Success and struggles, on a shoestring
One of my favorite articles about the theater in a while appeared in Sunday’s Post. We meet a few D.C. theater stalwarts who to the outsider may appear to be struggling, but to most indie theater types will more correctly appear to have achieved a lot of success. Three theater companies who have grown from nothing to a combined budget of $500,000 — that’s some real success, even if still a ‘shoestring’ budget by some standards.
The types of shows they’re putting on sound great, too: “an experimental twist on a classic, a resurrection of an obscure, centuries-old play or the first American presentation of a modern work by a foreign writer.”
It’s a good article, but it’s not all rosy. We’ll see, for example, if their speculation on whether the theater scene is saturated proves true. In any case, put me on your mailing lists, Catalyst, Rorschach and Theater Alliance, and keep up the good work!
Posted by Kevin Ashworth at November 17, 2005 09:17 PM
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Hey Kevin,
If you wanted to see what Rorschach was up to these days, check out the website www.rorschachtheatre.com We just opened “Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards” and it is stunning.
Hope all is well and thanks for the compliment on the blog!
Deb Sivigny, resident company member/costume designer
Posted by: Deb Sivigny at January 30, 2006 05:57 PM
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