EXTRA CRITICUM

My friend Susan Tunis

Visitors to this site know that one of my standing obsessions is audience development. I'm convinced not enough mental energy is being devoted to the question of what makes someone hungry for theatre of any kind. I remember when I attended plays in Lithuania, I was struck by how young the audiences were compared with my experience here in the U.S.

I thought it might be interesting to profile some of my favorite audience members, highlighting certain traits I admire or get a kick out of. I'll start with an old pal of mine named Susan Tunis.

Susan is on my mind because she recently visited New York for a conference. Professionally, she is one of Amazon's top book reviewers. Her blog, In One Eye and Out the Other is a go-to destination for bibliophiles. But I digress.

Agency

I saw someone wearing this t-shirt the other day ---

--- and it reminded me of the last time I saw this shirt. It was a long time ago when I freelanced at a place  … let’s call it … The Complex. While I was there I worked on ... oh, let's call it ... The Product. The Product was taken away from “my” department and handed over to another department that day years ago when I saw a woman wearing the t-shirt. The shirt then reminded me of something I wrote in a commercial screenplay.