Re: RAT Marx in Soho (in LA) << Melissa Hillman >>

[MFarkash@aol.com]

Suggestions? It's very simple. Unless it's a Broadway or an Equity 
production, lower ticket costs to roughly the price of a move or under. And 
offer discount nights, for word-of-mouth.   Also, eliminate sets and don't 
pay artists or offer stipends to playwrights. You'll find tons of good 
material out there from emerging playwrights who are willing to forego fees 
for a production.

Also, read Grotowski's "Towards A Poor Theatre."

Theater at the BCT level (non-Equity) ought not to be about money -- just 
good acting, good material, good direction.

More than $10 a ticket, I (and many other theatre people) will pass.



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