An Open Letter from Michael Dove, Artistic Director of Forum Theatre
Many of you attended a performance of How Theater Failed America at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company this month, and many of you participated in one or more of the provocative post-show panel
discussions. These lively and spirited dialogues covered a lot of ground, from the state of Washington theatre to the health of the arts as a whole.
For many of us, the discussions have continued well after the evening you spent with Mike Daisey. Many of you have voiced your thoughts Forum Theatre’s Blog, or the bar after the show, or in the lobby of Woolly.
We’re hosting an informal, in-person gathering to continue the conversation about the place of theatre in American society, its relevance as an art form in the 21st century, and the ways in which theatre-makers and theatre-goers might innovate the broken(?) system.
Please join us on Monday January 26th at 7 p.m. in the Woolly Mammoth lobby. “Why Theatre?” will be an OpenForum event moderated by Forum Theatre’s Artistic Director Michael Dove and OpenForum curator Patrick Bussink.
Forum Theatre presents an OpenForum:
“Why Theatre?”
A discussion about the relevance of the art form and its place in society
Hosted by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Monday, January 26th at 7 pm
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
641 D Street NW
Washington, DC
This event will be free to the public
Thanks to every one who came out last night—Hopefully, we can continue to have these conversations and we’ll be sure to let you know when and where they’ll be! The discussion continues over on the blog, so feel free to join in—www.forumtheatreblog.com
Also, thanks to Woolly for hosting us and for facilitating this debate over the past few weeks.