Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 400 pages
- Published by: Alpha September 5, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1592575064
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1592575060
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Product Description
The one and only book on successfully staging amateur productions. In this book, drama teachers and community directors are given everything they need to know about picking the right show; licensing, casting, and budgeting; organizing a schedule; costumes, makeup, staging, lighting, and music; tickets, fundraising, programs, cast parties, and more. Illustrated with help plans and photographs from actual productions.
• Perfect for nonprofit organizations’ fundraising theater events and community theater groups
• Complete with an extensive resource section
• Illustrated with help plans and great photographs from actual productions
About The Author
John Kenrick, a freelance writer and lecturer, has worked in cabaret and off-Broadway as a scriptwriter, lyricist, performer, director, and producer. Serving as personal assistant to six Tony-winning Broadway producers, he worked on such productions as the long-running revival of
Grease and the Pulitzer Prize-winning
Rent. He also assisted in the production and management of numerous national tours.
Reader Reviews
I got all the help i needed to build an amateur theatre company from the book. From choosing the plays to putting a winning team together to financing a show to licensing issues to working with actors and crew to scenic design, lighting, costumes, rehearsals, the whole enchilada. It even has a sample production calendar, a week-by-week schedule. It tackles everything from assembling a team to auditions to strike set. And it gives a list of licensing companies and the corresponding musicals/plays. I like the little sidebars too. GREMLINS gives out warnings. BACKSTAGE WHISPERS gives you useful insider tips. ON STAGE gives you real-life theatrical events. DEF-I-NI-TION of course defines theatrical terms most amateurs are unfamiliar with. Then there's the appendix which gives you suggested readings (where i got the titles of the other books i purchased) and online resources (for actors, directors, and a list of theatrical suppliers)
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