Hillary Hart discusses the future of TUTS on The Legacy Lounge

Aug 18, 2026

Hillary Hart, Executive Director of Theatre Under The Stars, joins Deborah Stavis in this latest episode of Legacy Lounge.

TUTS earns about seventy percent of its revenue at the box office. Most nonprofit regional theatres in America do the reverse. Hart explains why that inversion is a structural vulnerability rather than a strength, what it means to operate in a “conflicted market,” and why she talks about resilience instead of sustainability.