Tuesday, January 28, 2025
National Endowment for the Arts reports on the state of nonprofit theaters nationwide
www.broadwaynews.com: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released findings on the key challenges faced by and new ways of working within the U.S. nonprofit theater sector. Major themes outlined in the report “Defying Gravity: Conversations with Leaders from Nonprofit Theater” include financial, workforce and communications challenges, as well as strategies for investing in future sustainability and audience engagement.
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I think the state of theatre in America is at a real transition point. We are exiting a time where we had to stop creating. This has its effects: the ones who have been operating on burnout have the time to realize how tired they were and a reflection of how they have spent their time. We all were forced to find new ways to fill our time and with what? Theatre has not died; but it is going in a direction of becoming a classical experience. I think the main issue behind that is the lack of financial backing provided. How we get our money is not guaranteed to be a set amount each year. Also art is hard to gauge and putting a dollar amount on a project limits the artistic capabilities of the design team. So now theatres and other organizations are left with the issue of how do I push theatre forward to draw new audiences in and keep them coming back without putting us out of business? The cost of tickets is not getting better because of the increased costs in materials, shipping, labor, tools and energy. Theatres are struggling to produce shows that compare to other forms of entertainment because the budget is not sufficient to compete with the other forms of entertainment.
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