Every acting student and working actor needs a copy of this book! Here’s the essential guide to surviving and thriving as an actor in regional theaters. The thousands and thousands of students in the hundreds and hundreds of acting programs all over the country would all love to become stars right out of school—but the reality of a career in acting usually means honing the craft at regional theaters. The Back Stage Guide to Working in Regional Theater includes a history of the movement and a description of each of the League of Regional Theater (LORT) houses in the U.S, plus sections on personal marketing for the actor, the business of acting, strategies and career planning. Essential web sites, a sample organizational chart, contact names, a guide to theater unions, and listings of more than 100 theaters across the country make The Back Stage Guide to Regional Theater a must-have for every actor who’s working or wants to be.

Back Stage Guide to Working in Regional Theater: Jobs for Actors and Other Theater Professionals

Volz, Jim

Humor & Entertainment

Back Stage Books

Insight and humor are captured in a practical guide to arts management, providing the reader with dozens of lists--such as 20 Distractions that Erode Productivity and 12 Ways to Endear Your Theater to Your Community--and tips on building audiences, fundraising, and financial management. Simultaneous.

How to Run a Theater: A Witty, Practical and Fun Guide to Arts Management

"If other theaters across America had the opportunity to work with Jim Volz, there would be a flowering of American theater unparalleled in our history." - Rosary H. O'Neill, Artistic Director, Louisiana's Southern Rep "All of us in the arts field are hungry to improve our skills in life and arts management. The grim tenor of the times makes this witty and fun guide even more valuable to us all. A joy, not a chore, to read!" -Ben Cameron, Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group The definitive arts management guide, this book is written with tremendous insight and humor and packed with dozens of lists, such as "22 Wonderful Ways to Improve Your Life in the Theater" and "20 Distractions that Erode Productivity." It provides information on improving an organization by building audiences, bolstering fundraising, and tightening finances. Also covered are tips for solidifying relationships with boards, volunteers, communities, and colleagues. It's all here, from managing one's own life, working with a board of trustees, and managing a team to negotiating, fundraising, marketing, and financial management. This resource will appeal to all those who work in arts management-from novices to veteran middle managers and executive directors. Here are the Lists Included in this Wonderful Book • 10 Timely Tips for Savvy Arts Administrators • 20 Distractions that Erode Productivity • 30 Ways to Seize Control of Your Life • 12 Ways to Endear Your Theater to Your Community • 15 Ways to Infuriate Your Community • 22 Ways to Improve Your Life in the Theater • 18 Notes Actors Would Give to Artistic Directors • 5 Tips for Starting a New Job • 14 Survival Skills for Theater Professionals Young and Old • An ideal source for anyone aspiring to work behind the scenes in the arts • Full of breakout boxes, quotes, and helpful lists • Useful for music groups, art house movie theaters, and all arts management venues • Available in both paperback and hardcover Click here to view the hardcover edition of this book

Shakespeare Never Slept Here: The Making of a Regional Theatre

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Cherokee Pub

Words for Lovers

Hopscotch Books

"I cannot think of a better book for aspiring and working actors, craftspeople, artists, and managers" Kent Thompson, Artistic Director, Denver Center Theatre Company, Past President TCG Board of Directors 
"It's time for a new look at the complexity and richness of America's growing theatrical landscapre and Jim Volz is just the person to provide that overview" Lesley Schisgall Currier, Managing Director, Marin Shakespeare Company 
Working in American Theatre is a coast-to-coast overview of the opportunities awaiting theatre practitioners in every discipline. 
Featuring tips from America's top theatre professionals, this resource offers job-search and career-planning strategies, as well as detailed information on over 1,000 places to work in the American theatre, including regional companies, Broadway and commerical theatre, Shakespeare festivals, touring theatres, university/resident theatres, youth and children's theatres, and outdoor theatres. Offering an overview of the evolution of American theatre and behind-the-scenes stories of the regional movement, this single volume is an indispensable tool at every stage of your career.

Working in American Theatre: A Brief History, Career Guide and Resource Book for over 1000 Theatres (Backstage)

Methuen Drama

"All of us in the arts field are hungry to improve our skills in arts management. The grim tenor of the times makes this witty and fun guide even more valuable to us all!" Ben Cameron, Former Executive Director, Theater Communications Group
"Dr. Jim Volz knows how to organize, how to manage, how to motivate, how to assign priorities. In short, he knows how to get the job done." Abe J. Bassett, Former Dean, Indiana University/Purdue University
Jim Volz is one of America's leading theatre consultants with over three decades of work with theatre, dance, music, museum and arts center management. Now, Jim Volz brings his expertise to anyone who works in arts management, from novices to middle managers to executive directors. How to Run a Theater is a unique, dynamic, and savvy guide to building an arts institution that works. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, here is practical advice on a variety of management skills: Financial Management; Personnel Management; Fundraising Development; Board of Trustees Communications; and Marketing &amp; Audience Development. 
This new edition is thoroughly updated and revised and now includes a Board of Trustee Contract, new budget exercise with ticket income formulae and the use of social networking for marketing and fundraising.

How to Run a Theater: Creating, Leading and Managing Professional Theatre

Working in American Theatre: A Brief History, Career Guide and Resource Book for Over 1000 Theatres

How to Run a Theatre: Creating, Leading and Managing Professional Theatre

Introduction to Arts Management offers a unique, dynamic and savvy guide to managing a performing or visual arts organization, be that an arts center, theatre, museum, art gallery, symphony orchestra, or other arts company. For those training to enter the industry, workers in arts administration, or those seeking to set up their own company, the wealth of expert guidance and direct, accessible style of this authoritative manual will prove indispensable. Gathering best practices in strategic planning, marketing, fundraising and finance for the arts, the author shares practical, proven processes and valuable tools from his work with over 100 arts companies and professional experience producing over 100 music, dance, theatre and visual arts events. Unique features include: · boilerplate guides for marketing and fundraising · a sample Board of Trustee contract · specific budget checklists · day-to-day working tools that can be immediately instituted in any arts organization · resources at the end of each chapter designed to help readers consider and implement the strategies in their own practice. Interviews with arts leaders offer insights into the beginnings and growth of significant arts institutions, while examples based on real situations and successful arts organizations from both North America and Britain illustrate and underpin the strategic and practical advice. Expanded from the author's highly successful How to Run a Theatre, this edition offers both trainees and seasoned professionals the hands-on strategic leadership tools needed to create, build and nurture a successful career in the challenging world of arts administration and management.

Introduction to Arts Management (Introductions to Theatre)

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Back Stage Guide to Working in Regional Theater: Jobs for Actors and Other Theater Professionals

How to Run a Theater: A Witty, Practical and Fun Guide to Arts Management

How to Run a Theater: A Witty, Practical and Fun Guide to Arts Management

Shakespeare Never Slept Here: The Making of a Regional Theatre

Words for Lovers

Working in American Theatre: A Brief History, Career Guide and Resource Book for over 1000 Theatres (Backstage)

How to Run a Theater: Creating, Leading and Managing Professional Theatre

Working in American Theatre: A Brief History, Career Guide and Resource Book for Over 1000 Theatres

How to Run a Theatre: Creating, Leading and Managing Professional Theatre

Introduction to Arts Management (Introductions to Theatre)