This year, American Ensemble Theater is continuing its policy of $10 tickets. How, we asked Martin Blank, AET’s Artistic Director,  can any company do that? And why?

With recession jitters and a volatile stock market, now may not be the ideal time to delve into low-cost theater and theater tickets. Then again it might. Every theater’s business model is different. I’m certainly concerned about the well-being of every company in the D.C. area. Still, theater has been around for thousands of years. The tide that goes out comes back. For theater companies and audiences, I hope the tide doesn’t go out too far. [Read more...]