Starting A Theatre Company

Author : Reginald Nelson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781556528132

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How to Start Your Own Theater Company by Reginald Nelson Pdf

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.

Author : Karl Falconer
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000873450

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Starting a Theatre Company by Karl Falconer Pdf

Exploring everything from company incorporation and marketing, to legal, finance and festivals, Starting a Theatre Company is the complete guide to running a low-to-no budget or student theatre company. Written by an experienced theatre practitioner and featuring on-the-ground advice, this book covers all aspects of starting a theatre company with limited resources, including how to become a company, finding talent, defining a style, roles and responsibilities, building an audience, marketing, the logistics of a production, legalities, funding, and productions at festivals and beyond. The book also includes a chapter on being a sustainable company, and how to create a mindset that will lead to positive artistic creation. Each chapter contains a list of further resources, key terms and helpful tasks designed to support the reader through all of the steps necessary to thrive as a new organisation. An eResource page contains links to a wide range of industry created templates, guidance and interviews, making it even easier for you to get up and running as simply as possible. Starting a Theatre Company targets Theatre and Performance students interested in building their own theatre companies. This book will also be invaluable to independent producers and theatre makers.

Author : David Dean Bottrell
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780399581908

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Working Actor by David Dean Bottrell Pdf

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.

Author : Judith A. Hackbarth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : PSU:000023498372

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Plays, Players, and Playing by Judith A. Hackbarth Pdf

Tells how to teach children movement, pantomime, and improvisation, and discusses casting, rehearsals, set design, costumes, advertising, insurance, and bookkeeping.

Author : Karl Falconer
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000873474

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Starting a Theatre Company by Karl Falconer Pdf

Exploring everything from company incorporation and marketing, to legal, finance and festivals, Starting a Theatre Company is the complete guide to running a low-to-no budget or student theatre company. Written by an experienced theatre practitioner and featuring on-the-ground advice, this book covers all aspects of starting a theatre company with limited resources, including how to become a company, finding talent, defining a style, roles and responsibilities, building an audience, marketing, the logistics of a production, legalities, funding, and productions at festivals and beyond. The book also includes a chapter on being a sustainable company, and how to create a mindset that will lead to positive artistic creation. Each chapter contains a list of further resources, key terms and helpful tasks designed to support the reader through all of the steps necessary to thrive as a new organisation. An eResource page contains links to a wide range of industry created templates, guidance and interviews, making it even easier for you to get up and running as simply as possible. Starting a Theatre Company targets Theatre and Performance students interested in building their own theatre companies. This book will also be invaluable to independent producers and theatre makers.

Author : Janek Liebetruth
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783640231522

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Be moved, be bold, be theatre - Starting A Professional Theatre Company in Rural America by Janek Liebetruth Pdf

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, University of Potsdam (Anglistik und Amerikanistik), 48 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In general, American theatre is often equated with theatre produced and staged on Broadway in New York City. Yet, the American theatre scene is much more diverse and widespread than commonly believed. While the following work is focusing primarily on founding a professional theatre company in South Dakota, it follows and analyzes the voyage of an evolving theatre endeavor called Bühnenkunst Theatre Company and also gives an inside glimpse into the fascinating and mysterious world behind the curtain of contemporary performing arts, especially in the United States. In this paper, descriptive, theoretical facts and explanations are being intertwined with concrete, practical implementations on the process of founding a professional theatre company in rural America. Along the way, this paper does not only emphasize the artistic and creative segment of theatre, but also the technical as well as the business, legal and of course human element. Furthermore, the significance of choosing Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a market for the new company will be explained and its history, demographics and location investigated. In order to analyze the professional theatre market in the South Dakota, two online surveys were conducted among theatre artists as well as the general public. The range of data, figures and statements captured the genuine essence of not only the multiplicity of different communities in the Midwest, but also the mixture of its theatre landscape. Beyond the study of the locale, the paper will demonstrate all issues that emerged during the formation process of the new company, like filing the articles of incorporation, getting support from the community, forming a board of directors and raising money, as well as choosing the right play for the debut production. The paper continues to elucidate the development of that production from a conceptual, aesthetical, technical, financial and promotional point of view. It will clarify the relevance that the selected play, Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind, has for the Sioux Falls audience. Finally, the paper will take a look into a possible future of the company and what might be achievable within the next few years.

Author : Reginald Nelson,David Schwimmer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781569766170

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How to Start Your Own Theater Company by Reginald Nelson,David Schwimmer Pdf

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.

Author : John Mayer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781474239479

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Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago by John Mayer Pdf

In 1974, a group of determined, young high school actors started doing plays under the name of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, eventually taking residence in the basement of a church in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago. Thus began their unlikely journey to become one of the most prominent theatre companies in the world. Steppenwolf Theatre Company has changed the face of American Theatre with its innovative approach that blends dynamic ensemble performance, honest, straightforward acting, and bold, thought-provoking stories to create compelling theatre. This is the first book to chronicle this iconic theatre company, offering an account of its early years and development, its work, and the methodologies that have made it one of the most influential ensemble theatres today. Through extensive, in-depth interviews conducted by the author with ensemble members, this book reveals the story of Steppenwolf's miraculous rise from basement to Broadway and beyond. Interviewees include co-founders Jeff Perry, Gary Sinise and Terry Kinney, along a myriad of ensemble, staff, board members and others.

Author : Michael J. Riha
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781581159080

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Starting Your Career as a Theatrical Designer by Michael J. Riha Pdf

Broadway's greatest theatrical designers take you behind the scenes to show you how to start and advance a career in this exciting field.

Author : Dan Goggin
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573689180

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Nunsense by Dan Goggin Pdf

The show is a fund raiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God). -- Publisher's description.

Author : Rafe Beckley
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781782795520

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Open Book Theater Management by Rafe Beckley Pdf

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…

Author : Hilary Lissenden,Simon Dunmore
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781408175194

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Actors' Yearbook 2013 - Essential Contacts for Stage, Screen and Radio by Hilary Lissenden,Simon Dunmore Pdf

Actors' Yearbook is an established and respected directory that enables actors to find work in stage, screen and radio. It is the only directory to provide detailed information for each listing and specific advice on how to approach companies and individuals, saving hours of further research. From agents and casting directors to producing theatres, showreel companies and photographers, Actors' Yearbook editorially selects only the most relevant and reputable contacts for the actor. Articles and commentaries provide valuable insight into the profession: auditions, interviews and securing work alongside a casting calendar and advice on contracts and finance. This is an incredibly useful professional tool in an industry where contacts and networking are key to career survival. The listings detailed in this edition have been thoroughly updated alongside fresh advice from industry experts.

Author : Theresa Breslin,Martin Travers
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781408181577

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Divided City by Theresa Breslin,Martin Travers Pdf

Nominated for ten UK book awards, Theresa Breslin's hit novel tells of how two young boys - one Rangers fan, one Celtic fan - are drawn into a secret pact to help a young asylum seeker in a city divided by prejudice. Now adapted for the stage by Martin Travers, the play has already been produced to great acclaim at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre. Graham and Joe just want to play football and be selected for the new city team, but a violent attack on Kyoul, an asylum seeker, changes everything when they find themselves drawn into a secret pact to help the victim and his girlfriend Leanne. Set in Glasgow at the time of the Orange Order walks, Divided City is a gripping tale about two boys and how they must find their own way forward in a world divided by difference. This educational edition has been prepared by national Drama in Secondary English experts Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan. Published in Methuen Drama's Critical Scripts series the book: - meets the curriculum requirements for English at KS3, GCSE and Scottish CfE. - features detailed, structured schemes of work utilising drama approaches to improve literary and language analysis - places pupils' understanding of the learning process at the heart of the activities - will help pupils to boost English GCSE success and develop high-level skills at KS3 - will save teachers considerable time devising their own resources.

Author : Jenny Connell Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1623849020

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Dragon Play by Jenny Connell Davis Pdf

Author : Lisa Mulcahy
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781581157611

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Building the Successful Theater Company by Lisa Mulcahy Pdf

Theater veteran Lisa Mulcahy's extensive professional experiences are supplemented with the wisdom of esteemed theater company heads from highly regarded institutions such as Chicago City Limits, Wheelock Family Theatre, and New Repertory Theatre. Producers, stage managers, and directors---anyone dreaming of running a theater company---will benefit from the expert advice and revealing anecdotes in this guide.