“I actually don’t think the system is broken. Just limited resources.”

What are we willing to sacrifice?

A little bit of fireworks there. “Not enough good plays for the Big Houses.” “Aesthetic absolutes.” “You either get what you want or not”

Good question from a good friend involved in development asking to identify a “sweet spot” for breaking down silos so that all the people in this room can better collaborate towards developing new work (ideally locally grown).

Good question leading to discussion of potential of collaboration across theaters of differing sizes. In other words, a pipeline. Duh.

Okay, now it’s become a pattern– unique to Seattle?– that crazy flowers are dominating Q&A because the smart folks are too smart to pipe up.

Things are looking up. A touch of crazy has blossomed in the room.

A good friend asks the question about the one-word play titles, i.e. WIT, PROOF, ART, sucking all the air out of the production space.

(And its true: my one one-word title play TUESDAY has had the most productions. Hmmm….)

Right now Q&A has bogged in a rather tedious, though I suppose necessary analysis of the survey methodologies.

“Everyone wants the same ten playwrights.”
— Anonymous Artistic Director