Marya Sea Kaminski
In an increasingly monopolized economy with a rapidly decreasing middle class, where we wrestle daily with the complicated nightmarealities of war, disaster relief, global warming and fascist legislature - theater cannot be contained on Broadway or in our regional theater system or even in New York. No, the future of American theater exists in dark corners and on small stages across the country. The future of American theater is not paying anybody's rent.

Zachary R. Mannheimer
We hear all this talk from politicians of how the country is divided. And in many ways - some secret, some not so secret - we are pleased with this result. You stay over there, I'll stay over here, and we'll all get along. We are the gated communities of America. Why are we content with a country that sees us as nothing more than a novelty? Theater artists are vinyl records.

There are also some interviews with some of our theatrenet compatriots like Johnna Adams, Jason Grote, Garrett Eisler, Nick Fracaro, and the fine folks of Obscene Jester. Here's a tidbit from Garrett:

Where blogs can make a difference now, and will only become increasingly important, is in framing a new coverage of downtown and Off-Off theater. Take what Martin Denton has been able to do with nytheatre.com ... these are important achievements that may be off the radar of Times readers, but have made a big difference to downtown theater practitioners ... ask struggling theater artists and they'll tell you teh web has changed the conversation since ten years ago. Community building is now much more prevalent, successful, and desired.