The Real 3D. THEATRE!

Theatre is floundering. The populace has too many other options and is not taking the (very expensive) journey to witness something live and in 3-D. The cost is great, the parking is a problem, and food?  Ach!

Theatre is ethereal and mercurial. It is airy and passing. It teaches us and is gone. A ghost of a project.  Working in theatre goes the same way. Fleeting.

We do it all and the show ends.  We are at a loss. We've dedicated so much time; we've done the best work ever and it fades. We look to move on. We look to some new bit that will entertain and educate.

Gordon Davidson recently did an interview where he said theatre artists will not be able to make a living...soon. That may be now.  

Yet, theatre keeps on living. A friend of mine recently posted a blog about 99 seat waiver houses and how our actor's union allows union actors to work in those vastly underpaid and un-union like places.  The history of the 99 seat theatre plan is that the actors themselves asked for the venues to be created.  They wanted to show off their art to t.v. and film corps. The union relented. The union is actor driven.  And now, many actors complain about the plan that allows them to do more than just audition. The purpose of the 99 seat plan has been lost. The goal was for these emerging companies to build an audience and move up to real paying jobs for actors and for working houses. The result has been that some small theatre companies have created an industry out of using professional actors, building audiences with no intent to grow. They've created an industry using and abusing the actors.  (Give 'em an inch..)

This is a travesty that only actors can resolve.

We can't lose live stage plays. We can't. We can't lose actor driven performances live on stage and audience participation. We can't. 

We won't. I believe we will always come back to the real. I believe there is a NEED.

There is nothing like seeing it live... on stage... in the flesh and in real 3D.

xo.