How to Start Your Own Theater Company
How to Start Your Own Theater Company

Author: Reginald Nelson

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1556528132

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With advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theater director, this pragmatic, authoritative guide imparts backstage know-how for wouldbe playhouse practitioners on everything from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and navigating legal issues. Chronicling three seasons at Chicago's award-winning Congo Square Theatre, this journey behind the curtain reveals the nitty-gritty details--such as managing rent, parking, and safety issues; determining tax status and calculating budgets; and finding flexible day jobs--that are often overlooked amid the zeal of artistic pursuit. Inspired by Congo Square's own unique inception, the valuable how-to also speaks directly to the many underserved audiences who want to create their own companies, including African American, Asian American, Latino, physically challenged, and GLBT communities. With lists of Equity offices, legal advisers, and important organizations, this complete resource is sure to help ambitious theater lovers establish and maintain their own successful companies.

How to Run a Theatre
How to Run a Theatre

Author: Jim Volz

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-06-06

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1408155060

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"All of us in the arts field are hungry to improve our skills in arts management. The grim tenor of the times makes this witty and fun guide even more valuable to us all!" Ben Cameron, Former Executive Director, Theater Communications Group "Dr. Jim Volz knows how to organize, how to manage, how to motivate, how to assign priorities. In short, he knows how to get the job done." Abe J. Bassett, Former Dean, Indiana University/Purdue University Jim Volz is one of America's leading theatre consultants with over three decades of work with theatre, dance, music, museum and arts center management. Now, Jim Volz brings his expertise to anyone who works in arts management, from novices to middle managers to executive directors. How to Run a Theater is a unique, dynamic, and savvy guide to building an arts institution that works. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, here is practical advice on a variety of management skills: Financial Management; Personnel Management; Fundraising Development; Board of Trustees Communications; and Marketing & Audience Development. This new edition is thoroughly updated and revised and now includes a Board of Trustee Contract, new budget exercise with ticket income formulae and the use of social networking for marketing and fundraising.

How to Run a Small Box Office
How to Run a Small Box Office

Author: Kirsten Beck

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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This is the first in an OOBA monograph series providing practical assistance for Off Off Broadway (008) theatres. This booklet gives basic procedures for operating an Off Off Broadway box office serving a general admission theatre with 100 seats or less. Small music, dance, multi-media performance groups and community arts organizations will also find the information given here helpful. Topics covered include: tickets, physical set-up, reservations, sales and box office closing. While the main purpose of any box office is to distribute tickets, it must also serve as a control-to make possible an accurate accounting system for tickets purchased and money received. In addition, the box office is a potent public relations tool for any theatre; it is often the only place where the audience meets a personal representative of the theatre. If your box office is well run, you can quickly answer these questions: 1. Why is there so little cash to deposit when the reservation book indicated the house was nearly sold out last night? 2. How much money did we take in last night? Last week? During the last production? Last season? 3. What percentage of this season's ticket sales was full price? How does that compare to last season's figures? 4. What percentage of the audience buys tickets with Theatre Development Fund (TDF) Vouchers (see footnote p. 38)? Does that have mailing list implications? 5. Are we fulfilling City and State regulations? 6. Do we have accurate records, for an auditor, funding source, or legal authority that demonstrate the existence of adequate procedures and controls?

Open Book Theater Management
Open Book Theater Management

Author: Rafe Beckley

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2014-09-26

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1782795529

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In the world of Fringe (or Off-Off Broadway) theatre, a strong debate has been raging for years - when you're producing a low/no-budget production, how on earth can you make it happen and still treat everyone involved in an open, honest and ethical manner? Where do you stand with profit-share productions when you can't afford to pay Union minimums? Open Book Theatre Management, along with its free online resources of instructional budget spreadsheets, is the first book ever to show you exactly how to mount a theatre production without losing either your integrity or your shirt. It is aimed at actors, directors and producers in the early stages of their careers; drama schools; and further and higher education establishments. The methodologies outlined in the book are transferable across all countries in which arts funding is difficult to secure. The time for going to the Establishment with the begging bowl is over. There need be no more excuses. The author will even show you how to start your own theatre company for only a tenner…

Running Theaters, Second Edition
Running Theaters, Second Edition

Author: Duncan M. Webb

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1621537293

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Advice Culled from Interviews with More Than One Hundred Experts in the Field In Running Theaters, management consultant and author Duncan M. Webb reveals the best practices that consistently lead to successful theater operations. Culled from surveys and interviews with theater managers and experts in crucial functional areas, this guide provides important tips for all people who work or want to work in regional, campus, and community-based theaters. Updated to reflect changes in the field, this second edition includes information on recent programming trends, marketing in the digital age, and the evolving role of theaters in economic and community development. Chapters discuss topics such as: Front- and back-of-house operations Managing nonprofit and commercial renters Building and managing a board of directors The financial management of theaters The necessary skills and attributes of a successful theater manager The unique opportunities and challenges of operating historic, outdoor, and campus-based theaters. Every theater manager needs this invaluable guide filled with the proven strategies of managers, staff, and volunteer leaders covering virtually every aspect of running a theater—from drawing audiences and fundraising to facility development and community involvement.

Working Actor
Working Actor

Author: David Dean Bottrell

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 039958191X

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Veteran character actor David Dean Bottrell draws on his 35+ tumultuous years of work in the entertainment industry to offer a guide to breaking in, making a living, and making a life in the fabulous trenches of show business. Covers every facet of the business, including: - Capturing the perfect headshot - Starting (and maintaining) your network - Picking an agent - Audition do’s and don’ts - Joining the union(s): SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity Association (AEA) - On stage vs on screen - Paying the bills - Self-promotion - Late bloomers - When to get out David Dean Bottrell has worn many different hats during his decades in showbiz: television actor with appearances on Boston Legal, Modern Family, The Blacklist, Mad Men, True Blood, NCIS, and Days of Our Lives; screenwriter for Paramount and Disney; respected acting teacher at UCLA and AADA; and regular expert columnist for esteemed acting site Backstage. In Working Actor, Bottrell offers a how-to manual jammed with practical information and insider advice, essential reading for any artist (aspiring or established) in need of insight or inspiration. Mixing prescriptive advice ("Getting Started," "Learning Your Craft," "Finding an Agent") with wisdom drawn from Bottrell's own professional highs and lows and those of his acting compatriots, this book's humorous, tell-it-like-it-is tone is a must-have guide for anyone hoping to successfully navigate show business.

Running Theaters
Running Theaters

Author: Duncan Webb

Publisher: Allworth

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781581153934

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The best practices that consistently lead to successful theater operation are now revealed in this comprehensive resource. Culled from surveys and interviews with theater managers and experts in crucial functional areas, this guide provides important tips for all people who work or want to work in regional, campus and community-based theaters. Proven strategies from managers, staff, and volunteer leaders cover virtually every aspect of running a theater - from audience development and fundraising to facility development and community involvement. • Advice culled from interviews with more than 100 experts in the field Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Dramatic Events
Dramatic Events

Author: Richard Hahlo

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2014-12-16

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 146688746X

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Using the experience of authors Richard Hahlo and Peter Reynolds in a variety of educational, business and theater settings, Dramatic Events: How to Run a Workshop for Theater, Education or Business investigates the connection between practical theater work and drama theory, and its effect on the development and dynamic of any working group.

BE QUIET!
BE QUIET!

Author: Ryan T. Higgins

Publisher: Disney Electronic Content

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1368012779

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All Rupert the mouse wants is to star in a beautiful, wordless picturebook. One that's visually stimulating! With scenic pictures! And style! He has plenty of ideas about what makes a great book, but his friends just WON'T. STOP. TALKING. Children and adults alike will chuckle at this comedic take on bookmaking from acclaimed author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins

The Perfect Stage Crew
The Perfect Stage Crew

Author: John Kaluta

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-01-13

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1581159404

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Here is an indispensable, nuts-and-bolts guide to putting on a stunning, low-budget show in less than 40 days! The Perfect Stage Crew explains the pitfalls to avoid and provides solutions to the most common as well as most complex stage performance problems. Readers without Broadway-size budgets and resources will learn the low-cost, low-tech approaches to painting scenery, building sets, hanging lights, setting cues, and operating sound. They’ll also find crucial guidance for generating publicity, preparing tickets, technical rehearsals, and more.