How to run a theatre : a witty, practical and fun guide to arts management

Volz, Jim 1953- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780823083053
ISBN: 0823083055
ISBN: 9780823083138
ISBN: 0823083136
Physical Description: xiv, 191 pages ; 23 cm
print
Publisher: New York : Back Stage Books, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-183) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Life Management and the Arts -- Understanding Human Behavior Is the Key to Successful Arts Administration -- Communication -- Understanding and Empathy -- Strategic Time and Life Management for Savvy Arts Executives -- Tools for Time Management -- Ten Timely Tips for Savvy Arts Administrators -- Twenty Terrible Distractions that Erode Productivity -- Thirty Wonderful Ways to Seize Control of Your Own Life -- Producers, Artistic Directors & Managing Directors: Executive Staff Strategic Planning -- The Artistic Vision & Producing in America's Nonprofit Theatres -- An Introduction to America's Nonprofit Theatre Movement -- Artistic Visioning, the Artistic Director & the Artistic Team -- The Managing Director -- The Artistic Director-Managing Director Partnership -- Sample Organizational Chart for Nonprofit Theatres -- A Sampling of Mission Statements from Select American Theatre Institutions -- A Suggested Arts Planning Schedule -- Brainstorming & Strategic Vision -- Twelve Timely Tips for Taking Charge & Endearing Your Theatre to Your Community -- Fifteen Fabulous Ways to Infuriate Your Community -- Season Selection: Savvy Strategies, Sick Tales & Sad Stories -- Advice to Arts Leaders Everywhere: Twenty-one Wonderful Ways to Improve Your Life in the Theatre -- In Our Own Words: Seventeen Notes Actors Would Like to Offer Artistic Directors -- Creating Ownership: Strategic Tricks of the Trade -- Board of Trustee Management and the Arts -- The Role of the Nonprofit Arts Board of Trustees.