Performing Arts Management

A Handbook of Professional Practices

Jessica Rae Bathurst, Tobie S. Stein

• Publisher: Allworth
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN:
  9781581156508
• eBook ISBN:
  9781581157536
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film & Video

Do you know what it takes to manage a performing arts organization today? In this comprehensive volume, more than 100 managers of top nonprofit and commercial venues share their winning strategies.
* Financial management, building a funding base, labor relations, much more
* Explores the realities of running a performing arts organization todayFrom theater to classical music, from opera to dance, every type of organization is included, with information on how each one is structured, key managerial figures, its best-practices for financial management, how it handles labor relations, and more. Kennedy Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, the Mark Morris Dance Company, the New Victory Theater, the Roundabout Theater, the Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf Theater Company, and many other top groups are represented. Learn to manage a performing arts group successfully in today's rapidly changing cultural environment with Performing Arts Management.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Organizational Structures and Managerial Positions
• Chapter 2 Mission, Vision, and Strategy
• Chapter 3 Nonprofit Formation and Legal Considerations
• Chapter 4 Commercial Producing
• Chapter 5 Financial Management
• Chapter 6 Developing a Funding Base
• Chapter 7 Strategies for Selling Tickets
• Chapter 8 Performing Arts Education
• Chapter 9 Labor Relations
• Chapter 10 Touring Productions
• Chapter 11 Facility Management
• Chapter 12 Career Development Strategies: The Role of the Internship
• Index
• Books
• Notes