Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board : Play Suggestions

Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board : Play Suggestions http://www.communitytheater.org/forum This is an XML content feed of; Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board : Play Suggestions : Last 10 Posts Copyright (c) 2006 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 05 May 2026 15:51:05 +0000 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:02:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 8.05 30 www.communitytheater.org/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp?FID=2 Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_images/CTGRlogo.gif http://www.communitytheater.org/forum Play Suggestions : Show title: Tuna Christmas http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5639&PID=29167#29167 Author: trcg
Subject: Show title: Tuna Christmas
Posted: 7/23/19 at 11:02pm

Has your group produced Tuna Christmas? How did it sell?

Thanks!

Renee

]]> Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:02:05 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5639&PID=29167#29167 Play Suggestions : Reviving a Sagging Theater Group http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29163#29163 Author: hobbyactor
Subject: Reviving a Sagging Theater Group
Posted: 6/06/18 at 2:43pm

We've had pretty good attendance this year and our season has been somewhat mixed. We started off with a mystery/comedy (Done to Death) and had mostly sell-outs. We did a pretty unknown show for Christmas (Christmas Cactus) and it also sold well. The December slot has historically done well. We did One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest in February and it was sold out most nights. Then Nunsense II, using a large cast. We scheduled a few extra performances and most sold out. Our current show is not selling as well -- Brighton Beach Memoirs. I think it is partly the time slot, but who knows!]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29163#29163 Play Suggestions : Reviving a Sagging Theater Group http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29162#29162 Author: jayzehr
Subject: Reviving a Sagging Theater Group
Posted: 5/03/18 at 12:24pm

If you don't count the people who come because they have some connection to the cast or crew, I'd say the average age of our audience is well over 50. But it seems like it's been that way for years.]]> Thu, 03 May 2018 12:24:32 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29162#29162 Play Suggestions : Reviving a Sagging Theater Group http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29161#29161 Author: jayzehr
Subject: Reviving a Sagging Theater Group
Posted: 5/03/18 at 11:05am

Yeah, I don't understand what the deal is with this site. I've been getting that "server error" message for years on the main page and thought the site was gone as did everyone else, I'm sure. But somebody still has to be paying for the domain, right? You have to wonder why at this point. If there's a community theater discussion elsewhere on the web I haven't found it. Not on Facebook or Reddit or anywhere else. ]]> Thu, 03 May 2018 11:05:13 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29161#29161 Play Suggestions : Reviving a Sagging Theater Group http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29160#29160 Author: edh915
Subject: Reviving a Sagging Theater Group
Posted: 5/03/18 at 12:11am

Thanks, by the way, for your thoughts. I was beginning to think I had been talking to myself.]]> Thu, 03 May 2018 00:11:15 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29160#29160 Play Suggestions : Reviving a Sagging Theater Group http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29159#29159 Author: edh915
Subject: Reviving a Sagging Theater Group
Posted: 5/03/18 at 12:09am

You may have a point about our audiences literally dying off. Entertainment comes in a wide variety of forms now. Who'd have ever thought that TV / Cable TV would ever be in danger of extinction? It's all "streaming" now. But how do you stream theater? Maybe we should try touting it as "something old is new again."
]]> Thu, 03 May 2018 00:09:52 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29159#29159 Play Suggestions : Reviving a Sagging Theater Group http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29158#29158 Author: edh915
Subject: Reviving a Sagging Theater Group
Posted: 5/03/18 at 12:06am

We're close to a major metropolitan area (specifically, Chicago) and many in the group are influenced by what they see being produced there. I tend to agree with you that TV sitcom stuff is more comfortable for our audiences to risk money on. They want entertainment - not a profound artistic experience (even though both are theoretically possible)]]> Thu, 03 May 2018 00:06:08 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29158#29158 Play Suggestions : Reviving a Sagging Theater Group http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29157#29157 Author: jayzehr
Subject: Reviving a Sagging Theater Group
Posted: 5/01/18 at 8:30am

I also wish there were still people here to bounce ideas off. We're down, too. I'm wondering if that's everywhere and maybe has something to do with the current climate of the country? Or maybe the audience is literally dying off? Maybe bad play selection on our part? Outside of children's theater. I"m thinking the safest bets now are big farces with no political or challenging content whatsoever. Fortunately, we have some cushion from the local Arts Council which gives us latitude as far as potential financial losses from more serious productions. ]]> Tue, 01 May 2018 08:30:38 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29157#29157 Play Suggestions : Reviving a Sagging Theater Group http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29156#29156 Author: jayzehr
Subject: Reviving a Sagging Theater Group
Posted: 4/30/18 at 8:44pm

What kind of community are you in? Unless it's a major city you're most likely not going to improve your numbers doing edgy, artistically challenging stuff. Maybe not even then. Our group had this argument for over 15 years and the numbers were irrefutable: People come to see Rumors and Steel Magnolias. They don't come to weird, new plays no matter how many people tell you that's what they want to see. YMMV.]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:44:06 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29156#29156 Play Suggestions : Reviving a Sagging Theater Group http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29155#29155 Author: edh915
Subject: Reviving a Sagging Theater Group
Posted: 4/25/18 at 4:19pm

No doubt about it. Our theater group has seen better days. Attendance has been falling off for the past five years. We're at 70% of where we used to be.

How do we turn things around?

We have two factions on our board right now. One faction wants to do safe, tried and true, audience friendly plays. The other faction is pushing for doing new, edgy, artistically challenging stuff.

We've tried sort of a mix of things for the last two years, but with no definitive results. We're in the dark and grasping at straws. --- Any ideas?]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:19:41 +0000 http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5636&PID=29155#29155