What makes a theater company successful? Lisa Mulcahy poses the question to leaders from nineteen of the countrys most diverse and vital theater companies from the recent past and present, and offers answers in Building the Successful Theater Company. Producers, stage managers, directorsanyone dreaming of running a theater troupewill benefit from the practical guidance, amusing anecdotes, and sincere advice in this peek behind the curtains of the often difficult, always seductive, profession of theater. With five additional companies profiled in this fully revised third edition, Building a Successful Theater Company features:The LABrynth Theater CompanyNew Paradise LaboratoriesNational Theatre of the DeafShotgun PlayersAsian-American Theatre CompanySteppenwolf Theater CompanyThe Pasadena PlayhouseLa Jolla PlayhouseChicago City LimitsBerkeley Repertory TheatreArena Stages The Living Stage Theatre CompanyMixed Blood Theatre CompanyHorizons TheatreWheelock Family TheatreL.A. Theatre WorksA Traveling Jewish TheatreJean Cocteau RepertoryBailiwick RepertoryNew Repertory TheatreNew chapters cover funding and financial aspects, maximizing a company's potential through powerful social media use, and creating successful partnerships by teaming up with corporate sponsors and establishing artistic collaborations. Stage veterans reveal advice on everything from locating performance space, to developing a business plan, to and rehearsing and publicizing productions in this invaluable guide to creating or growing a theater company.Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
