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Institute of Outdoor Drama As of September 27, 1996
University of North Carolina
CB# 3240, NationsBank Plaza
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3240
Phone (919) 962-1328 FAX (919) 962-4212
1996 U.S. Drama Attendance (preliminary)
Average Number of Performances
Total Paid Nightly Paid Rainouts/
Drama Attendance | Attendance Comps Attendance | Scheduled Completed Remaining Cancellations
1[American Players Theatre 84,500 80,500 4,000 700 115 95 20 1
Spring Green, WI
2} American Stage in the Park 22,242 19,242 3,000 713 27 26 0 1
St. Petersburg, FL
3]Anasazi: The Ancient Ones 7,310 6,794 516 189 36 34 0 2
Farmington, NM
4|The Aracoma Story 6,466 5,300 1,166 200 28 26 0 2
Logan, WV
5}Austin Shakespeare Festival 1,827 1,827 0 200 16 7 8 1
Austin, TX
6|Black Hills Passion Play 62,868 59,820 3,048 750 80 78 0 2
Spearfish, SD
7|Blue Jacket 54,364 50,250 4,114 725 75 72 0 3
Xenia, OH
8|Cassidy: Mostly True Story of B. Cassidy 3,597 3,397 200 204 19 19 0 0
Vernal, UT
9/Christy, The Musical 13,894 13,096 798 285 80 46 30 4
Townsend, TN
10}City of Joseph 43,200 free free N.A. 8 8 0 0
Navoo, IL
11)The Colorado Shakespeare Festival 40,426 35,859 4567 612 66 65 0 1
Boulder, CO
12/Cross & Sword 9,494 7,559 1,935 148 56 51 0 5
St. Augustine, FL
This is preliminary data from 68 theatres. It is anticipated that approximately 85 theatres will report in for the final report to be ie pebbened i in
U.S. Outdoor Drama in mid-December.
Average Number of Performances
Total Paid Nightly Paid Rainouts/
Drama Attendance | Attendance Comps | Attendance | Scheduled Completed Remaining Cancellations
| '13]East Tennessee Shakespeare in the Park 2,508 2,094 261 179 14 14 0 0
Knoxville, TN
14/The Floyd Collins Story 2,000 1,900 100 100 22 19 0 3
Brownsville, KY
15]From This Day Forward 1,325 1,250 75 125 12 10 0 2
Valdese, NC
16|/The Great Passion Play 161,333 150,017 11,316 1,442 131 104 27 2
Eureka Springs, AR
17|Hatfields & McCoys/Honey in the Rock 23,358 21,731 1,627 368 59 57 0 2
Beckley, WV
18]Heart of America Shakespeare Festival 32,000 free free N.A. 18 18 0 0
Kansas City, MO
19/The Hill Cumorah Pageant 59,983 free free N.A. 7 7 0 0
Palmyra, NY
20} Hilo Shakespeare Festival 1,200 free free N.A. Q ao 0 0
Hilo, HI
21|Horn in the West 16,227 ? ? ? 50 48 0 2
Boone, NC
22|Idaho Shakespeare Festival 28,005 26,378 1,627 377 70 70 0 0
Boise, ID
23} Illinois Shakespeare Festival 11,883 10,576 1,307 265 40 40 0 0
Normal, IL
24\Jesus the Christ 121,000 free free N.A. 7 7 0 0
Tacoma, WA
25} Kentucky Shakespeare Festival 8,221 free free N.A. 29 23 0 7
Louisville, KY
26|Legend of Daniel Boone/Shadows 11,760 10,287 1,473 177 62 58 0 -
Harrodsburg, KY
This is preliminary data from 68 theatres. It is anticipated that approximately 85 theatres will report in for the final report to be published in
U.S. Outdoor Drama in mid-December.
Average Number of Performances
Total Paid Nightly Paid Rainouts/
Drama Attendance | Attendance Comps Attendance | Scheduled Completed Remaining Cancellations
27|Listen & Remember 1,053 896 157 150 8 7 0 1
Waxhaw, NC
28|The Living Word 12,689 12,117 572 319 40 38 2 0
Cambridge, OH
29|The Long Way Home 4,481 4,268 213 99 45 42 0 1
Radford, VA
30}Looney's Tavern: The Aftermath & Legacy 9,594 8,926 668 246 49 41 6 2
Double Springs, AL
31|The Lost Colony 65,615 60,910 4,705 967 68 63 0 5
Manteo, NC
32/The Man Who Ran 8,714 7,932 782 397 20 20 0 0
Disney, OK
33} Marin Shakespeare Festival 7,850 7,200 650 225 36 32 = 0
San Rafael, CA
34| Micajah 211 151 60 35 e 6 0 3
Autryville, NC
35|The Murder of Chief MacIntosh 764 681 83 45 15 11 4 0
Carrollton, GA
36| Nashville Shakespeare Festival 12,500 free free N.A 14 14 0 0
Nashville, TN
37|Ojai Shakespeare Festival 1,550 1,400 150 85 20 20 0 0
Ojai, CA
38)The Old Homestead 450 450 0 150 3 3 0 0
East Swanzey, NH
39] Oregon Fever! 4,021 3,720 301 252 17 16 0 1
Oregon City, OR
40|Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival 18,596 15,723 2,873 491 32 29 0 3
Orlando, FL
41/Pricketts Fort 1,279 1,179 100 160 8 8 0
Fairmont, VA
42|The Promise 26,820 21,761 5,059 1,089 44 20 2 24
Glen Rose, TX
This is preliminary data from 68 theatres. It is anticipated that approximately 85 theatres will report in for the final report to be published in
U.S. Outdoor Drama in mid-December.
Average Number of Performances
Total Paid Nightly Paid Rainouts/
Drama Attendance | Attendance Comps Attendance | Scheduled Completed Remaining Cancellations
43] The Ramona Pageant 22,191 13,759 3,432 3,126 6 6 0 0
Hemet, CA
44|Salado Legends 1,053 979 74 326 3 3 0 0
Salado, TX
45|San Francisco Shakespeare Festival 35,000 free free N.A. 29 23 6 0
San Francisco, CA
46|Shakespeare & Company 28,517 24,671 3,846 77 320 319 0 1
Lenox, MA
47|Shakespeare by-the-Book Festival 8,600 free free N.A. 12 12 0 0
Richmond, TX
48|Shakespeare in Delaware Park 49,500 free free N.A. 36 32 0 -
Buffalo, NY
49|Shakespeare Festival of Dallas 65,000 free free N.A. 36 34 0 2
Dallas, TX
50|The Shakespeare Theatre Free for All 40,000 free free. N.A. 14 13 0 1
Washington D.C.
51}Shakespeare Santa Cruz 24,070 2,275 26,345 349 69 69 0 0
Santa Cruz, CA
52|Southern Shakespeare Festival 20,000 free free N.A. 3 3 0 0
Tallahassee, FL
53}The Stephen Foster Story 49,353 44,516 4,837 518 86 86 0 8
Bardstown, KY 8 indoors
54|/The Sword of Peace/ Pathway to Freedom 8,931 7,653 1,278 207 42 37 0 5
Snow Camp, NC
55|Tecumseh! 74,252 71,776 2,476 970 74 74 0 0
Chillicothe, OH
56}"TEXAS"�?� 81,022 79,734 3,022 1,266 64 63 0 1
Canyon, TX
57|Theater at Lime Kiln 21,628 20,262 1 249 88 87 0 1
Lexington, VA
58}Trail of the Lonesome Pine 4,013 3,440 573 104 34 33 0 1
_|Big Stone Gap, VA
This is preliminary data from 68 theatres. It is anticipated that approximately 85 theatres will report in for the final report to be published in
U.S. Outdoor Drama in mid-December.
Average Number of Performances
Total Paid Nightly Paid Rainouts/
Drama Attendance | Attendance Comps Attendance | Scheduled Completed Remaining Cancellations
'59] Trumpet in the Land 20,158 ? ? ? 66 61 0 5
New Philadelphia, OH
60] Unto These Hills 83,663 78,997 4,666 1,295 62 61 0 1
Cherokee, NC
61}/UTAH! 88,551 77,551 3,000 842 100 90 8 2
St. George, UT
62|Utah Shakespearean Festival 47,055 44,058 2,997 700 63 63 0 0
Cedar City, UT
63/The Wataugans 1,666 1,416 250 177 9 8 0 1
Elizabethton, TN
64] Westerly Shakespeare in the Park 20,000 15,000 5,000 714 21 16 0 5
Westerly, RI
65]|Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum 9,033 8,236 797 192 43 43 0 BB
Topanga, CA
66/The Witness 10,650 8,947 1,703 309 37 29 8 0
Hot Springs, AR
67|Worthy is the Lamb 23,734 221,938 1,796 844 35 26 0 9
Swansboro, NC
68] Young Abe Lincoln 13,711 ? 2 ? 53 52 0 1
Lincoln City, IN
1996 Attendance Totals 1,858,529 1,380,399 123,596 24,734 2,967 2,724 125 132
(68 Companies Reporting)
This is preliminary data from 68 theatres. It is anticipated that approximately 85 theatres will report in for the final report to be published in
U.S. Outdoor Drama in mid-December.
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