Format:
1 online resource (329 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781408152324
Series Statement:
Backstage Series
Content:
Culled from interviews with America's top theatre professionals, this resource offers vital job-search advice, career planning information, and a detailed coast-to-coast overview of the American theatre scene
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part 1 Everything you need to know about working in American theatre . . . from the professionals! -- Life lessons from America's artists and professionals -- Part 2 A brief history of theatre in America -- Carrying the artistic torch -- Part 3 Career planning -- Career-planning needs -- Networking survival skills for theatre pros young and old -- Strategic time and life management for savvy regional theatre artists -- 10 timely tips for savvy American theatre artists -- 19 terrible distractions that erode productivity -- 29 wonderful ways to seize control of your own life -- Understanding human behavior is the key to successful work in the arts -- Advice to American theatre workers everywhere 16 wonderful ways to improve your life in the theatre -- 5 tips for starting a new job -- A short cast of characters: people you need to know in the theatre -- Sample organizational chart -- Part 4 The American theatre employment universe -- 100 prime sources -- 10 pertinent publications -- 10 websites to open up your web world -- 10 challenging books to power your acting career -- 15 quirky books on working in New York and beyond -- 10 bountiful books on directing, design, producing, and production -- 10 largest American cities in order of size -- 15 quick links and websites to put you in touch with Broadway, Off-Broadway and beyond -- Los Angeles, California -- Chicago, Illinois -- Houston, Texas -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Phoenix, Arizona -- San Diego, California -- San Antonio, Texas -- Dallas, Texas -- San Jose, California -- 10 of the friendliest theatre cities for your consideration -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Austin, Texas -- Boston, Massachusetts and surrounding areas -- Denver, Colorado -- Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Orange County, California -- Orlando, Florida
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San Francisco, California -- Seattle, Washington -- Washington, DC -- 10 service organizations -- 10 regional/national audition and job sites -- 10 city and surrounding area websites -- 10 unions/alliances/societies/guilds/agencies -- Part 5 American theatre's major employers totalling over 1,000 theatre companies -- 99 major American theatres -- 400+ Theatre Communications Group (TCG) theatres -- 200+ Shakespeare festivals -- 130+ children's theatre and youth theatre programs -- 140+ musical theatres including an introduction to NAMT and ASCAP -- 112+ outdoor theatres -- 300+ theatre opportunities you seldom hear about in major trade magazines -- 25+ cruise line producers -- 30+ dinner theatres -- 60+ touring theatre companies -- 100+ murder mystery theatres -- 110+ theme and amusement parks -- 40+ universities affiliated with professional theatres -- Part 6 Survival strategies and directories for lifelong planning -- 12 tips for stress reduction: staying fit for life -- 15 notes for actors from New York professionals -- A brief directory of theatre-related labor unions, guilds, and associations -- Part 7 Leaving a legacy -- Lively stories of mentoring glories -- A final note: discover a life worth living -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Imprint
Additional Edition:
Print version Volz, Jim Working in American Theatre London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,c2011 ISBN 9781408134733
Language:
English
Keywords:
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