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    STUDIA DRAMATICA - Issue no. 2 / 2015  
         
  Article:   WHO IS THE AUDIENCE? (AND WHAT IS THEATER?).

Authors:  MIHAI PEDESTRU.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  
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This review attempts to synthesize the many points of view concerning contemporary American theater and audience engagement collected and curated by playwright Caridad Svich into the online salon Audience (R)Evolution. The articles, coming from theater practitioners mostly from the independent side of the spectrum, try to shed light on the debates about dwindling theater attendance, particular audience engagement strategies and the ways American theater copes with the new generations of spectators.

Keywords: Audience engagement, theatre audiences, American theatre, virtual theatre.

References:

Applied Mechanics. “Activating Audience: Theater of Radical Inclusion”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
Christopherson, Jody. “Stages of the Lower East Side and Our Audience”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
D’Amour, Lisa, Katie Perl, Ashley Sparks. “MILTON: A performance and community engagement experiment”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
DeMers, Anna Sycamore. “Engaging students in immersive theatre”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
Goldfinger, Jacqueline. “Stop writing for zombies: Teaching students to create for contemporary audiences”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
Hillman, Melissa. “The Lies We Tell About Audience Engagement”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
Maxwell, Justin. “Making Eye-Contact with Millennials: the ephemeral and the visceral”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
Mee, Erin B. “Diverse Audiences for Smartphone Plays”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon, www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
Moore, Steve. “New Opportunities for Surprise”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
Ruby, Jay. “The Volt of Resistance”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
Svich, Caridad. “Please Please Please Let me Get What I Want (even if) You Can’t Always Get What You Want (or how the Smiths and the Rolling Stones can teach us a thing or two about theatre)”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.
Vega, Tiffany. “Hi-ARTS and audience sustainability”. Audience (R)Evolution Online Salon<.i>. www.tcgcircle.org, n.d. Web. 10 September 2015.

Published Online: 2015-10
 
         
     
         
         
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