(click the link below to read Curt Columbus' full 2020 State of the Theater address. Here is its start.)
My dear friends. A state of the theater address.
A state of the theater address seemed… puny to me, when I first sat down to write it, in light of the STATE OF THE WORLD. We have had the most unimaginably difficult spring for many, many reasons beyond our control. And this address would have been so vastly different, it would have been about our box-office-record-breaking season, if we hadn’t shuttered the theater in March. It was a banner year, with lots of triumphs, long before we closed our doors. I started thinking about the plays we had done, The "Prince of Providence," a glorious and challenging "A Christmas Carol," "Fade," "Radio Golf," "A Tale of Two Cities." It was quite a list of great work, work that is uniquely Trinity Rep.
But upon reflection, I realized that this was what was making a “state of the theater address” seem puny. Celebrating our theatrical triumphs, at this particular moment of unsettlement, crisis, and fear was simply not enough. Looking back, even in celebration, at this particular moment in history, holds no information for us. And so, I’m going to invite you all to look forward with me. And I’m going to invite you all to HOPE. ... See more
The following address was delivered by the Arthur P. Solomon and Sally E. Lapides Artistic Director Curt Columbus on June 17 at the subscriber and donor 2020 State of the Theater Virtual Meeting. My dear friends. A state of the theater address. A state of the theater address seemed… puny to me, wh... ... See more
