The value of theatre? Wow!

Ok. That was impressive: Theatreforté’s “What is the value of theatre” discussion-prompt snowballed into a theatrosphere-wide tsunami (apologies for the mixed metaphor) – and at last count there were 32 blogs that tackled the topic yesterday, and countless conversations falling from those posts. All of this adding up to an embarrassment of insight.

Here at Theatre is Territory, we’ve been trying to put together a comprehensive list of quotes – for posterity, but also to try to look for unifying theories in all of this.

For your reading pleasure, here is a list of the “value” articles we know of so far:

• Some thoughts on the value of theater
  – Mike Daisey
• Thought attacks! Speaking about the value of theatre
  – Nick Keenan

• Today we blog about value
  – Matt Slaybaugh
• How is theatre valuable
  

– Simon Ogden

• The value of theater
  – Don Hall

• The value of theatre: Us versus Us
  – Joe Janes
• The theatre, the theatre, what’s happened to the theatre?
  –Elizabeth Hope Morgan
  
  
• metaDRAMA: Is it possible to express the value of theater?
  – Aaron Riccio
  
  
• Theatre’s value in three words
  – Scott Walters

• The value of theatre
  – Matt Freeman
  
• The heart of failure and promise
  – Nick Fracaro
• The value of theatre
  – Devilvet
• On value
  – Jay Raskolnikov
• What is the “value” of theatre
  – Steve Loucks
• A value of theatre
  – Isaac Butler
• The value of theatre
  – GreyZelda
• Redefining the value of theatre
  – Adam Thurman
  
  
• Once again breaking the silence
  – Paul Rekk
• What is theatre good for
  – Theatre is Territory

UPDATE I

• I can haz value
  – Travis Bedard
• The value of theatre
  – Dennis Frymire

UPDATE II

• Your Friday question: Something new
  – Dan Granata
• Will the internet and technology kill the theatre?
  – Ken Davenport
• What is the value of the theat-uh? Discuss
  – Karen D’Douza
• Why does theatre matter anyway?
  – Christopher Moore
  
  
• Why theatre
  – Mtorta

UPDATE III

• The value of theatre
  – Esther
• The value of theatre
  – Sarah B
• Untitled post on the value of theatre
  – Heather Parish

UPDATE IV

• The value of theatre, a videoblog
  – Dorothy Lemoult

UPDATE V

• The value of theatre . . .
  – George Hunka
• I finished
  – Kyle Wilson

UPDATE VI

• Noises off: The value of theatre
  – Chris Wilkinson

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If we’ve missed any, please drop us a note to let us know, and we’ll add it to the list.