MIKE DAISEY CALLS AMERICA'S THEATER ESTABLISHMENT ON THE CARPET

“The principal argument is that the theatrical establishment in America has lost sight of the values that led to the establishment of regional theaters, and in its place are institutions that value buildings over artists, isolation over engagement and corporate growth over artistic development.

On top and in part because of this is a shrinking and aging audience base, which has led to an art form in contraction, with less and less audience every year. We pay artists and workers starvation wages and make it impossible for a national theater to take root here, while at the same time engaging in orgies of building construction that defy logic or sense.

We have forgotten that the play’s the thing — the show attempts to illustrate that with stories from my years working in theaters across the country, and tries to shake us from our slumber.” Read More