Alli Houseworth, former marketing and communications director at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company:
Now is not a time for us to lay down and take this, to pretend “oh, it’s just theatre,” to coddle an artist because he brings in big box office bucks and “sparks dialogues.” It is absolutely crucial that we remain relevant in the world as art-makers. And art doesn’t always have to mean untruth. And if we are going to put this on our stages for our audiences then we need to trust the artist who creates the work in the first place. Until then, don’t do it. Do not produce his work until you get an apology.
I love that Houseworth calls Daisey out on using the art of theater as an excuse for his lies. Especially when Daisey demanded “This is a work of non-fiction” be printed on the playbills of his monologue, such as this one.
(via: The Loop)