In an effort to attract new audiences, a large group of America’s not-for-profit theaters are organizing a Free Night of Theater clustered around October 18th, 2007 in various locations nationwide:

In 2007 the Free Night program will be presented in Atlanta, Austin, Boise, Cincinnati, Cleveland, the state of Connecticut, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Lexington, Los Angeles, the state of New Jersey, the state of North Carolina, Oregon (in Ashland and Eugene), Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle/Greater Puget Sound, South Carolina, Charleston, several states represented by Southeastern Theatre Conference, Washington D.C. and the state of Wisconsin.

Despite the somewhat confusing wording, it’s not necessarily confined to 10/18, but depending on the area may include multiple plays from different groups. For example, last year in the San Francisco Bay Area ...