Future of the Arts

All That Is Solid Melts Into Information

Eleven propositions to the question: What is contemporary about craft?

"Our primary barrier is what I have been saying since I started this job at OSF, and had actually been saying it at the Denver Center too: This industry has relied so heavily on one generation of theatregoer. And that generation has been great to us; they have come to see our shows, they have given us their resources, they have put us in their

American Theatre • Oregon Shakes Restructures, Scales Back With Eye to Future

Jessica Ryan

Oregon Shakes Restructures, Scales Back With Eye to Future

American Theatre americantheatre.org

Jessica Ryan

The Pandemic Has STILL Shifted the Types of Cultural Entities People Prefer to Visit

Colleen Dilenschneider colleendilen.com

Jessica Ryan

The Media Majlis

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KKatie Geminder

keeping this one one the radar.

We the Fans: How Our Powers Can Change the World - Pop Culture Collaborative

Deanna Zandt popcollab.org

Jessica Ryan

The job for any studio is to create a great story and exploit it across as many channels as possible—theme parks, merchandise, games, movies, TV, TikTok, etc.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-09-23/netflix-youtube-and-tubi-are-reasons-for-optimism-in-hollywood?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=W6GJF3MS

Jessica Ryan

The cast is a group of women and nonbinary people originating at ART, a very specific institution that has a recent, problematic history with how they approach representation for nonbinary people. What did ART learn or not learn from past experiences?

Vulture • 1776’s Sara Porkalob Has Some Notes

Jessica Ryan