This is such an accomplishment!! I know that readings of
new plays are fun-- I've been doing them, as audience, actor,
director or writer, since college. At Playwrights Platform,
we can get wonderful experienced actors to be in the readings--
but sometimes I hesitate to ask them, because in spite of
free admission the audience can be as small as 20 people,
and is seldom more than 40. Not enough laughers to be a fair
test of the jokes!
And as for full productions-- Your success is so heartening!
It's axiomatic around here that the way for a small theatre
to commit suicide is to schedule a premiere. Nobody comes
unless the reviews come out raves, and by then it's too late
to meet expenses even if the rest of the run sells out. (07/24/99)
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