A direction I would like to "unleash" in is audio theatre (the artform formally known as "radio drama.") There are many reasons:
- It makes Theatre Unleashed output available to anyone, anywhere and at anytime.
- It satisfies our mandate to explore multimedia.
- It can contribute to the synergy we already enjoy between our video output and live stage shows.
- It's got to be a heck of a lot cheaper than mounting stage productions.
I have much more research to do on this topic!
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Andrew and Pamela:
Our experience at controlling costs (read: flourishing, not merely surviving) for going on ten years at Hunterdon Radio Theatre, a tax exempt nonprofit audio theatre corporation in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, has been that "audio" theatre is a cost-effective means of mounting productions. Our big capital investment was a quality sound system mobile enough to allow us to perform beyond our studio space.
Also, aural storytelling requires less space which is well-suited to the intimacy of audio theatre.
Further, Web-streaming is a practical consideration which enables the performance to be heard by patrons not able to be in the space.
Other considerations aside - writing/directing/performing for the ear v. the eye, encouraging audiences to try audio theatre, etc. - aural storytelling ratchets down costs without sacrificing quality.
Best,
William E. Spear
Founder and President
Hunterdon Radio Theatre
www.hrtonline.org
Publisher and Producer
Lit Between the Ears - Celebrating the Power and People of Dramatic Audio
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