Re: RAT In support of in-home, in-class, on-line theater

[Allison Narver <anarver@yahoo.com>]

Dear Cat,
Where do you live?  What kind of theater happens in
your town?  It seems like it must be a pretty grim
little offering to invoke such bitterness.
Best,
Allison
--- Cat Hebert <virtualdrama@juno.com> wrote:
> Hmmm. The most interesting people of my acquaintance
> hardly go to theater
> at all. Not because they don't have the time
> (although that's a factor),
> but because theater doesn't offer them anything that
> has to do with their
> own life stories and because performances are rarely
> "first-rate".  Pro
> theater has become spectacle and 5-big-issues.
> Semi-pro theater has
> become sitcom-tryouts and self-indulgence.
> Interesting people see more of
> their own stories in film. Theater has abandoned
> them, IMHO, because many
> theater-makers are marginalized and out-of-touch.
> 
> This elitism has been displayed in several of the
> posts on this topic.
> 
> Cheers,
> Cat Hebert
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 May 2001 11:38:45 -0700 (PDT) Audie
> McCall
> <audiemccall@yahoo.com> writes:
> > Allison Narver <anarver@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I feel that theater is in part defined by the
> > > audience
> > > and performers being able to breathe the same
> air at
> > > the same time.
> > > I'm not very interested in watching somebody's
> > > exploits online.  
> > > Allison
> > 
> > Agreed!
> > 
> > And I for one would like nothing more than see the
> > discussion veer in the direction of talking about
> what
> > exactly this means.  Not just an artsy vague
> praising
> > of "immediacy",  or “4-dimensionality” but rather
> some
> > crystal, cogent arguments for breathing the same
> air. 
> > How can we use it to our advantage, especially
> beyond
> > the more obvious fourth-wall-breaking techniques
> > (though I ain’t knockin’ em)?
> > 
> > For instance, I think it’s rather remarkable that
> any
> > of us can convince anyone at all to leave their
> > comfortable homes, get in their cars, drive to
> some
> > seedy neighborhood, plant their butt an
> uncomfortable
> > seat and watch things happen.  If this very act
> > creates a certain self-selection, say for a more
> > intelligent, more enthusiastic audience member,
> then
> > what does that mean to our shaping of the show
> we’re
> > giving them?  
> > 
> > For instance, is this the reason we can get away
> with
> > things like the new wave of science plays
> (COPENHAGEN,
> > PROOF, GREAT MEN OF SCIENCE et al)?
> > 
> > Is it enough to simply preach to this
> self-selected
> > choir, or can we challenge ourselves to challenge
> them
> > in ways one couldn’t with a larger, more diffuse,
> > less—dare I say it— interesting group of people?
> > 
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