This information came across my desk this evening and I felt compelled to share. I don’t venture Off-Off Broadway as much as I would like, but I do feel I need to pay more attention to what’s happening in theatre outside of the Broadway realm. Here goes…<\/p>\n
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation<\/a> presents the findings of \u201cDemographic Study of Off-Off-Broadway Practitioners\u201d. The study, conducted during September 2007 through February 2009, recorded and analyzed the specific population characteristics of the artists working in New York\u2019s Off-Off-Broadway theatre sector.<\/p>\n Some of the highlights include: \u201cThese reports help to shed light on the Off-Off-Broadway community and the significant contributions it makes to New York City\u2019s cultural environment,\u201d says Shay Gines, Executive Director, New York Innovative Theatre Foundation. \u201cThe demographics report in particular looks at the individual artists that make up the community and shows them to be highly educated voters who are involved in civic and community activities.<\/p>\n It provides measured data to back up funding requests in this sector. It allows us to identify and leverage our strengths when negotiating for resources or advocating for the needs of this important arts community. It is proof that an investment in the Off-Off-Broadway community is an investment in NYC.\u201d<\/p>\n Ben Hodges, Editor in Chief, Theatre World publications comments, \u201cAs an archivist and a theatre historian, I understand the importance of this kind of study. It is immediately useful as well as historically significant. It simultaneously elucidates the value of the Off-Off-Broadway community while creating an historical record for posterity of Off-Off-Broadway.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This information came across my desk this evening and I felt compelled to share. I don’t venture Off-Off Broadway as much as I would like, but I do feel I need to pay more attention to what’s happening in theatre outside of the Broadway realm. Here goes… The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation presents the … Continue reading Some Interesting Off-Off Broadway Statistics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2456,1861],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-off-off-broadway","tag-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3139,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/3139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 85% of the OOB population holds a college degree. This is 58% higher than the national average.
\u2022 86% voted in the 2004 presidential election. This is 22% higher than the national average of 64%.
\u2022 68% of respondents are age 21-40
\u2022 53% of respondents are female
\u2022 Income level of Off-Off-Broadway artists is near the national average, and slightly below the NY state average
\u2022 91% of respondents live in New York City<\/p>\n