backstage.com: After more than two decades dedicated to developing the theater community and its audiences in Philadelphia, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia declares, "Mission accomplished." The alliance has announced its plans to discontinue operations at the end of its fiscal year on June 30.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Philadelphia's Theatre Alliance Takes a Final Bow
backstage.com: After more than two decades dedicated to developing the theater community and its audiences in Philadelphia, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia declares, "Mission accomplished." The alliance has announced its plans to discontinue operations at the end of its fiscal year on June 30.
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I for one think this is a positive move. Organizations like the Theatre Alliance were formed to solve a problem, and their disbanding and handing off responsibilities to other theatres means that a lot of the problem has been solved. As cited in the article, the philadelphia theatre scene is way better than it used to be, and a lot of it is thanks to the work of the Theatre Alliance. This should be the eventual goal of many of the outreach programs that exist here in the US-in theory, the exist to solve a problem, and when it is solved, they should cease to be necessary and be able to transition into a different sort of existence, sort of like what's happening here: they put good programs into place, and now those programs will be taken on by others so that they don't die. It's about maintaining now instead of directly growing, and the Philadelphia theatre scene seems to be in the right track.
For an organization to accomplish it's mission, and to realize that it has accomplished it's mission is quite an accomplishment. I think that many times we forget that organizations have mission statements, and are attempting to reach a goal, and make their own organization obsolete (but in a good way). It seems like the Theater Alliance has worked hard over the past 20 years to achieve their goals, and they have been very successful. To realize that success, and realize they are no longer necessary, while somewhat bittersweet, is a great triumph for them as an organization, and for Philadelphia's Theater Scene as a whole. Congrats to Theater Alliance in their success, and as everyone involved moves on to other work in the theater world.
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