File puptcrit/puptcrit.0807, message 156


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.
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