Hear HEAR!! It’s the presumption that live theater is as important or as pressing as starving children in Africa (for example) that makes me disillusioned with my current profession. When theater matches itself to problems of a global scale, it becomes petty, self-indulgent and irrelevant.

That’s not to say that theater should distance itself from the problems of the world. There are ways to coexist with these issues and engage with the subject. But theater is an INDUSTRY. Maybe not-for-profit, but still an industry. Not a charity. I agree: find a viable business model and execute it. People are buying the experience of your plays.