If I Were A Patron...

Ah, summertime, and the living is easy...

It's the beginning of June, and this year it means that we've announced our new season schedule. I hope that many of you have already received our season brochure in the post, and if you haven't hopefully it's on the way to you. Everyone can stop by the Modlin Center and pick up a brochure, look through it, and then purchase a season subscription on any normal business day [though the box office is only open in the afternoons, our computers work all day!].

This is also the time when i look forward to the next year with both joy and, well, not joy. The joy in this time is that i can start to look ahead to all the killer shows that i get to work on in the upcoming school year. The 'not joy' part is that i already know which nights i'm working during the upcoming school year, and there's plenty of them...

There is one thing that makes up for all the hard work, though: i get to see every show for free! You might argue that i pay for my performances in blood, sweat, and tears, but i don't really bleed that much. Of course, the pay here isn't a laughing matter, either, but getting to see these shows for [relatively] nothing is a great draw.

But what if i wasn't able to stay and see the shows anymore? What if i had to buy a subscription like everyone else?

Well, i'd pony up, that's what i'd do. And here's what i'd come to see in the 2008-2009 season:

Everything.

I don't know how i'd afford it, but really, i can't narrow this list down to just a few performances. I just can't. I guess the only difference between being a patron and being an employee is that i actually have to work here.