Chapter 2 Summary

Place of Performace:

Every person who wants to open a theatre must consider the place of performance. Where will a theatre do well? There must be a building for remodel, or a plot of land to develop. there must be an audience potential. not many people will go to a theatre out in the middle of no where. it's shown that metropolitan areas provide higher amounts of traffic to a theatre. People must have accessibility to transportation. If there is already a large, successful theatre in the area, it might not be a good idea to open a smaller theatre there, unless the theatre would be offering something completely different than the first theatre. The media must cooperate with the theatre so that appropriate advertisement for the theatre is possible. other factors such as the economy, weather, and the populations attitude will affect the success of a theatre. When buying a building or building a new theatre, there must be designers and architects to make the space beautiful and functional. Another major factor for builders to consider is the acoustics. People won't come to see a show if they can't hear. A budget must be kept, and watched closely when building a new theatre. The size and seating capacity of the theatre will be dependent upon the size of the local population, and the locality of another theatre. A team of designers and board members are important to keep the theatre renovation or construction project on track.