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

[Impacttheatre@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/16/01 7:03:33 AM, virtualdrama@juno.com writes:

<< The risk here is losing an entire generation of potential
audience members.  >>

Yeah, I hear this all the time. And yet, about 80 percent of Impact's 
audience is under 30.  And I KNOW we're not the only ones, given that I just 
wrote my dissertation about this very thing.  My best guess is that we're 
simply doing the kinds of plays they want to see at prices they can afford.  
As Mark Sutton of the Annoyance Theater once told me, "You don't get an 18-25 
year old crowd by doing Long Day's Journey into Night."  


In any case, I take Cat's point about calling it "theatre" as a sort of 
advertising gimmick.  So, OK.  But let's be clear right now that the people 
who have access to this type of technology (such as it is) right now are an 
elite group; I'm guessing that when the technology springs up that allows for 
the full realization of interactive live broadcasts, most of my 
audience/potential audience still won't be able to afford it.

Melissa Hillman
Artistic Director
Impact Theatre
P.O. Box 12666
Berkeley, CA 94712-3666

(510) 464-4468
http://www.impacttheatre.com

"Planet Janet" plays through June 10!



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