Building the Successful Theater Company
Lisa Mulcahy
- 284 Pages
- September 20, 2016
- ISBN: 9781621535249
- Trim Size: 6in x 9in x 0in
Description
What makes a theater company successful? Lisa Mulcahy poses the question to leaders from nineteen of the country’s most diverse and vital theater companies from the recent past and present, and offers answers in Building the Successful Theater Company. Producers, stage managers, directorsanyone dreaming of running a theater troupewill benefit from the practical guidance, amusing anecdotes, and sincere advice in this peek behind the curtains of the often difficult, always seductive, profession of theater. With five additional companies profiled in this fully revised third edition, Building a Successful Theater Company features:
The LABrynth Theater Company
New Paradise Laboratories
National Theatre of the Deaf
Shotgun Players
Asian-American Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theater Company
The Pasadena Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse
Chicago City Limits
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Arena Stage’s The Living Stage Theatre Company
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Horizons Theatre
Wheelock Family Theatre
L.A. Theatre Works
A Traveling Jewish Theatre
Jean Cocteau Repertory
Bailiwick Repertory
New Repertory Theatre
New chapters cover funding and financial aspects, maximizing a company's potential through powerful social media use, and creating successful partnerships by teaming up with corporate sponsors and establishing artistic collaborations. Stage veterans reveal advice on everything from locating performance space, to developing a business plan, to and rehearsing and publicizing productions in this invaluable guide to creating or growing a theater company.
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.
The LABrynth Theater Company
New Paradise Laboratories
National Theatre of the Deaf
Shotgun Players
Asian-American Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theater Company
The Pasadena Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse
Chicago City Limits
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Arena Stage’s The Living Stage Theatre Company
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Horizons Theatre
Wheelock Family Theatre
L.A. Theatre Works
A Traveling Jewish Theatre
Jean Cocteau Repertory
Bailiwick Repertory
New Repertory Theatre
New chapters cover funding and financial aspects, maximizing a company's potential through powerful social media use, and creating successful partnerships by teaming up with corporate sponsors and establishing artistic collaborations. Stage veterans reveal advice on everything from locating performance space, to developing a business plan, to and rehearsing and publicizing productions in this invaluable guide to creating or growing a theater company.
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.
Authors
Lisa Mulcahy is a theater teacher, director, performer, and multimedia writer. She was cowriter and stage director of the hit Off-Broadway musical Renegade Sluts on Bikes and was directed by Edward Albee in her appearance in his play Malcolm. Her articles have been published in such magazines as Stage Directions, Teaching Theatre, Marie Claire, Glamour, Redbook, and Seventeen. She is the author ofA Life in Acting, An Actor's Guide: Your First Year in Hollywood, Fourth Edition, The Actor's Other Career Book, and Theater Festivals, all published by Allworth Press.
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