At the end of the day, we need that audience more than they need us. Without us, they will continue to run their businesses and serve their civic duties.

Without an audience, our performance art becomes art. Art done alone in a studio or home. And that is not our medium. Our form requires viewers and artists spend a great deal of time, effort and money attempting to ensure that those people will exist. That they will show up. They make our art come alive.

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