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On this blog, they've tried to take a wide snapshot of the performing arts landscape at the moment. If you're interested in how the live performing arts might/will/can survive in the 21st century then these conversations -- with Michael Kaiser and here -- will be the seeds that make the garden grow. Something we can all implement right now -- calculate the real costs of work into the budget. You may not be able to pay those, and you may not have to (if your actors are volunteer or whatever), but everyone should know better what they are really worth so they can decide whether its worth it to them not to be paid or not to pay those real costs.
Alan M. Berks

Alan M. Berks is a Minneapolis-based writer whose plays have been seen in New York, Chicago, Phoenix, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and around the Twin Cities. He helped create Thirst Theater a while back. Now, he’s the co-founder of this here magazine. He’s also written Almost Exactly Like Us, How to Cheat, 3 Parts Dead, Goats, and more.