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Dec 13, 20213 min read
#8 - What’s the research have to say?
The choices involved in selecting plays to produce and putting together seasons are the very definition of complex decisions. They are...
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Sep 8, 20213 min read
#7 - Flight Plan Adjusted, the Moon’s in Sight!
At the start of the pandemic, we worried about the sustainability of performing arts organizations and our Moonshot case study companies...
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Jul 17, 20193 min read
#6 - Is Streaming Steamrolling Theatre?
Filmmakers interviewed by The New York Times last month contemplated a reckoning for film as a result of the rise of Netflix and its...
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Mar 21, 20193 min read
#5 - Revealing an Internal Calculus: The First Moonshot Roundtable
While Moonshot will focus on eight theatre case studies, one of our goals is to engage the broader theatre community in this topic. Here,...
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Feb 13, 20193 min read
#1 - Moonshot: What and Why?
Theatres across the country have struggled with eroding audiences for nearly four decades and with declining subscriptions for at least...
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Feb 13, 20192 min read
#2 - Moonshot Approach - Case Studies and Sampling
As we developed a scenario for Moonshot we consulted with two-dozen theatre makers and leaders in Chicago and with researchers and...
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Feb 13, 20193 min read
#3 - Eight Case Studies... in Chicago
Chicago is widely acknowledged as a premier theatre town. There are upwards of 250 non-profit companies producing here -- from large...
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Feb 12, 20192 min read
#4 - The Moonshot Pilot
Moonshot was launched in November, 2018, with the generous support of The Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development, a collaborative...
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Feb 12, 20191 min read
The Moonshot Research Team
Kristin Patton and Nick Rabkin both have backgrounds in theatre. Kristin literally grew up in a theatre. Her father was the first paid...
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