Fun Facts About You, Our Wonderful Audience!
Posted: 03/06/23
Story by Erika Peepo
When you come to a Wisconsin Union Theater performance, you likely learn something about the performer on stage. But what do you know about the people sitting around you in the audience? After distributing a series of surveys this fall, we wanted to share some of the interesting things we learned!
- We asked on Instagram what type of musical ensemble people were (or still are) a part of, and the majority of respondents were orchestra members!
- We asked if our audience prefers Shannon Hall or the Play Circle Theater. Most people voted for Shannon Hall!
- When asked where they prefer to sit in Shannon Hall, most people are in favor of the orchestra section.
- At an average show, our audience is made up of 22% students and 78% community members.
- How many performances do you think the average audience member attends? Turns out it is three to five times per year!
- Forty-seven percent of our audience purchases their tickets online, but some people still prefer to stop by our box office in Memorial Union or to give us a call at 608-265-ARTS (2787).
- Our audience loves a wide variety of genres with jazz being the most popular!
- People of all ages are represented in our audience with the highest number of people being between the ages of 24 and 34.
