How Theater Managers Manage - Collins, Tess

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Résumé :
The job of the theater manager has always been an intricate part of the theatrical community. Collins investigates the job in terms of such daily activities as supervising staff, interacting with unions, facility management, show personnel, providing customer service, and dealing with financial concerns and restraints. This easy to use how-to guide includes examples of important documents and useful forms that can be adapted for venue use. Interviews with theater managers reveal how to come up with creative solutions to problems when resources are inadequate or non-existent....

Biographie:
A coal miner's granddaughter, Tess Collins was born and raised in a crater. Yes, really, a crater formed by the impact of an asteroid millions of years ago where her hometown, Middlesboro, Kentucky, was eventually built. Tess spent her younger years in a one room Carnegie Library reading around the room. She started at BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL and ended with WAR AND PEACE, at which time she thought, I want to do this. Tess is the author of six novels and a non-fiction book on theater management. She attended the University of Kentucky and has a Ph.D. from The Union Institute and University. Visit her website at TessCollins.com...

Sommaire:

Part 1 Acknowledgments
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 Part I: Theater: The Way It Was, the Way It Is, and the Way It Is Becoming
Chapter 4 1 Theater and Theater Managers
Chapter 5 2 The Cast of Characters
Chapter 6 3 The Show Must Go On
Chapter 7 4 Front-of-House: It's Not a Dress Rehearsal
Chapter 8 5 The Theater Building: You Work for a Theater but I Work for a Theatre
Chapter 9 6 Unions
Chapter 10 7 Customers and Employees, or Yelling at the Usher Always Improves the Sound
Part 11 Part II: Financial Concerns
Chapter 12 8 Budgeting Theater Cost for an Engagement
Chapter 13 9 Gross Potentials and Ticket Prices
Chapter 14 10 Show Contracts
Chapter 15 11 Box Office
Chapter 16 12 Settlements
Part 17 Part III: Career Development
Chapter 18 13 The Drama Offstage
Chapter 19 14 Management and Imagination
Chapter 20 15 Managerial Imagination
Chapter 21 16 Creating and Thinking
Chapter 22 17 Industry Interviews
Chapter 23 18 Manager Topics: In Our Own Words
Part 24 Concluding Thoughts
Part 25 Appendix A: Specs Package: Advance Information and Backstage Information
Part 26 Appendix B: Emergency and Security Procedures
Part 27 Appendix C: Building Forms
Part 28 Appendix D: Show and Performance Forms
Part 29 Appendix E: Sample Budget
Part 30 Works Cited
Part 31 Index
Part 32 About the Author