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producers
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audiences, conversation starter, devised work, ideas, marketing, playwrights, producers, rabble rousing, social media, the process
Build It and They Will Come
09.04.10 | Permalink | View CommentsIn the fairly recent past, an active subject of conversation that kept resurfacing was the content of current shows in the commercial sector. Namely, the fact that a majority of new productions on Broadway are based on pre-extant Intellectual Property. Of course many artists aren’t too thrilled about this when there’s so much great ORIGINAL [...]
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facts + figures, funding and support, ideas, marketing, producers, theatrical ecosystem
I wish I knew then…
08.25.10 | Permalink | View CommentsThis past weekend at the Chicago Theatre anti-Conference (#ctac, if you feel like swimming up the Twitter stream), erstwhile arts-administrators-turned-funders Christy Uchida, Boeing Chicago’s Community Investor, and Paul Botts, from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, gave conference attendees the gift of some hard-won insights through a discussion entitled, “If I knew then what I [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, ideas, marketing, presenting, producers, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Warming Up
08.19.10 | Permalink | View CommentsBefore we get to the post, a joke. The joke. Man goes on vacation, leaves his cat with his parents. A week later, he comes home, goes to pick up the cat. And his dad says, “Sorry, son, the cat’s dead.” “Jesus, Dad, you couldn’t have broken it to me gently? When did this–” “The [...]
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marketing, producers, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Speechless
08.18.10 | Permalink | View CommentsSpeak softly and carry a big stick. – Theodore Roosevelt Before we begin, if you haven’t already, read a cautionary tale about comments by the artistic director of Edmonton’s Teatro La Quindicina and then his explanation of those comments. I can wait. Are you back? Okay. There’s a difference between earnest defense and hissy fit. [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, development, ideas, marketing, producers, social media, theatrical ecosystem
How social are you?
07.29.10 | Permalink | View Commentsor, Please Don’t Be a Fair Weather Friend… A few weeks ago, I started writing this post. I didn’t even have the guts to put it on my own blog. I decided to write it for 2am Theatre. Then I saw this excellent post on PR For Smarties. So I immediately emailed Karen and asked [...]
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producers, social media, theatre festivals
Thoughts on the Hollywood Fringe Festival
06.30.10 | Permalink | View CommentsBeing a part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) was amazing. When my co-producer and I signed up as a project, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had never produced before. I just figured that my project management skills from various jobs would come in handy. I had no idea what I was really [...]
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presenting, producers, theatre festivals
Hollywood Fringe Festival: The View
06.29.10 | Permalink | View CommentsWhile we’re putting together some audio treats from my adventure at the Hollywood Fringe, here are some visual tidbits–photos from the first couple of days of the first annual festival.
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audiences, charity, conversation starter, corporate sponsors, designers, development, directors, funding and support, ideas, non-profit theatre, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, sponsorship, storefront theatre, technical work, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Dream a dream
06.24.10 | Permalink | View CommentsAfter the first sustained pause in the conversation between (sober) theatremakers the party question of choice is “what is your dream project?” It’s a fun topic and generally it means you don’t have to talk for a minute which limits your probability of saying something stupid. It works best for actors and directors and pretty [...]
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actors, conversation starter, ideas, playwrights, producers, storefront theatre
Be an Advocate
06.16.10 | Permalink | View CommentsAfter the gusher of cynicism and bitterness surrounding this years Tony Award telecast I suggested on Twitter that instead of whining about movie stars and dime store trinkets representing our business that A.) They were in a different business and B.) Whining that They are getting it wrong doesn’t help, you need to show how [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, development, funding and support, ideas, marketing, non-profit theatre, presenting, producers, storefront theatre, theatrical ecosystem
Ushers and Entryways: Audience Expectations
06.10.10 | Permalink | View CommentsThe space and conventions around a live performance determine whether it is fundamentally inclusive or exclusive. When an arts organization or producer decides to charge $100 for a ticket, and another decides to put on a show for free, either performance can be “legitimate” and draw a large crowd, if the conventions of the space [...]
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audiences, conversation starter, ideas, marketing, playwrights, presenting, producers, social media
Who Writes It, Who Reads It
06.08.10 | Permalink | View CommentsO the ill-lit, often lonely corners of the Internet where theater-company blogs reside! O the carefully eked-out production notes and interviews and dramaturgy, still photos and videos and audio conversations—sometimes engaging, sometimes profound, sometimes beautiful—that end for eternity with Comments (0)! Unless a relative, friend, or fellow company member sees it, in which case Comments (1)! O [...]
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conversation starter, development, funding and support, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, non-profit theatre, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, theatrical ecosystem, video, watch this
Watch This: Michael Kaiser
05.17.10 | Permalink | View CommentsOr more precisely, just listen, as this is just the audio from Michael Kaiser’s appearance at Portland Center Stage last week. Whether you agree or disagree with his advice and observations, it’s worth a listen. Some of his advice applies more towards the large, institutional theatres and, in many ways, echoes some of the idea [...]
