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Running Theaters: Best Practices for Leaders and Managers
by Duncan M. Webb
The best practices that consistently lead to operating successful theaters are now revealed in this comprehensive resource! Culled from surveys and interviews with more than 50 theater managers and experts in crucial functional areas, this insightful guide provides crucial tips for all people who work or want to work in regional, campus, and community-based theaters. Proven-successful strategies from managers, staff, and volunteer leaders cover virtually every aspect of running a theater: audience development, fund raising, facility development, programming, community involvement, and much more. Special sections cover physical maintenance, technology in theaters, staff and board development, and education in the arts. This book will prove essential to anyone working to support the creative process with sound and imaginative leadership.
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Reviews
"An astoundingly comprehensive primer for the entire field. Duncan has captured the essence and complexity of our business. A must-read for those new to the field and for those of us who have grown the field. Absolutely first rate!"
—Judith Allen, Vice Chair, North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Foundation
"Running Theaters is essential reading for those involved in performing arts management and consulting. The author has enriched the book by including many insightful interviews with top practitioners in the field who share their lifelong and varied experiences with the reader."
—Richard Pilbrow, Chairman, Theatre Projects Consultants
"This book is an arts management consultant on the shelf?it will be well worn by those turning to its pages for roadmaps, models, best practice, and professional networks for many years to come."
—Bill Reeder, Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, George Mason University
"One rarely has an opportunity to get their hands on best practices in our industry without paying for an expensive study. I wish there had been something like this available when I first started out in the industry."
—Robyn Williams, Executive Director, Portland Center for the Performing Arts
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