How Theater Managers Manage

Tess Collins has worked for the Shorenstein-Hays Nederlander Organization in theater management for more than 25 years. She managed the Golden Gate, Orpheum, and Curran Theaters in San Francisco.

...a very practical and straightforward guidebook to the business of running a community theater. From dealing with unions, to the nuts and bolts of determining ticket prices, to a sample budget, to building forms, and a great deal more How Theater Managers Manage is an invaluable resourceful guide which is very highly recommended for anyone starting out in theater management, or who is contemplating the business side of theatrical management theater.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 IntroductionPart 3 Part I: Theater: The Way It Was, the Way It Is, and the Way It Is BecomingChapter 4 1 Theater and Theater ManagersChapter 5 2 The Cast of CharactersChapter 6 3 The Show Must Go OnChapter 7 4 Front-of-House: It's Not a Dress RehearsalChapter 8 5 The Theater Building: You Work for a Theater but I Work for a TheatreChapter 9 6 UnionsChapter 10 7 Customers and Employees, or Yelling at the Usher Always Improves the SoundPart 11 Part II: Financial ConcernsChapter 12 8 Budgeting Theater Cost for an EngagementChapter 13 9 Gross Potentials and Ticket PricesChapter 14 10 Show ContractsChapter 15 11 Box OfficeChapter 16 12 SettlementsPart 17 Part III: Career DevelopmentChapter 18 13 The Drama OffstageChapter 19 14 Management and ImaginationChapter 20 15 Managerial ImaginationChapter 21 16 Creating and ThinkingChapter 22 17 Industry InterviewsChapter 23 18 Manager Topics: In Our Own WordsPart 24 Concluding ThoughtsPart 25 Appendix A: Specs Package: Advance Information and Backstage InformationPart 26 Appendix B: Emergency and Security ProceduresPart 27 Appendix C: Building FormsPart 28 Appendix D: Show and Performance FormsPart 29 Appendix E: Sample BudgetPart 30 Works CitedPart 31 IndexPart 32 About the Author