Long Story Short(er): A Debate About LONG PLAYS

We get down to business about one of the most contentious issues
in modern American theater - play length and whether or not to
have an intermission. Audiences have VERY STRONG feelings about
this, and as producers of new plays we see these trends
firsthand. As much as we love a 90-min theater experience, are
our shrinking attention spans getting in the way of deeper,
richer storytelling? Have we lost our theater stamina? The debate
about whether to produce a play based on its length is very real,
and in this episode we offer an inside look at how producers
address this evolution in theater making.