AMERICAN THEATRE: TheatreWashington and Limelight Insights by Shugoll have released the findings of a recent online survey aimed at assessing D.C.-area theatregoers’ opinions and attitudes toward COVID-19 safety policies. The trend among the 2,755 responses from survey participants, representing theatregoers both pre-pandemic and since theatres began to reopen in the fall of 2021, is clear: Theatre attendance is down overall, and it is driven by continued concerns about COVID-19.
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Having lived in the DC metropolitan area during the COVID-19 pandemic, taught me a lot about the values of my community that surrounds the nation's capital. After the pandemic I went to see shows, not the same amount as I used to but a close second. I now realize that after the pandemic the audiences I sat in felt emptier and more concentrated of just the theatre community in the seats, rather than all types of communities filling the seats like normal. D.C. is a very vibrant and diverse area in the artistic community and so it’s interesting and alarming to see that the average number of shows ``attended dropped from 7.38 pre-Covid to 4.80” post-Covid. Reopening the theatres although it was a large occasion, it also fell short in communities around DC because theatre’s were still struggling, even though the demand to produce shows was still there. This demand from the public coupled with the strict COVID safety protocols all theatres had in the area, led to dissuade the public from coming to the theatre like they used to. I am hopeful that in the next couple of years these theatre’s will gain audiences again who fill houses.
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