99-Seats :: 40 Reasons

Thinking about reasons that the system exists and thrives...

1. Keep theatre alive
2. Services many actors
3. Create new works
4. Address community concerns
5. Promote excellence
6. Create community
7. Develop artistic relationships
8. Learn new techniques
9. Keep historic plays alive
10. Maintain cultural standards
11. Low-cost ticket option
12. Development of leadership skills
13. Efficiency of production
14. Low investment artistry/creativity
15. Personal exposure
16. Chance to gain skills
17. Promote cultural/ethnic ideas
18. Emotional release - audience
19. Proliferation of new Plays
20. New Formats/genres

1. Integration of new media
   
2. Substitute family
   
3. Raising the bar on ideas
   
4. Raising the bar on performance
   
5. Continuity of experience
   
6. Competition as prompt
   
7. Ground for cultural experimentation
   
8. Immediate reaction (late nite)
   
9. Pure Entertainment
   
10. Lowering the bar as provocation
    
11. Developing new directors
    
12. Experimenting with sound
    
13. Space for rehearsal
    
14. Development of companies
    
15. Early/Late careers
    
16. Develop confidence with repetition
    
17. Exercise in collaboration
    
18. Economic platform
    
19. City glue
    
20. Legitimize union presence