Are there too many of us?
Tue, 29 Aug 2000, 04:38 pmWalter Plinge21 posts in thread
Are there too many of us?
Tue, 29 Aug 2000, 04:38 pmHi Thespians,
I have been pondering this quite alot lately. Could some of the problems which are plaguing some amateur/community theatre groups (eg: inadequate venues, low audience attendance, financial struggles) be occuring because there are too many of us?
Two or three groups could merge into one which would:
1. Increase the membership.
2. Increase the pool of skills, ideas, abilities etc.
3. Increase the audiences.
4. Allow the clubs to pool finances and resources towards upgrading or establishing a venue.
These new groups could be re-named to save any arguments and managed initially by a committee consisting of members of each group's current committee. Since many Community Theatre people are not necessarily involved with the club closest to them, I can't see location being a problem. People will travel almost anywhere to be involved in a show that interests them.
Why should three groups keep struggling when as one group they may thrive?
Does anyone agree?
Cheers,
Gill
I have been pondering this quite alot lately. Could some of the problems which are plaguing some amateur/community theatre groups (eg: inadequate venues, low audience attendance, financial struggles) be occuring because there are too many of us?
Two or three groups could merge into one which would:
1. Increase the membership.
2. Increase the pool of skills, ideas, abilities etc.
3. Increase the audiences.
4. Allow the clubs to pool finances and resources towards upgrading or establishing a venue.
These new groups could be re-named to save any arguments and managed initially by a committee consisting of members of each group's current committee. Since many Community Theatre people are not necessarily involved with the club closest to them, I can't see location being a problem. People will travel almost anywhere to be involved in a show that interests them.
Why should three groups keep struggling when as one group they may thrive?
Does anyone agree?
Cheers,
Gill
RE: Are there too many of us?
Thu, 31 Aug 2000, 01:52 pmWalter Plinge
I don't know that there are too many of us.
What I do know is that we ARE guilty of doing too much of the same thing ALL THE TIME!!!
You know, maybe if we actually gave our audiences a little bit of CHOICE and VARIETY in our repertoire, maybe we'd be able to capture them?
We get few enough 'interesting' productions a year as it is thank you very much...
Sorry, just happened to trigger one of my major bugbears.
Besides, I have to agree with Jarrad.
Fewer clubs = Fewer productions = Fewer roles for me!
Paul Treasure
(There Jarrad, never say that I don't back you up on stuff!)
What I do know is that we ARE guilty of doing too much of the same thing ALL THE TIME!!!
You know, maybe if we actually gave our audiences a little bit of CHOICE and VARIETY in our repertoire, maybe we'd be able to capture them?
We get few enough 'interesting' productions a year as it is thank you very much...
Sorry, just happened to trigger one of my major bugbears.
Besides, I have to agree with Jarrad.
Fewer clubs = Fewer productions = Fewer roles for me!
Paul Treasure
(There Jarrad, never say that I don't back you up on stuff!)
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