1/8 Remember when I said I was retiring from the Pioneer Press? After 13 years, 600 or so reviews and a global pandemic, I mean it. I just filed my final review, a consideration of the touring company of “Hadestown.” It was a pretty good way to go out.
2/8 I am leaving on what I believe to be good terms and of my own accord, though the shrinking staffing, budget and news-hole for arts coverage was certainly a consideration.
3/8 I’m not leaving my day job in philanthropy, and I intend to keep teaching arts journalism at the University of Minnesota for as long as they’ll have me.
To say that these are challenging times for theater doesn’t quite get at it.
To say that these are challenging times for theater doesn’t quite get at it.
4/8 The business is being buffeted by economic and social forces. An ancient form that demands corporeal, in-person presence is contending with an increasingly digital world. Voices once believed to be sacrosanct are being reconsidered.
5/8 And yet, it’s a time of great opportunity with an abundance of new voices and new perspectives. I’m eager and excited about the future of theater, even as I harbor some concerns about theater’s continuing ability to be a welcoming place for all kinds of ideas.
6/8 I love the theater. It’s exposed me to more concepts, more cultures and more perspectives than any other activity of my life. Theater has changed and expanded my heart and my mind and my soul.
7/8 It’s made me a more compassionate person, a better spouse and parent, a citizen better able to both love and critique the place I call home. And I expect it will continue to do so, even without the platform I’ve been privileged to enjoy for a quarter-century.
8/8 I’ll never stop thinking about theater, and when opportunities arise to talk or write about it. I’ll take them as they come.
See you around.
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