I love risk. I go to the theater to be challenged intellectually. I don’t however find shocking to be particularly challenging. In fact I find it sometimes obscures the artists point and can be self indulgent. Sometimes nudity for instance is necessary and helpful to a plot in a play, as can profanity. It would be hard to imagine seeing Belly of the Beast, like I did at Kitchen Dog Theater without profanity. Mostly, I’d say that ideas are what theater is about, and if they are presented in a novel and creative way, I’m ‘entertained’.

That said, this is likely to be a challenge for any company, that after all has to be profitable. Sadly I think staying safe is probably a more likely way to stay profitable.