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Theatre Econ 101
06.09.11 | Permalink | 27 Commentsor The Woman Behind the Desk is Not Your Enemy The other day, a tweet came across my screen linking to this post about theatre economy. The thrust of the post is that we need to help playwrights be able to make a living writing plays (an important piece of a larger theatre econ conversation [...]
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funding and support, livestreams, q & a, the process, theatre festivals, theatrical ecosystem
OSF: 2011 Opening Weekend
On the Sunday morning of opening weekend (yesterday as I post this), Oregon Shakespeare Festival Executive Director Paul Nicholson and Artistic Director Bill Rauch sat down for a press conference with the critics and reporters who were in town for the 2011 opening weekend. I hear the event used to feature pastries! Now they give [...]
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advocacy, arts administrators, funding and support, ideas, producers, rabble rousing, supply / demand, theatrical ecosystem
Get A (Full) Job
02.24.11 | Permalink | 24 CommentsI’m really happy for Gwydion here. He’s found a situation that works for him as an artist, and I wouldn’t wish him anything differently. But as he points out so well, not every artist has the luxury of a cool company, doing work that so well complements their art. And in the end, my own [...]
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advocacy, funding and support, major regional theatre, non-profit theatre, supply / demand
The Legitimacy Paradox, or: What to do about Intiman
02.17.11 | Permalink | 11 CommentsUp here in the Northwest, the crisis du jour has been all about Intiman Theatre’s recent public cry for help… they need about $1 mil by summertime or they are going to need to close their doors. Suddenly, Rocco Landesman’s provocative statements about the American theater being oversupplied had a poster child/test case. Was Intiman, [...]
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advocacy, conversation starter, education, facts + figures, funding and support, ideas, rabble rousing, social media, supply / demand, theatrical ecosystem
#NEA365: Go.
As Laurie Baskin says at the TCG site, “It is vitally important that you actively participate in advocacy this week regarding the NEA.” Click through to her post where you will find several links for action and advocacy. Do check them out, sign onto the lists, send messages to your congressmen. Also check out Americans [...]
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advocacy, arts service organizations, conversation starter, facts + figures, funding and support, rabble rousing, theatrical ecosystem
A single pack of gum
02.09.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsTalk all you want about supply and demand, at least we have a National Endowment for the Arts. For now. If you haven’t read this post by Frank Rizzo at the Hartford Courant about tomorrow’s proposal for cutting the NEA budget, go check it out. I suppose the good news is, there’d still be an [...]
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conversation starter, development, funding and support, ideas, the process
Planning Ahead
02.08.11 | Permalink | 6 CommentsCurrently the South Florida Theatre League is participating in a program called Capacity Building Miami. My board president, myself, and the board presidents, artistic directors and managing directors of about fifty Miami based arts organizations have signed on for a two year mentorship program with the Kennedy Center. I’ve been gushing about this program to everyone [...]
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conversation starter, funding and support, non-profit theatre, rabble rousing
Dear Rocco
01.31.11 | Permalink | 20 CommentsMr. Landesman has responded personally on the NEA blog (did you know the NEA had a blog? I did not.) to the conversation/controversy regarding his statements about the supply and demand of the American theater. Its a great read, I highly recommend it, with much to agree with actually. After reading it, I have the [...]
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conversation starter, development, facts + figures, funding and support, ideas, new plays
The Long Tail of the NEA
01.27.11 | Permalink | 5 CommentsIt’s easy to get swamped during the Arena Stage Convenings.There is a lot going on and a lot of theoretical conversation. The hardest workin’ folks in show business are trying to fix some part of show business and let me tell you: it’s invigorating. I’ve been on the ground at one of these things, sometimes [...]
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development, funding and support
Asking for Money from Artists
01.06.11 | Permalink | 48 CommentsToward the end of last year, I began to get a series of emails from theater companies and arts organizations I’ve worked with in the past asking me to consider making donations in support of their efforts. This has become a late-December custom for me; I’m sure you experience the same thing. In previous years, [...]
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conversation starter, development, dramaturgy, funding and support, new plays, non-profit theatre, playwrights, presenting, producers
Play Development: Necessary evil? Necessary? Evil?
11.30.10 | Permalink | 34 CommentsI attended an inspiring and provoking event last night, the New York Theatre Experiment’s second “Generations” event, where Michael Mayer, Denis O’Hare, and Annie Baker talked about the future of theater. A lot of juicy topics came up, many of which I think would be fodder for their own panel – one of which was [...]
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conversation starter, funding and support, marketing, non-profit theatre
Pricing, Staffing and the Value Proposition of a Ticket
10.04.10 | Permalink | 11 CommentsAh, the way a conversation develops in today’s online media world. To track the current conversation happening within the theater blogosphere about the ethical ramifications of dynamic pricing on the missions and non-profit status of arts organizations, you’d have to start with a #2amt Twitter conversation from over a year ago (now largely lost to [...]
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