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Relax and enjoy the show.

November 20, 2020 by Hannah Grannemann 2 Comments

Post by Hannah Grannemann, Guest EditorPart of the series: Audiences During the Pandemic I’ve developed a routine of watching theater online during the pandemic: comfy clothes, a specific spot on my couch to tuck into, and a glass of wine. I can really only do this when it’s my husband’s turn to put our four-year-old to bed. Surprise: the four-year-old does not always go quietly into … [Read more...]

Holidays are canceled?

September 22, 2020 by Hannah Grannemann Leave a Comment

Post by Hannah Grannemann, Guest EditorPart of the series: Audiences During the Pandemic Going to a holiday show is a secular ritual undertaken by thousands of Americans each year. Add holiday shows to the long list of lost engagement in the arts during this pandemic. From an audience perspective, is the holiday experience different than the rest of the season? What is lost when audiences miss … [Read more...]

Appreciations of reopening

September 8, 2020 by Hannah Grannemann 2 Comments

Post by Hannah Grannemann, Guest EditorPart of the series Audiences During the Pandemic Celebrations and stories about experiencing reopening of arts organizations are being shared, and they are joyous and poignant. Here are four of my favorites:  First, the image of this man unabashedly rejoicing as he enters The Metropolitan Museum of Art needs no further commentary.  Second, … [Read more...]

Is there anybody out there? Yes.

September 1, 2020 by Hannah Grannemann 5 Comments

Post by Hannah Grannemann, Guest EditorPart of the Series Audiences During the Pandemic No one had any idea if people would tune in to all this arts content when the digital floodgates opened in March. What do we know now? We know that engagement with arts content online has skyrocketed, with scores more people watching online than usually attend in person: 7.9 million people had watched … [Read more...]

Finally: Arts Organizations Have Some Fun

August 27, 2020 by Hannah Grannemann 3 Comments

Post by Hannah Grannemann, Guest EditorPart of the Series Audiences During the Pandemic Arts organizations weren’t sure whether audiences would want to watch online content when everything stopped this spring. If they did, what would they want to watch? Plenty of arts organizations sent surveys, but what could audiences really tell us? They only knew what they had experienced before – … [Read more...]

New Series: Audiences During the Pandemic

August 26, 2020 by Hannah Grannemann 10 Comments

Post by Guest Editor, Hannah Grannemann When the pandemic first hit and performances stopped and museums closed in mid-March, I watched.  In 2017, after 17 years working in the arts, mostly in nonprofit theatre, I joined the University of North Carolina Greensboro faculty as an Assistant Professor of Arts Administration and Director of the Arts Administration Program. Just prior to … [Read more...]

Lynne Conner

Lynne is a theatre and dance historian, a playwright and director, a community-based arts activist, a college professor and a cultural theorist with an emphasis on audience studies. She realizes that this list of professional activities appears unconventionally broad, but from her perspective they all share a common root: the belief that participation in the arts (as audience members and as practitioners) is the best way to make sense of the world. And making sense of the world is, well, what we humans do. [Read More]

About We The Audience

In twenty-first-century America, should the audience get to say what a work of art means, or why it holds value? Do audiences who have access to the public construction of meaning experience the arts … [Read More...]

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  • Hannah Grannemann on Relax and enjoy the show.: “John, you are so right – these are great benefits of enjoying from home! Both of your observations also support…” Dec 1, 10:14
  • John Cahill on Relax and enjoy the show.: “Another, non-trivial benefit is that on-line viewers don’t need to commute or brave a raging thunder/snow storm. I watched a…” Dec 1, 10:09
  • Hannah Grannemann on New Series: Audiences During the Pandemic: “Thanks for reading, Jacques! I’m glad this interests you. There’s an RSS feed option, and I’ll be sharing new posts…” Sep 8, 09:14
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  • Relax and enjoy the show.
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  • Is there anybody out there? Yes.
  • Finally: Arts Organizations Have Some Fun

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