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How Theater Managers Manage » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of How Theater Managers Manage by Tess Collins

Authors: Tess Collins, Theresa Collins
ISBN-13: 9780810846838, ISBN-10: 0810846837
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Tess Collins

Book Synopsis

The job of the theater manager has always been an intricate part of the theatrical community. Collins investigates the job in terms of such daily activities as supervising staff, interacting with unions, facility management, show personnel, providing customer service, and dealing with financial concerns and restraints. This easy to use how-to guide includes examples of important documents and useful forms that can be adapted for venue use. Interviews with theater managers reveal how to come up with creative solutions to problems when resources are inadequate or non-existent.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	Theater: The Way It Was, the Way It Is, and the Way It Is Becoming
1	Theater and Theater Managers	3
2	The Cast of Characters	15
3	The Show Must Go On	23
4	Front-of-House: It's Not a Dress Rehearsal	45
5	The Theater Building: You Work for a Theater but I Work for a Theatre	51
6	Unions	67
7	Customers and Employees, or Yelling at the Usher Always Improves the Sound	77
Pt. II	Financial Concerns
8	Budgeting Theater Cost for an Engagement	93
9	Gross Potentials and Ticket Prices	105
10	Show Contracts	115
11	Box Office	121
12	Settlements	135
Pt. III	Career Development
13	The Drama Offstage	153
14	Management and Imagination	169
15	Managerial Imagination	177
16	Creating and Thinking	187
17	Industry Interviews: Peter Botto, Mitch Brower, Gordon G. Forbes, Edward C. Powell	195
18	Manager Topics: In Our Own Words	221
	Concluding Thoughts	227
App. A	Specs Package: Advance Information and Backstage Information	231
App. B	Emergency and Security Procedures	241
App. C	Building Forms	251
App. D	Show and Performance Forms	257
App. E	Sample Budget	265
	Works Cited	273
	Index	277
	About the Author	281