The next great crisis, according to Mike Daisey

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Mike Daisey, whose monologue, "How Theater Failed America" caused a stir at last year's National Performing Arts Convention has called the failing of the nation's newspapers "the next great crisis of the American regional theater." John Moore, of the Denver Post, interviews Daisey in Mike Daisey calls America's theater establishment on the carpet. Thanks to Gary Peterson for this tip.
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Leah Cooper

Leah Cooper is a freelance stage director, nonprofit administration consultant, co-founder of this here Web site, co-artistic director of Wonderlust Productions, and the Executive Director of the Minnesota Theater Alliance. She is also on the board of directors for Live Action Set and the California Institute of Contemporary Arts. From 2001 to 2006, she led the Minnesota Fringe Festival to annual attendance increases and financial stability. Up next, she is directing Shooting Star at Park Square Theatre and writing a play for Wonderlust's Adoption Play Project.