CHAPTER SIX
COMMUNITY THEATRE
Central Elements
Leadership - central driving force
Membership
Capital
Affiliation with
Schools
Civic Organizations
Facility often large determining factor
CHAPTER SEVEN
COLLEGE THEATRE
1914-1950
Professional Training School
CHAPTER TWO
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
Factors determining where to place a theatre
Audience Potential 1-3%
Transportation
Competition
Local Media
Local Organizations
The Local Economy
Weather
Local Attitudes
The Facility
Buying (Renovating) a Theatre
Renting
CHAPTER 4
COMMERCIAL THEATRE
Summary StepsinProducingCommercialTheatre
BusinessPlan
ObtainProperty
DevelopProducingCompany
RaiseCapital
ContractandHiring
Production
Business Plan
Negotiating for a theatre
Broadway
Off-Broadway
Four Wall Agreement
INTERNATIONAL
SOCIETY FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
Sarah Howard
WHO IS ISPA?
ISPA is a global association of arts management leaders, who come
together with the shared goal of strengthening and developing the
arts internationally. We achieve this by building l
Management Styles
Autocratic
Paternalistic
Laissezfaire
Democratic
MBWA
CHAPTER 1
THEATRE MANAGEMENT AND THE
PERFORMING ARTS
In general, all managers (not just theatre managers) are involved in
decision-making functions in at least five specific areas
Pla
CHAPTER THREE
PERSONNEL FOR THE THEATRE
DivisionsofLabor
Leadership
Commercial Producer
NonProfit BoardofDirectors
Management
Commercial GeneralManager&TheatreOwner
NonProfit ArtisticDirector&ManagingDirector
Staff
Administrative
Production
Arti
CHAPTER 9
PRESENTERS AND
PRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS
More live professional performances are financed by money earned from
presenters fees than from any other source.
Buyers Presenters
Sellers Producers
NonProfit
Colleges,Universities,
CommunityConcertSeries
CHAPTER 5
NON-PROFIT PROFESSIONAL THEATRE
MANAGEMENT
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that designates
an organization as charitable and tax exempt. Organizations
qualifying under this section include religious, educational,
charitable, amate
