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With hands-on advice and instruction from an experienced actor and
theatre director, this pragmatic, authoritative guide to starting a
theatre company imparts essential backstage know-how for would-be
playhouse practitioners on everything from fundraising and finding
a space to selecting plays and successfully navigating tricky legal
issues. Chronicling three seasons at Chicago's award-winning Congo
Square Theatre Company, this journey behind the curtain reveals the
nitty-gritty details of practical issues that are often overlooked
amidst the zeal of artistic pursuit, such as how to manage rent,
parking, and safety issues; determine tax status and calculate
budgets; and find flexible day jobs to help foster artists'
creative passion. The guide also provides in-depth analysis of
undertaking lofty projects -- such as managing a co-production with
a large, established theatre, as Congo Square did with Tony Award
-- winning Steppenwolf Theatre Company -- and addresses potential
drawbacks, such as handling common weaknesses of the "artistic
temperament" that can often lead to a business venture's undoing.
Inspired by Congo Square's own unique inception, the valuable
how-to also speaks directly to the many under-served niche
audiences who decide to create their own companies, including
African American, Asian American, Latino, physically challenged,
and GLBT communities. Concluding with lists of Equity offices,
legal advisers, and important organisations for assistance, this
complete resource is sure to help ambitious theatre lovers
establish and maintain their own successful companies.
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