Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:29:19 -0400 From: Liz Evans <liz-AT-etherboy.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Discontent with Pof A? Charles, I would have to agree with Christopher and Jon on the Festival failure to open us up to the public. I can't speak to financial success, but there have been a couple festivals in my 14 years in puppetry that have tried to open their festival to the public. 1995 Bryn Mawr opened several shows to the public and 2005 Tri Regional in Ashville also had public shows. My thoughts are that the reluctance to open up shows and workshops to the public is a desire to be able to watch our peers without the fear that there will be screaming children and uneducated adults who think that they are in front of their TVs and that it is O.K. to talk during a performance. However, I think there are solutions to this fear. Having multiple performances of a percentage of shows that would be open to the public, while reserving private performances for puppeteers attending the festival. This would require setting up show ticket sales on line as well as getting Festival Web site and show information out to Libraries, Community Centers, and in local papers of the city that the Festival is going to take place in. As well as getting these Public shows up on Local internet event calendars, early. I would have to think that Workshops might be a slightly harder sell to the public audience, but there are things like the Teaching Artist Educational workshops would be an excellent program for the Philadelphia area, as we have several very active organizations that facilitate Arts in Education that could be partnered with to help make local artist aware of these workshops. Well, those are just my two cents. Liz K. Elizabeth Evans, President & Artistic Director Renaissance Artist Puppet Company http://www.RenArtPuppetCo.com 610-630-4259 Renaissance Artist Puppet Company's mission is to promote excellence in puppetry as a Theatrical art form and as an Educational tool by incorporating historical and cultural diversity along with quality performance techniques to tell our stories. _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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