A Poor Player

Dunkirk NY - Upon arriving home from my Thanksgiving break yesterday, I checked in with my survey project I began at the beginning of the month. Using a Yahoo! Group composed of Fredonia Theatre grads, I asked 6 questions which tried to provide some sort of glimpse into how successful our graduates have been in “making a living” in the arts/entertainment theatre. One of my contentions about reforming theatre education is that we haven’t got enough data to really back up why reform is necessary. This is one small attempt in trying to get that data.

“Making a living” was defined as earning money. Income earned through teaching theatre was not included as being “in the business.” Out of a listed 320 members, 85 have so far responded to the survey, which is a 27% sampling of the group. I have prepared a small document which shows the responses and some observations about the results. If you’re interested, you can download and read it here. Responses would be welcome, but in order to comment, please remember you have to register on the site to do so (see the tab at the top of the page). -twl

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