Our theater company used to make work that felt dangerous and necessary, but as we've become more established, we're unconsciously self-censoring and making choices based on what we think audiences expect from us. We're becoming successful at something we never intended to create.
More people experience this than they realize.
The seductive gravity of audience expectations slowly corrupts the radical impulse that originally animated collaborative creation.
“Where Are You with Fiction and storytelling — craft fundamentals?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.