Two theater companies in Washington, DC are making big changes in the way they raise and budget funds for their new play initiatives. 

In this article by The Washington Post, Theater J and Woolly Mammoth Theater Company outline their plan to buck the current industry standard: a panic-inducing production schedule, and budget for a more artist-friendly method.

What it all boils down to is the simplest of simple facts:

“Look, we’re an underfunded field,” Woolly Mammoth artistic director Howard Shalwitz says of the labor-intensive theater business. “That’s just a given, and it’s not going to change any time soon.”

What’s more, the two companies have set out to change how they produce. Sick of the assembly line strategy used by many small and mid-size companies, Theater J and Woolly Mammoth have rolled out programs designed to buy their artists some time and foster real relationships with them. 

Read more at washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance