A Dramaturgical Investigation: Recession or Reset?

Robert Reich argues that in terms of economic recovery, there's no going back to our old ways. Richard Florida suggests that a recession is the perfect time to reset current strategies. Paul Romer declared, "a crisis is a terrible this to waste." It's now clear that in order to survive, arts orgs will need to embrace new models of fundraising and art-making. Our question: in what ways might the North American theatre use the current economic crisis as an opportunity for a kind of "reset?"

Friday, May 22, 2009

The Imagination Economy

Courtesy of LMDA's own Danielle Mages Amato:

An article from Fortune on the Imagination economy.

An article from the Washington Post on cultural groups convening to discuss what to do about this whole economic mess. The depressing subtitle of the piece: "Cultural Groups Ask What to Mount Next. The Answer, Increasingly: Losses"

(Thanks, Danielle!)

A Dramaturgical Investigation: Recession or Reset?

Friday, May 22, 2009

The Imagination Economy

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