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re: WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2018 SEASON
Posted by: schauspieler 06:03 pm EST 02/06/18
In reply to: WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2018 SEASON - Official_Press_Release 06:56 am EST 02/06/18

More and more, Williamstown is becoming a try-out venue for new plays. many of which eventually come to NYC. Great for people outside the city, but I for one miss the seasons filled with classics and revivals (admittedly some of which also transferred to New York) with a smattering of new plays, often with terrific casts in one-time-only productions.
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re: WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2018 SEASON
Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 01:54 pm EST 02/07/18
In reply to: re: WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2018 SEASON - schauspieler 06:03 pm EST 02/06/18

I totally get that. I worked at WTF one summer and of a season of 10 productions (I think), 6 were classics/revivals and the other four were new work, some of which transferred to New York after further rewrites and some not. It was a good mix.

I assume that they are moving more toward presenting new work as a fund-raising tool. There's probably some kind of profit participation for WTF in future productions of work they premiere or are involved in the early development of and that can be a steady source of income for the company if something they had a hand in becomes a hit.
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