How to start your own theater company [[electronic resource] /] / Reginald Nelson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824560403321
• Autore: Nelson Reginald
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, IL, : Chicago Review Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-56976-615-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.02/3; 792.068
• Soggetti: Theater management - United States; Theater - Production and direction - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover ; Dedication ; Epigraph ; Contents ; Foreword by David Schwimmer; Introduction; 1 Survival Employment, Benefits, and Supporting Yourself; 2 Urgency Passion, Community, and Location; 3 Purpose Name, Logo, and Mission Statement; 4 Guidance Board of Directors and Legal Assistance Organizations; 5 Capital Investors, Grants, and Your Company Budget; 6 Comfort Rental Space, Safety, Transportation, and Food; 7 Teamwork Artistic and Administrative Positions; 8 BUZZ Publicity and Marketing; 9 Community Education, Outreach, and Discount Programs; 10 Feedback Previews, Critics, and Audience Assessments 11 Leadership Ensuring Responsibility and Recognition; 12 Identity Congo Square's First Season; 13 Consistency Congo Square's Second Season; 14 Hubris Congo Square's Third Season; 15 The Last Voice; Appendix: Important Organizations for Assistance; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ""With hands-on advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theater director, this pragmatic, authoritative guide to starting a theater company imparts essential backstage know-how for would-be playhouse practitioners on everything from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and successfully navigating tricky legal issues. Chronicling three seasons at Chicago's award-winning Congo Square Theatre Company, this journey behind the curtain reveals the nitty-gritty details of practical issues that are often overlooked amidst the ; zeal of artist