Shifting Strategies: Addressing Challenges in Audience Engagement and Income

The American theater is confronting a complex set of challenges, with shifting societal expectations and changes in audience behavior. The Public Theater is addressing many of these challenges head on. Join Patrick Willingham and Ciara Murphy, Executive Director and Director of Strategic Research and Planning of the Public Theater, in a conversation about contributed and other forms of income and strategies for audience engagement across a broad swath of communities. Heidi Thompson-Saunders, Managing Director of Court Theatre and Treasurer of the board of the League of Chicago Theatres, will facilitate the conversation.

This event is free, but reservations are requested.