Just a thought...

EMAILNOTICES>noAlex Said;> So why do people on this site constantly refer to professional> theatre, as distinct from any other?Because of ingrained habit is my guess. It's been an unspoken "rule" for a long long time that Paid Thespians grab all the attention will the unpaids are simply unworthy. Well, that's the feeling I get anyway.Grant Said;>Pro and am are not two sides of the same coin rather they are arbitrary points>on a continuum of performance standards and conditions.More like a square I think. Top Left - UnPaid performers - Bottom Right - Paid Performers -|- Bottom Left - Poor Quality Shows - Top Right - Top Quality Shows. I made a quick image to describe this which I've sent to Grant. Hopefully he'll put this up for me. Please indulge me here. It was a great oppertunity to play around with Photoshop.Joe said;>I have been trying for years to develop a word that will take over from>Pro & Am.My old argument returns - Do we even need a new name? We have one already. All we need do is drop the descriptive term at its front and we're left with theatre. We do Theatre. Whether it is good or bad, whether we are paid or not, we do theatre, and that's all that should matter.Jeff "Theatre for Theatres Sake" Watkins