CMU School of Drama


Thursday, November 07, 2013

Show Me The Money

American Theatre – November 2013: It's all there in the photo.

The family’s in black, and the funeral dinner has gone bonkers: Two women are covering their faces, two are being held gingerly for paltry comfort by men. Another woman stands upstage, solitary and indignant, appalled at whatever has just been said.

1 comment:

ZoeW said...

Some of the best art that I have seen has been done on very little to no budget. The ideas that people come up with when they have to create something with very little money usually result in more interesting things. Regardless of this you should be trying to figure out how to tell the story and then fit that idea into what ever budget you have. The most important thing is that the story be told everything else is extraneous.

I also like the idea that as a industry we can start to be more fiscally responsible. If we can do a show on a smaller more reasonable budget then why not do that? If a critic or the general public is going to like it just as much regardless of the amount of money that a theater puts into it then why should we be spending more money. Let's try to tell stories in creative ways not just boost about the amount of money we spent on them or the coolest effect that we can do.