to streamline the business,

Popular Austin-based movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse has started a series of layoffs impacting employees across the company. On Wednesday, Drafthouse confirmed that 15 people were laid off at the corporate level.