I’m obviously not in the business of recommending shows here. But, last night I saw the Mike Daisey piece “How Theater Failed America” at VG. I hadn’t seen it before, but I have been a part of numerous discussions about the piece, read interviews with him and read opinions about the piece. I was prepared to hate the piece and to absolutely loathe him, but I thought I should see it. I am now Mike Daisey’s #1 fan. I had thought about the piece as an indictment of institutional theatre, which, until I took this job, I had worked in most of my adult life. It’s not an indictment, it’s a freaking love story. It’s so much bigger and more powerful and more personal and full of truth and beauty and by the way absolutely hilarious than anything I have read or talked about or heard talked about. All the talking about it just doesn’t do the piece justice. Do I disagree with some of the points he makes? Yup, sure I do, but I disagree with plenty of playwrights, that doesn’t mean I’m not profoundly affected by what they have to say. Whatever you might think about what he has to say, whatever you might think you know about what he has to say, this, for me, was a great night in the theatre.
Deb
Thursday, April 29, 2010
NFP Incorporation and Tax Exemption Workshop
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 5:30-8:45 p.m.
213 W. Institute Place, Ste. 403
The cost is $100 for one person, and $125 for two people.
This workshop will discuss whether to start a NFP, how to establish a NFP, as well as certain recurring operating problems. It will also cover in detail how to obtain a 501(c) (3) tax exemption and discuss several legal issues regarding maintaining tax exempt status. A full package of documents is included. Although this workshop is intended for artists of all types, it has been very popular with lawyers as well as it provides comprehensive coverage of the subject.
Please call LCA at 312-649-4111 to register.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 5:30-8:45 p.m.
213 W. Institute Place, Ste. 403
The cost is $100 for one person, and $125 for two people.
This workshop will discuss whether to start a NFP, how to establish a NFP, as well as certain recurring operating problems. It will also cover in detail how to obtain a 501(c) (3) tax exemption and discuss several legal issues regarding maintaining tax exempt status. A full package of documents is included. Although this workshop is intended for artists of all types, it has been very popular with lawyers as well as it provides comprehensive coverage of the subject.
Please call LCA at 312-649-4111 to register.
Call for Play Submissions
City Lit Theater Company seeks submissions to The Art of Adaptation, its 3rd annual festival of stage adaptations of non-dramatic literature.
The festival will take place August 13-15, 2010 at City Lit Theater; 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue. The festival will consist of 6 to 10 adaptations presented in various combinations over the course of the weekend. A panel of judges will view all performances and award a $500 cash prize to the adaptor of the piece judged the best of the festival.
THE RULES:
1. Each piece will have to conform to a maximum of 30 minutes. Pieces anywhere between 5 – 20 minutes are ideal.
2. It must be an adaptation of non-dramatic material—a short story, an essay, a memoir, poetry, an excerpt from a novel, what have you; but not material from a play.
3. Each adaptor is responsible for whatever royalties might be due on his/her piece, as well as for his/her own rehearsal process. City Lit will not provide rehearsal space prior to tech rehearsal, nor will it provide services of a director or any actors for any piece.
4. All pieces will be performed on the same simple unit set with the same simple light plot (including one special per piece). A stock of furniture will be provided. If your piece requires furniture beyond the provided stock, it is your responsibility.
5. City Lit will provide performance space, backstage and front-of-house crew, publicity, programs, tickets and the $500 cash prize.
To submit a proposal for entry into the festival, send your adaptation script to Katy Nielsen at City Lit Theatre, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago IL 60660. Proposals must be postmarked no later than June 15th.
The festival will take place August 13-15, 2010 at City Lit Theater; 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue. The festival will consist of 6 to 10 adaptations presented in various combinations over the course of the weekend. A panel of judges will view all performances and award a $500 cash prize to the adaptor of the piece judged the best of the festival.
THE RULES:
1. Each piece will have to conform to a maximum of 30 minutes. Pieces anywhere between 5 – 20 minutes are ideal.
2. It must be an adaptation of non-dramatic material—a short story, an essay, a memoir, poetry, an excerpt from a novel, what have you; but not material from a play.
3. Each adaptor is responsible for whatever royalties might be due on his/her piece, as well as for his/her own rehearsal process. City Lit will not provide rehearsal space prior to tech rehearsal, nor will it provide services of a director or any actors for any piece.
4. All pieces will be performed on the same simple unit set with the same simple light plot (including one special per piece). A stock of furniture will be provided. If your piece requires furniture beyond the provided stock, it is your responsibility.
5. City Lit will provide performance space, backstage and front-of-house crew, publicity, programs, tickets and the $500 cash prize.
To submit a proposal for entry into the festival, send your adaptation script to Katy Nielsen at City Lit Theatre, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago IL 60660. Proposals must be postmarked no later than June 15th.
Industry Ticket Offers
Spring Awakening - Promethean Theatre Ensemble at The Artistic Home, 3914 N. Clark St, is offering $10 industry tickets to all performances through May 9. Reserve tickets using the code 'wendla' through Brown Paper Tickets (on the web or by phone at 800-838-3006), by emailing pteboxoffice@gmail.com, or at the box office. Please have proof of industry affiliation to show at the door.
On Golden Pond - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, 425 Fawell Blvd.,Glen Ellyn, is offering $5 industry tickets for Thursday and Sunday performances May 6 to 30. Actor’s tickets are available with headshot and resume and designer tickets are available with business card or resume. Subject to availability. For more information call (630) 942-4000.
Celebrity Autobiography - Royal George Theatre, 1641 N Halsted, is offering a limited number of discount $25 balcony tickets (regular price $32.50) to the show were comedians perform the unintentionally hilarious actual words and stories written by celebrities on Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1 at 8 p.m. Click here or call the box office at (312) 988.9000 and use code LAUGH. Handling fees and some restrictions may apply.
International Voices Project - Premiere Theatre and Performance at the Instituto Cervantes, 31 W. Ohio is offering complimentary tickets to their five staged readings of international plays beginning on Friday, May 7th, 7:30 PM. Reception and talk back to follow. www.ptapchicago.org/ivp.
On Golden Pond - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, 425 Fawell Blvd.,Glen Ellyn, is offering $5 industry tickets for Thursday and Sunday performances May 6 to 30. Actor’s tickets are available with headshot and resume and designer tickets are available with business card or resume. Subject to availability. For more information call (630) 942-4000.
Celebrity Autobiography - Royal George Theatre, 1641 N Halsted, is offering a limited number of discount $25 balcony tickets (regular price $32.50) to the show were comedians perform the unintentionally hilarious actual words and stories written by celebrities on Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1 at 8 p.m. Click here or call the box office at (312) 988.9000 and use code LAUGH. Handling fees and some restrictions may apply.
International Voices Project - Premiere Theatre and Performance at the Instituto Cervantes, 31 W. Ohio is offering complimentary tickets to their five staged readings of international plays beginning on Friday, May 7th, 7:30 PM. Reception and talk back to follow. www.ptapchicago.org/ivp.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
May 3rd Michael Merritt Awards and Designer Showcase
The 17th Annual Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration program, posthumously honoring and celebrating the work of lighting and set designer Michael Philippi (Desire Under the Elms, Death of a Salesman), “an esteemed longtime collaborator and friend”, will take place on Monday, May 3, at the Goodman Theatre.
Scenic designer Collette Pollard (The Illusion, Stoop Stories) will receive The Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. There will also be a presentation of three student scholarship recipients representing The Theatre School of DePaul University (scenic designer Williams G. Wever), Northwestern University (costume designer Jeremy Floyd) and from Columbia College Chicago for The John Murbach Scholarship for Collaborative Design (lighting designer Wade Holliday).
The doors open at 5 p.m., with a viewing of the fourth annual ‘Theater Design Expo’, showcasing the works of over 50 Chicago-area emerging theatrical designers and a portfolio review of graduating design students from some of the finest programs in the country.
Goodman Theatre’s Artistic Director Robert Falls, a founding member of the Michael Merritt Endowment Fund Steering Committee, will lead a panel discussion from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. about the Goodman’s experiences working with Michael Philippi in recent times and during his past tenure as fledgling artistic director of Chicago’s Wisdom Bridge Theatre Company. Nathan Allen, Artistic Director of The House Theatre of Chicago, along with House Designer and this year’s Emerging Designer Award Recipient, Collette Pollard, will join him to bring a more contemporary perspective of creating and sustaining a new theatre company in Chicago.
The awards presentation will begin at 8 p.m. Attendees will enjoy a Chicago style supper buffet by Conn’s Catering complete with beer, wine and soda from start to finish until 10 p.m. Tickets/Exhibitor Fees are $20 per person and $5 for students. For ticket reservations, phone (312) 369-6105 (credit card orders are accepted) AND email robmilburn@ameritech.net to reserve an exhibit space.
The Goodman Theatre is centrally located in Chicago’s Loop at 170 North Dearborn Street, in close proximity to I-55, I-90/94, I-290 and Lake Shore Drive, as well as all major CTA rail lines and many bus routes. Discounted parking is available for $19 at the Government Center Self Park, located directly adjacent to the theatre at the southeast corner of Clark and Lake Streets, and parking coupons will be available at the registration table in the Goodman Theatre lobby.
Scenic designer Collette Pollard (The Illusion, Stoop Stories) will receive The Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. There will also be a presentation of three student scholarship recipients representing The Theatre School of DePaul University (scenic designer Williams G. Wever), Northwestern University (costume designer Jeremy Floyd) and from Columbia College Chicago for The John Murbach Scholarship for Collaborative Design (lighting designer Wade Holliday).
The doors open at 5 p.m., with a viewing of the fourth annual ‘Theater Design Expo’, showcasing the works of over 50 Chicago-area emerging theatrical designers and a portfolio review of graduating design students from some of the finest programs in the country.
Goodman Theatre’s Artistic Director Robert Falls, a founding member of the Michael Merritt Endowment Fund Steering Committee, will lead a panel discussion from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. about the Goodman’s experiences working with Michael Philippi in recent times and during his past tenure as fledgling artistic director of Chicago’s Wisdom Bridge Theatre Company. Nathan Allen, Artistic Director of The House Theatre of Chicago, along with House Designer and this year’s Emerging Designer Award Recipient, Collette Pollard, will join him to bring a more contemporary perspective of creating and sustaining a new theatre company in Chicago.
The awards presentation will begin at 8 p.m. Attendees will enjoy a Chicago style supper buffet by Conn’s Catering complete with beer, wine and soda from start to finish until 10 p.m. Tickets/Exhibitor Fees are $20 per person and $5 for students. For ticket reservations, phone (312) 369-6105 (credit card orders are accepted) AND email robmilburn@ameritech.net to reserve an exhibit space.
The Goodman Theatre is centrally located in Chicago’s Loop at 170 North Dearborn Street, in close proximity to I-55, I-90/94, I-290 and Lake Shore Drive, as well as all major CTA rail lines and many bus routes. Discounted parking is available for $19 at the Government Center Self Park, located directly adjacent to the theatre at the southeast corner of Clark and Lake Streets, and parking coupons will be available at the registration table in the Goodman Theatre lobby.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
1.2 Million and Counting
Earlier this month, some of the good folks from TRG visited Chicago to show us how our new community patron database ticks. Afterwards, I asked Katherine Raz from The House – who mentioned that she’d already been using the system – to tell me what she thinks of all this: “This list is everything we've ever dreamed of. Not only can we share lists with other theater companies, we're able to analyze data so we can learn more about our own patrons. And by comparing data with all other theater companies, we're learning more about the Chicago theater-going audience as a whole. Invaluable.”
In addition to learning about what we can do as individual companies, we’re starting to see where we are as a community. For anyone just tuning in, let me recap what we’ve been up to. This March, Chicago launched our Community Cultural Database (this is the co-op patron database program we’ve been calling the Big List – we’ve changed its name, but not its awesome). This system provides super-easy list trades and free data cleaning through the NCOA every quarter (you heard me – Every. Quarter.) And did I mention this is free? It is. ALSO – there are community reports, and our TRG friends showed us the first batch of that data earlier this month.
Lemme break some of this down for you: Chicago is the first community to break the million mark in our first data upload. We are the biggest the fastest – currently sitting at just over 1.2 million unique households – and that’s with just 39 organizations putting their records in the co-op.
Looking at this data, we know the average age of Chicago’s theatre goers (younger than the national average); we know that many of them have young children in the home; we know that about 35% of them have completed college. We’re also learning that – just like the rest of the country – the more people go to arts events, the more they go. Cultural consumers don’t get “full” – they keep asking for another helping.
The CCD can look at our community by zip code or Aldermanic district, increasing our ability to effectively advocate for theatre in every neighborhood as well as our city as a whole, and our region outside Chicago’s city limits. And that’s just local advocacy – with the data TRG is collecting nationwide (over 20 million unique households!), our collective advocacy power is only going to grow exponentially from here.
The BEST thing about this data? The reason I’m geeking out about this? Is that this is just where we’re starting. Breaking the million the quickest in the country is our START. The more folks put their data into the CCD, the more we’re going to know, and the more we’ll be able to do.
So, League Members, what are you waiting for? Our next data upload date is July 9. That’s plenty of time to get in touch with me and for us to get the ball rolling so that your company can be part of this next push. I’m not above telling you that the biggest database right now is in L.A. and suggesting that we should totally be able to surpass their numbers this time around without breaking a sweat. Even in Chicago in July.
Give me a call (312.554.9811) or shoot me an e-mail (jess@chicagoplays.com) and let me answer any questions you have, or help you get ready for the July 9 upload.
Jess Hutchinson
In addition to learning about what we can do as individual companies, we’re starting to see where we are as a community. For anyone just tuning in, let me recap what we’ve been up to. This March, Chicago launched our Community Cultural Database (this is the co-op patron database program we’ve been calling the Big List – we’ve changed its name, but not its awesome). This system provides super-easy list trades and free data cleaning through the NCOA every quarter (you heard me – Every. Quarter.) And did I mention this is free? It is. ALSO – there are community reports, and our TRG friends showed us the first batch of that data earlier this month.
Lemme break some of this down for you: Chicago is the first community to break the million mark in our first data upload. We are the biggest the fastest – currently sitting at just over 1.2 million unique households – and that’s with just 39 organizations putting their records in the co-op.
Looking at this data, we know the average age of Chicago’s theatre goers (younger than the national average); we know that many of them have young children in the home; we know that about 35% of them have completed college. We’re also learning that – just like the rest of the country – the more people go to arts events, the more they go. Cultural consumers don’t get “full” – they keep asking for another helping.
The CCD can look at our community by zip code or Aldermanic district, increasing our ability to effectively advocate for theatre in every neighborhood as well as our city as a whole, and our region outside Chicago’s city limits. And that’s just local advocacy – with the data TRG is collecting nationwide (over 20 million unique households!), our collective advocacy power is only going to grow exponentially from here.
The BEST thing about this data? The reason I’m geeking out about this? Is that this is just where we’re starting. Breaking the million the quickest in the country is our START. The more folks put their data into the CCD, the more we’re going to know, and the more we’ll be able to do.
So, League Members, what are you waiting for? Our next data upload date is July 9. That’s plenty of time to get in touch with me and for us to get the ball rolling so that your company can be part of this next push. I’m not above telling you that the biggest database right now is in L.A. and suggesting that we should totally be able to surpass their numbers this time around without breaking a sweat. Even in Chicago in July.
Give me a call (312.554.9811) or shoot me an e-mail (jess@chicagoplays.com) and let me answer any questions you have, or help you get ready for the July 9 upload.
Jess Hutchinson
Tunesmiths Wanted for Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project
Talented young songwriters and writing teams working in any popular music genre are encouraged to apply for a no-fee program presented by The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University this summer.
The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project are presenting the fifth annual Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project on the University’s Evanston campus Aug. 1 to 7. All applications must be postmarked no later than May 14, 2010.
AMTP brings together the nation’s leading artists in music theatre to work in collaboration with Northwestern’s faculty and students.
The intensive weeklong songwriting program will be led by master teachers Craig Carnelia, Tony Award-nominated composer and lyricist of “Sweet Smell of Success”; Andrew Lippa, Grammy-nominated artist and composer of the current Broadway musical “The Addams Family”; and three-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Lari White. To learn more about the program, its master teachers or to download an application, visit http://www.mercersongwriters.org.
The seven-day program of master classes, workshops and a student songwriter showcase will culminate Aug. 7 in a spectacular star-studded ticketed concert, “The Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project: A Celebration of Stephen Schwartz,” at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston campus. Tony Award-winning composer Schwartz will be honored for his mentorship of young songwriters in the tradition of the legendary Johnny Mercer. Broadway performer Shoshana Bean, whose credits include “Wicked” and “Hairspray,” will be featured along with performances by the program’s master teachers and songwriters.
Emerging songwriters in pop, music theatre, hip hop, folk, Latin and country music must be between the ages of 18 and 30; writing teams must include at least one member in that age range to meet this criterion.
The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project are presenting the fifth annual Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project on the University’s Evanston campus Aug. 1 to 7. All applications must be postmarked no later than May 14, 2010.
AMTP brings together the nation’s leading artists in music theatre to work in collaboration with Northwestern’s faculty and students.
The intensive weeklong songwriting program will be led by master teachers Craig Carnelia, Tony Award-nominated composer and lyricist of “Sweet Smell of Success”; Andrew Lippa, Grammy-nominated artist and composer of the current Broadway musical “The Addams Family”; and three-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Lari White. To learn more about the program, its master teachers or to download an application, visit http://www.mercersongwriters.org.
The seven-day program of master classes, workshops and a student songwriter showcase will culminate Aug. 7 in a spectacular star-studded ticketed concert, “The Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project: A Celebration of Stephen Schwartz,” at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston campus. Tony Award-winning composer Schwartz will be honored for his mentorship of young songwriters in the tradition of the legendary Johnny Mercer. Broadway performer Shoshana Bean, whose credits include “Wicked” and “Hairspray,” will be featured along with performances by the program’s master teachers and songwriters.
Emerging songwriters in pop, music theatre, hip hop, folk, Latin and country music must be between the ages of 18 and 30; writing teams must include at least one member in that age range to meet this criterion.
April 23 is Talk Like Shakespeare Day
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced that Friday, April 23, Shakespeare’s 446th Birthday, will be Talk Like Shakespeare Day—an occasion for citizens to bring the spoken words of Shakespeare into their daily lives. “Chicago is recognized as the home not only of ’Da Bulls and ’Da Bears, but also ’Da Bard,” said Mayor Daley. He encourages citizens to “let boldness be thy friend and celebrate Shakespeare by vocal acclamation of his words.”
Read Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s official proclamation for 2010
Last year Mayor Daley inaugurated “Talk Like Shakespeare Day” in Chicago—a celebration which spread across the country and around the globe, thanks to national and international press coverage—with over one million hits to www.talklikeshakespeare.org, the virtual home base for revelers. This week, we invite you to get in on the act—visit www.talklikeshakespeare.org and share your own stories, photos, videos, and favorite quotes.
Tony Award-winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater will be honoring the occasion by sending Shakespeare look-alikes throughout the city to entreat Chicagoans to speak his speech “trippingly on their tongues”. One lucky everyday thespian will win two round-trip flights to London courtesy of American Airlines and and complimentary tickets to a performance at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Chicago Shakespeare will also host Chicago Public School students and teachers for birthday cake and an exclusive Shakespearean hip-hop performance by Flocabulary artists Blake Harrison, Mervin Jenkins (a.k.a. Spectac) and Alex Rappaport, nationally recognized for their groundbreaking work with students, using rhyme and rhythm to crack open Shakespeare. Teachers and students will craft their own Shakespearean hip-hop masterpieces, a fitting tribute to the Bard on his birthday.
Read Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s official proclamation for 2010
Last year Mayor Daley inaugurated “Talk Like Shakespeare Day” in Chicago—a celebration which spread across the country and around the globe, thanks to national and international press coverage—with over one million hits to www.talklikeshakespeare.org, the virtual home base for revelers. This week, we invite you to get in on the act—visit www.talklikeshakespeare.org and share your own stories, photos, videos, and favorite quotes.
Tony Award-winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater will be honoring the occasion by sending Shakespeare look-alikes throughout the city to entreat Chicagoans to speak his speech “trippingly on their tongues”. One lucky everyday thespian will win two round-trip flights to London courtesy of American Airlines and and complimentary tickets to a performance at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Chicago Shakespeare will also host Chicago Public School students and teachers for birthday cake and an exclusive Shakespearean hip-hop performance by Flocabulary artists Blake Harrison, Mervin Jenkins (a.k.a. Spectac) and Alex Rappaport, nationally recognized for their groundbreaking work with students, using rhyme and rhythm to crack open Shakespeare. Teachers and students will craft their own Shakespearean hip-hop masterpieces, a fitting tribute to the Bard on his birthday.
Dance Center Call for Artists
The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2010-2011: Chicago
Artists With Audiences Responding to Dance Returns to The Dance Center!
JULY 28- 31, 2010 * 8:00 P.M.
12 DANCE ARTISTS / 4 NIGHTS / 1 $10,000 WINNER : YOU BE THE JUDGE!
12 promising contemporary choreographers, showcasing 12-15 minutes of a work (complete, excerpt or work-in-progress), will compete over three nights (July 28, 29 & 30, 2010) for a chance to win $1000 and compete again on the final night, Saturday, July 31, 2010, for the $10,000 cash reward. The audience, along with a panel of experts, will vote to select the winner of each the preliminary evenings as well as the final night. The reward money is to be used toward the creation of new dance work.
CALL FOR ARTISTS!
TO APPLY: The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2010–2011 aims to create a lab-like space where artists can experiment with ideas in front of a thinking, responsive community. A national panel of experts in the field will review applications and select the 12 artists/companies participants. The panelists will be looking for choreographers who have the potential to create inspirational and innovative work. Applications are due Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by 5:30 P.M. (EST).
MORE INFO
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION: http://www.joyce.org/about/special_events_awardshow.php
Artists With Audiences Responding to Dance Returns to The Dance Center!
JULY 28- 31, 2010 * 8:00 P.M.
12 DANCE ARTISTS / 4 NIGHTS / 1 $10,000 WINNER : YOU BE THE JUDGE!
12 promising contemporary choreographers, showcasing 12-15 minutes of a work (complete, excerpt or work-in-progress), will compete over three nights (July 28, 29 & 30, 2010) for a chance to win $1000 and compete again on the final night, Saturday, July 31, 2010, for the $10,000 cash reward. The audience, along with a panel of experts, will vote to select the winner of each the preliminary evenings as well as the final night. The reward money is to be used toward the creation of new dance work.
CALL FOR ARTISTS!
TO APPLY: The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2010–2011 aims to create a lab-like space where artists can experiment with ideas in front of a thinking, responsive community. A national panel of experts in the field will review applications and select the 12 artists/companies participants. The panelists will be looking for choreographers who have the potential to create inspirational and innovative work. Applications are due Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by 5:30 P.M. (EST).
MORE INFO
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION: http://www.joyce.org/about/special_events_awardshow.php
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Industry Ticket Offers
The Pillowman—Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W Bryn Mawr, is offering $10 Industry tickets for Thu & Fri, April 22 & 23, at 8pm. Please email H&R to reserve@redtwist.org to reserve a ticket.
Stage Door - The Griffin Theatre Company at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont, is offering $10 industry tickets to all Thursday performances at 7:30 p.m. through May 20. To obtain these specially priced tickets all industry professionals must call the TBC box office at 773-327-5252 and mention the offer. To redeem your tickets industry professionals must present a headshot or business card at the box office window the day of performance. This offer is good for two tickets per customer and must be made by calling the box office. The offer is not available online.
STOMP – Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe in Chicago, is offering $20 savings on tickets to the Tue-Thu or Sun evening performances April 27-May 2. Visit http://www.broadwayinchicago.com/ or call 800-775-2000 and use code NOISE when ordering.
The Love of the Nightingale - Red Tape Theatre, 621 W. Belmont, is offering $5 industry tickets to previews April 29 - May 1 at 8 p.m. Please bring proof of industry. http://www.redtapetheatre.org/ for details. Use code FBHTN8 to purchase online.
Stage Door - The Griffin Theatre Company at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont, is offering $10 industry tickets to all Thursday performances at 7:30 p.m. through May 20. To obtain these specially priced tickets all industry professionals must call the TBC box office at 773-327-5252 and mention the offer. To redeem your tickets industry professionals must present a headshot or business card at the box office window the day of performance. This offer is good for two tickets per customer and must be made by calling the box office. The offer is not available online.
STOMP – Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe in Chicago, is offering $20 savings on tickets to the Tue-Thu or Sun evening performances April 27-May 2. Visit http://www.broadwayinchicago.com/ or call 800-775-2000 and use code NOISE when ordering.
The Love of the Nightingale - Red Tape Theatre, 621 W. Belmont, is offering $5 industry tickets to previews April 29 - May 1 at 8 p.m. Please bring proof of industry. http://www.redtapetheatre.org/ for details. Use code FBHTN8 to purchase online.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Space
I was reading on Artsjournal.com the other day about Stolen Chair Theatre’s model of new play development based on community farming and I was intrigued. This morning I was reading some discussions taking place in our community about spaces and I started wondering if there isn’t something there in the Stolen Chair Theatre’s model that we could apply to theatre spaces. What if we created condo/coop type theatres? For some people renting space is what they want and need and the spaces in Chicago that rent to small theatres are invaluable to all of us. But, lots of companies yearn for their own space where they can create a community and have a place that their audiences recognize as their own. Maybe four theatres could buy a building? That way each company is only burdened with the extra expense and staffing of one quarter of a building. The onus is not on any one company to rent the space, all expenses are shared equally and space is allocated equally. And when the time comes, a company could sell their share to another company. Collaboration is always super hard, but the reward can be well worth the effort. It would take lots of lawyers and a fairly substantial initial investment. Do I hear four volunteers?
Deb
Deb
Using Social Media Strategically for Theatres
A Presentation by Beth Kanter
Thursday, April 29, 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET
For the first time ever, TCG is opening up their Leadership Teleconference series to invited guests who are not TCG member theatres! The fee for participation is $50/line (feel free to use a speaker phone so others can listen with you). The registration deadline is Friday, April 23. Callers will be on a muted line but will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Join Beth Kanter, social media guru and co-author of The Networked Nonprofit, as she shares her insights about how to effectively integrate social media with your theatre's internet strategy or marketing plan. She will also talk about how to address organizational culture issues that often arise when new technology is introduced. This Leadership Teleconference will help you learn how to think strategically about social media for audience development and external communications strategies for your theatre in order to maximize staff time and resources.
Visit the TCG Teleconferences section of the website for more information and to register.
Thursday, April 29, 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET
For the first time ever, TCG is opening up their Leadership Teleconference series to invited guests who are not TCG member theatres! The fee for participation is $50/line (feel free to use a speaker phone so others can listen with you). The registration deadline is Friday, April 23. Callers will be on a muted line but will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Join Beth Kanter, social media guru and co-author of The Networked Nonprofit, as she shares her insights about how to effectively integrate social media with your theatre's internet strategy or marketing plan. She will also talk about how to address organizational culture issues that often arise when new technology is introduced. This Leadership Teleconference will help you learn how to think strategically about social media for audience development and external communications strategies for your theatre in order to maximize staff time and resources.
Visit the TCG Teleconferences section of the website for more information and to register.
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