Theatre

Career Opportunities in Theater and the Performing Arts, Third Edition profiles more than 80 different jobs in the field. This latest edition reflects changes in the industry, new trends, and current salary and employment information. Each entry provides detailed information on salary ranges, employment and advancement prospects, and job duties. New and updated careers profiled include: *Box Office treasurer *Personal manager *Choreographer *Critic--broadcasting *Dance therapist *Lighting person *Music librarian *Playwright *Resident sound technician *Stage manager *Vocal coach *and more.

Theater Careers is designed to empower aspiring theater professionals to make savvy, informed decisions through a concise overview of how to prepare for and find work in the theater business. Find here information on various professions, salary ranges, educational and experience requirements, and other facets certain to enlighten students contemplating a theater career, as well as inform counselors, teachers, and parents of available opportunities and the demands of each path.

Working in American Theatre is a coast-to-coast overview of the opportunities awaiting theatre practitioners in every discipline. Featuring tips from America's top theatre professionals, this resource offers job-search and career-planning strategies, as well as detailed information on over 1,000 places to work in the American theatre, including regional companies, Broadway and commerical theatre, Shakespeare festivals, touring theatres, university/resident theatres, youth and children's theatres, and outdoor theatres. Offering an overview of the evolution of American theatre and behind-the-scenes stories of the regional movement, this single volume is an indispensable tool at every stage of your career.

The creative class-artists, actors, writers, musicians, freelancers, dancers, performers, and the like-are known for applying their passion for creative expression to everything they do. Perhaps the one thing that most fills this group with apprehension is the rigid world of numbers. This leads to problems arising from the unconventional financial and business situations of creative professionals, as well as the nonprofit organizations with which they're often affiliated.This engaging, accessible guide that covers a variety of must-know topics, such as budgeting, cash management, visual charting, taxes, employment, and business etiquette. Arts & Numbers is a lively and artfully read aiming to help creative professionals plan their present financial situations and secure their futures.

This up-to-date compendium of information for emerging and established artists offers concrete suggestions on how to live a vital artist's life. Includes information on housing, home-office, car and health insurance, finances, the internet, legal assistance, artist portfolios, grants, MFA programs, theatre companies and artists retreats. The authors take the reader through each aspect of building a practical life, and offer the kind of teaching not covered in art school, presenting substantive input from over thirty-five professionals in the fields of writing, acting, dance, visual arts and music. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM with an extensive appendix and hundreds of hot links to artist resources.

While all art is unique, the challenges artists face are shared regardless of background, experience, and artistic medium. With decades of experience training and helping artists, the expert staff of the New York Foundation for the Arts have compiled a "best practices" approach to planning and organizing an art career. In this book, NYFA has identified common problems, examined specialized areas of business, finance, marketing, and law, and distilled these topics in such a way that readers can digest them and apply them to their own experience and practice. Included are interviews, anecdotes, and in-depth case studies.