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June 20, 2006
Below is a personal definition of exemplary theatre, originally posted January 5, 2005. Still true, though I might add “authenticity” and “connection” somewhere. I offer it again for contemplation while we await what’s next. There’s more coming to be sure; June, December happen to be quiet times among Portland stages.
Making Good, Or A Reflection on Outstanding Theatre
Outstanding theatre so effectively conveys the artists' intentions that it provokes audiences to feel, think, respond. It's a sum greater than its parts; an event that transfixes, transports, transforms. It’s as meaningful as entertaining, and eminently superior to its contemporaries in quality of craft, depth of thought, breadth of imagination.
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