The Lincoln Community Playhouse is having a rough time these days. There are leadership issues and attendance In These Economic Times™ isn't as good as would be hoped.
I know very little about the Playhouse's current condition. My conceptions of the Playhouse come almost entirely from the many shows I saw there as a youth. I want it to succeed not only because it's a valuable community asset, but also because its failure would mean losing a connection with my past. I haven't been to an event at the Playhouse in many years.
Come to think of it, I don't know anybody who has recently been to an event at the Playhouse. The question is, why? A part of it surely must be visibility. Way back when I went to shows in large part because Playhouse actors made regular appearances at my elementary school. Talk about great advertising! I don't know if they still do that; if they don't, they should. Regardless, although that may help with the youth shows it does nothing for the majority of the population that doesn't have kids in elementary school. How is the Playhouse trying to reach out to me? Advertising in the newspaper? That's not enough. Maybe there's more to their efforts but I haven't seen it. Perhaps I'm just not in their target demographic.
I'll ask you, Lincolnites: Have you been to a show at the Playhouse recently? Are you aware of the Playhouse and its upcoming shows? How visible is the Playhouse to you? What would it take to make it more visible, and thus more likely that you (or people like you) would go to a show?
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I won tickets a month ago and went to a show because of that. I was blown away by the quality of the production. It really rocked!
But it was half-full on a Friday or Saturday night…I know money is tight, but regardless of leadership issues (or what have you) the actors put their hearts into it and it showed on stage.
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